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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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Invalidating firearms law

Williams v. Attorney General

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Stripping due process rights from immigrant

Sosnava Rodriguez v. Vergara

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Immunizing prison officials against harmful conditions

Baily v. Mich. Dept. of Corrections

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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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Qualified immunity

Finkelstein v. Jangla

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Daniel Bress tries in dissent to grant qualified immunity to official accused of judicial deception.

 
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Racial discrimination in jury selection

Allen v. Batts

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Chad Readler casts deciding vote to reject claim of race discrimination in grand jury selection.

 
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DACA program

DHS v. Regents of the University of California

Trump Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh argued for the termination of the DACA program.

 
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Emolument clause violations

D.C. v. Trump

Trump Fourth Circuit judges Richardson, Quattlebaum, and Rushing try to dismiss lawsuit regarding Trump's Emoluments Clauses violations.

 
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Government immunity during Flint water crisis

In re Flint Water Crisis

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Eric Murphy tries to hold former Michigan governor immune from any liability for actions during Flint water crisis.

 
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Harmed immigrants' rights

Roman v. Wolf

Ninth Circuit judge Daniel Collins would allow detainees to remain in overcrowded detention centers that do not comply with the CDC's COVID-19 guidelines.

 
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Dissent would harm immigrant

Guzman-Vasquez v. Barr

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Eric Murphy tries to uphold the deportation of twenty-year US resident despite evidence of persecution if he were deported.

 
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Harmed immigrants' rights

Doe v. Trump

Ninth Circuit Judge Daniel Bress dissents in a case in which the majority rejected the motion to stay a district court's nationwide injunction of Proclamation 9945, which requires certain immigrants to show proof of health insurance or the ability to pay for their own health care.

 
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Harmed immigrants' rights

Menjivar v. Barr

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Daniel Bress dissents and tries to uphold a deportation order when the BIA failed to consider claims that the IJ committed errors.

 
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Would rule against gun violence measure

Aposhian v. Barr

Trump Tenth Circuit judge Joel Carson tries to invalidate an ATF rule and make dangerous bump stocks legal.

 
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Harmed immigrant

Mendez v. Barr

Trump Second Circuit judge Richard Sullivan tries to bar a lawful permanent resident from returning to the U.S.

 
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Union right

East Valley Glendora Hospital v. NLRB

In a union election dispute, Ninth Circuit Trump judge Patrick Bumatay would have ruled for the employer based on an objection it had waived.

 
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Denied bail despite COVID risk

U.S. v. Dade

Trump Ninth Circuit Judge Daniel Collins denies a prisoner's motion for bail release pending his appeal despite the man's advanced age and respiratory issues and the prison's very high rate of coronavirus cases.

 
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COVID-era requirements and churches

South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom

Trump Ninth Circuit Judge Daniel Collins and other Trump judges try to mandate special preference for churches during COVID-19 pandemic.

 
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Innocent man in prison

Jones v. Clark County

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Eric Murphy tries to uphold qualified immunity for a deputy who kept an innocent man in prison for almost one year.

 
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Upheld vote restrictions

Esshaki v. Whitmer

Trump Sixth Circuit Judge John Bush casts the deciding vote to stay a district court order on election petition requirements during the pandemic.

 
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Wrongful termination

Early v. Key Stone Restaurant Group

Ninth Circuit judge Daniel Bress dissented against a majority ruling to reverse the district court dismissal of a wrongful termination claim by an employee who reported her supervisor for sexual harassment.

 
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Emoluments suit against Trump

In re Trump

Trump Fourth Circuit judges Richardson, Quattlebaum, and Rushing try to dismiss lawsuit regarding Trump's Emoluments Clauses violations.

 
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Qualified immunity

Bullock v. City of Detroit

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Eric Murphy grants qualified immunity to two police officers for a damaging search, despite evidence that one of them lied to get a search warrant.

 
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Employment discrimination

Bing v. Brivo Systems LLC

Trump Fourth Circuit Judge Marvin Quattlebaum affirms dismissal of employment discrimination case by African American man who was fired on this first day on the job when a supervisor learned of his race.

 
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Block key testimony

U.S. v. Russell

Eleventh Circuit Judge Elizabeth Branch would have upheld a Black immigrant's conviction even though he had been unlawfully denied a chance to present possibly exculpatory evidence to a jury.

 
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Dismissing claim against officials

Hildreth v. Butler

Trump Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Brennan affirms the dismissal of an incarcerated man's claim that his Parkinson's disease medication was improperly delayed.

 
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COVID-era restrictions on churches

South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom

Trump Supreme Court Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, and other Trump-appointed judges try to mandate special preference for churches during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 
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Dismissed job discrimination

Nethery v. Quality Care Investors

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Amul Thapar casts the deciding vote to dismiss Title VII retaliation claims by a woman who reported sexual harassment on the job.

 
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COVID safety measures at jail

Cameron v. Bouchard

Trump Sixth Circuit judge John Bush tries to stop a court order concerning safeguards against COVID-19 for people detained in a county jail.

 
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