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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 immigrant
Bah v. Barr
Trump Fourth Circuit Judges Rushing and Richardson uphold the deportation of a Sierra Leone man who had been in the U.S. for more than twenty years although the drug offense conviction that authorized his removal was “ambiguous.”
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Dissent would harm immigrant
Perez v. Cuccinelli
Trump Fourth Circuit Judges Quattlebaum, Richardson, and Rushing tried to uphold the denial of special immigrant juvenile status to a teenager who fled to the U.S. because he was neglected and abused by his parents.
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Kept abortion information from patients
California v. Azar
Trump Ninth Circuit judges Lee and Miller joined an en banc majority upholding the Trump administration's rule prohibiting healthcare providers receiving Title X funds from discussing abortion with their clients and patients.
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Upholding Trump policies
Wolf v. Cook County
Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor condemns Trump and other right-wing justices for bias in favor of Trump in granting stays of lower court decisions that have enjoined Trump policies concerning immigration, the border wall, and LGBTQ+ issues.
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Trying to stop ADA claim
Quezada v. Bechtel OG & C Construction Services Inc.
Trump Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho tries to prevent a woman with disabilities from enforcing an arbitration award against the corporation that she claimed discriminated against her in violation of the ADA.
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Tried to enforce unconstitutional plea
US v. Lockhart
Trump Fourth Circuit Judges Rushing and Quattlebaum tried to prevent a man's attempt to withdraw his guilty plea despite a clear error that added five to 10 additional years of imprisonment and prevented him from contesting the charges against him.
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Disability discrimination claims
Rodriguez v. Comcast
Trump Ninth Circuit Judge Eric Miller sides with Comcast in a disability discrimination case brought forth by a former employee who was wrongfully terminated for requesting medical accommodation to recover from brain surgery.
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Attempted voted rights restriction
Harding v. County of Dallas
Trump Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho tried to reverse a lower court decision in order to give white voters another chance to prove that a 2011 redistricting plan in Dallas County, Texas, racially discriminated against them and hurt their ability to elect Republican candidates of their choice.
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Coach harassed high school students
Chisholm v. St. Mary's School Dist.
Trump Sixth Circuit Judge Chad Readler excuses harassment by high school teacher and coach against students, threatening to harm other students victimized by school officials' misconduct.
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