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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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Harmed rights against job bias
Jones v. Hosemann
Trump judges Willett and Oldham dismiss an African American man's racial workplace discrimination claim against Mississippi state officials, contradicting past precedent and making it harder to prove violations of an important federal anti-discrimination law.
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Refused to unseal grand jury records
Pitch v. USA
Trump Eleventh Circuit judges Newsom, Grant, and Branch help overrule the Court's own precedent of more than 40 years and conclude that district courts do not have the discretion to unseal grand jury records.
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Harmed LGBTQ+ rights
Keohane v. Florida Department of Corrections
Trump Eleventh Circuit judge Kevin Newsom reverses a district court order that a Florida prison must provide comprehensive gender affirming care to an incarcerated transgender woman with gender dysphoria.
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Hid prison conditions
In re Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Trump Eleventh Circuit Judges Branch and Luck compelled the district court to grant a motion for a protective order that would restrict disclosure of information about challenging prison conditions.
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Unfair employment practices
Ozburn-Hessey Logistics LLC v. NLRB
Trump Sixth Judge Chad Readler tried in dissent to overturn remedies ordered by the NLRB against a company that committed unfair labor practices, including firing employees for engaging in union-related activity.
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Violation of transgender rights
Edmo v. Corizon
Trump Ninth Circuit judges Collins, Bumatay, Bade, Nelson, Van Dyke, Hunsaker and Bress dissented from a vote to deny an en banc rehearing of a three-judge panel decision that ruled that the state of Idaho must provide sex reassignment surgery to a transgender woman in prison with severe gender dysphoria.
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