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Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears

Trump's judges are taking a sledgehammer to our rights and freedoms. Use this tool to see the total impact.

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Rejecting immigrant's attempt to cancel deportation

Rios-Rocha v Bondi

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Throwing out remedy against Starbucks for unfair practices

NLRB v Starbucks

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Granting qualified immunity

Harris v Kim

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We can't let this be the new normal.

Confirmed Judges Confirmed Fears tracks the damaging impacts of Trump-appointed judges around the country, and chronicles the decisions that hurt all of us.

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Immigrant complaint

Doe v. Pasadena Unified School District

Trump Ninth Circuit Judge Kenneth Lee dismissed a case against a school principal who threatened to turn an undocumented immigrant parent in to immigration if she complained to the school board about his lunch policy.

 
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Excusing police from liability for shooting

Goffin v. Ashcraft

Trump Eighth Circuit Judge Jonathan Kobes ruled for a police officer who shot a suspect even though a thorough pat-down search had just turned up no weapons.

 
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Bank improper conduct

Ibarra v. Wells Fargo Bank

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Ryan Nelson tries to reduce damages award to bank employees by over $1.8 million and deny relief to 961 employees.

 
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Ballot placement preference

Jacobson v. Florida Secretary of State

Trump Eleventh Circuit Judge Robert Luck casts the deciding vote to uphold a Florida law that gives the winning gubernatorial party priority placement on the state's electoral ballots.

 
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Wage discrimination

Scott v. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.

Trump Second Circuit judge Richard Sullivan tries to prevent Chipotle employees from vindicating their rights to overtime pay through a collective action.

 
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Attempted restrictions of abortion

Pre-Term Cleveland v. Attorney General

Trump Sixth Circuit judges Thapar and Bush support state efforts to ban abortions during the pandemic.

 
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Let company remove healthcare coverage

International Union UAW v. Honeywell International

Trump Sixth Circuit Judge John Nalbandian rules that a large company can stop paying for health coverage for retirees, despite its union contract.

 
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Unfair dismissal of loan discrimination

City of Miami Gardens v. Wells Fargo

Trump Eleventh Circuit Judges Newsom and Branch deny an en banc rehearing to the City of Miami Garden's dismissed suit against Wells Fargo for racially discriminatory mortgage loan practices.

 
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Denied asylum claim

Singh v. Barr

Trump Ninth Circuit Judge Eric Miller casts the deciding vote denying an asylum claim without requiring the government to meet its burden of proof to provide individualized analysis that the asylum applicant did not have a well-founded fear of future persecution if returned to his home country.

 
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Harmed immigrants' rights

Barton v. Barr

Trump Supreme Court Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch cast deciding votes to make it easier for Trump to deport permanent legal residents.

 
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Illegal foreclosure

Taylor v. JP Morgan

Trump Seventh Circuit judge Michael Scudder sides with JP Morgan Chase in a case challenging its failure to modify a homeowner's mortgage during the 2008 financial crisis and avoid foreclosure

 
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Upholding police search

U.S. v. Garcia-Garcia

Trump Eighth Circuit Judge Ralph Erickson upheld a police officer's search of a Spanish-speaking Latino's suitcase as consensual even though he used the wrong Spanish word for what he wanted to search.

 
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Tried to enable fraud

Arkansas Teachers Ret. Sys. v. Goldman Sachs

Trump Second Circuit judge Richard Sullivan tries to prevent class action suit from proceeding against large investment firm for securities fraud.

 
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Upheld abortion restriction

In Re Rutledge

Trump Eighth Circuit Judge Ralph Erickson becomes second Trump judge to allow state to ban abortions using COVID-19 as an excuse.

 
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Tried to limit police liability

Graves v. Malone

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Joan Larsen tries to immunize police from any responsibility for shooting and tasering a man in the throes of a psychotic episode.

 
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Cruelty in executions

In re Federal Bureau of Prisons Execution Protocol Cases

Trump D.C. Circuit Judges Katsas and Rao approve Trump Department of Justice execution procedures.

 
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Election interference

Republican Natl Comm. v. Democratic Natl Comm.

Trump justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh cast deciding votes to prevent tens of thousands of Wisconsin voters from voting in April elections.

 
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Environmental pollution

NRDC v. Wheeler

Trump D.C. Circuit Judge Neomi Rao tries to uphold a Trump EPA rule eliminating restrictions on dangerous emissions.

 
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Upheld abortion restriction

In re Abbott

Trump Fifth Circuit judge Kyle Duncan casts the deciding vote to approve Texas' ban on medication abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 
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Rejected prisoner abuse claim

In re Courtney Wild

Trump Eleventh Circuit judge Kevin Newsom determined that the Crime Victims' Rights Act does not protect a sexual abuse victim's rights because federal prosecutors failed to disclose that the government entered into a federal immunity deal with Jeffrey Epstein.

 
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Tried to immunize police for seized vehicle

Leonard v. City of Nelsonville

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Eric Murphy tries to prevent a man from pursuing his claim that police officers violated his constitutional rights by improperly seizing and towing away his vehicle

 
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Attempted restrictions of abortion

Adams & Boyle P.C. v. Slatery

Trump Sixth Circuit judges Thapar and Bush support state efforts to ban abortions during the pandemic.

 
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Dissent would risk immigrant's torture

Manning v. Barr

Trump Second Circuit judge Richard Sullivan tries to uphold a deportation order despite DHS' failure to consider credible evidence that a Jaimaican immigrant would be tortured and killed if he was returned.

 
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Trying to dismiss disability employment claim

Cook v. George's Inc.

Trump Eighth Circuit Judge David Stras tries to dismiss discrimination claim against company that would not rehire a disabled worker.

 
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Qualified immunity

Howse v. Hodous

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Amul Thapar excuses police brutality without even a hearing for the victim.

 
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