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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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Ruling against trans athletes
West Virginia v. B.P.J.
Multiple states have barred trans women and girls from participating in school sports. West Virginia v. B.P.J. (consolidated with Little v. Hecox) involved trans student athletes’ legal rights under Title IX and the Constitution.
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Shifting power to Trump
Trump v Slaughter
Donald Trump claims complete power over agencies that Congress created to be independent and bipartisan, including the right to fire agency heads even when Congress has specifically protected them from being fired without cause.
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Limiting religious liberty
Landor v Louisiana Dept. of Corrections
A former federal prisoner sought to collect money damages from state officials who clearly violated his rights under the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
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Cutting overtime pay
Secretary of Labor v Comprehensive Health Care Management Services
The Department of Labor charged a large company that operates healthcare facilities with failure to pay over $35 million in overtime and related pay to around 6000 employees.
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Blocking protestor from going to court
Khalil v. President United States of America
The case involves whether a student who has been kept in detention and targeted for deportation because of his political activism can go to court to argue that he is being held illegally.
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Dismissing lawsuit against polluting agencies
Forward v Macomber
The owner of a California landfill sued several state agencies for allegedly generating hazardous waste harming its property, in violation of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The case was appealed to the Ninth Circuit.
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Refusing review of torture claims
Iris Rodriguez Martinez, et al v. Attorney General United States of America
Iris Ivette Rodriguez Martinez fled from her native El Salvador to the US with her two sons after threats of death from a gang. Immigration agencies declined to grant her any relief, so she went to the Third Circuit.
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