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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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Upheld abortion restriction

June Medical Services v. Gee

Trump Supreme Court Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch plus Fifth Circuit Court Judges Willett, Ho, Engelhardt, and Oldham would allow a restrictive Louisiana anti-choice law to go into effect, even though it is virtually identical to a Texas provision struck down by the Supreme Court.

 
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Dissent would uphold unfair trial

Sims v. Hyatte

Trump Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett would deny post-conviction relief despite prosecutor hiding evidence of the hypnosis of a key witness.

 
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Falsely upheld conviction

U.S. v. Munksgard

Trump Eleventh Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom votes to uphold a felony criminal conviction even though the prosecution had failed to prove a key element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.

 
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Harmed immigrant

Perez v. Cissna

Trump Fourth Circuit Judge Marvin Quattlebaum denies an immigrant from Guatemala the ability to apply to become a permanent resident and then a citizen.

 
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Upheld abortion restriction

June Medical Services v. Gee

Trump Fifth Circuit Judges Engelhardt, Ho, Oldham and Willet joined majority in en banc decision to allow restrctive Louisiana anti-abortion TRAP law to go into effect despite the fact that it is virtually identical to a Texas TRAP law struck down by SCOTUS three years ago.

 
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Allowed Ponzi scheme

Zayed v. Associated Bank

Trump Eighth Circuit Judge Steven Grasz voted in favor of a bank that was accused of aiding and abetting in a Ponzi scheme that "swindled investors"� out of over $100 million.

 
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Harmed immigrant

Yafai v. Pompeo

Trump Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett writes panel ruling dismissing U.S. citizen Mohshin Yafai's claim that the denial of his wife's application for a visa violated his right to due process of law.

 
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Tried to uphold conviction under vague law

U.S. v. Simms

Trump Fourth Circuit Judges Richardson and Quattlebaum would allow the conviction under an unconstitutionally vague criminal law by rewriting it in a way that the Supreme Court has clearly rejected.

 
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Age discrimination

Kleber v. CareFusion Corp.

Trump Seventh Circuit Judges Barrett, Brennan, Scudder, and St. Eve vote to rule that job applicants cannot claim that an employer's hiring practices have a discriminatory impact on older workers.

 
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Transgender military ban

Trump v. Karnoski, Trump v. Stockman

Trump Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh cast the deciding votes to order that the injunctions against the transgender military ban be lifted while the lower court opinions are reviewed in the court of appeals and possibly the Supreme Court.

 
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Cover fraud claims

U.S. v. Jucutan

Trump Ninth Circuit Judge Mark Bennett casts deciding vote to extend two congressional authorizations for military force, one against those involved with 9/11 and the other against Iraq, to an ordinary case of fraud.

 
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State sponsored prayer at board meeting

Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Chino Valley Unified School District

Trump Ninth Circuit Judges Nelson and Bennett voted for a rehearing that would have reversed a panel decision affirming a lower court ruling striking down a school board policy of government-sponsored prayer at school board meetings.

 
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Dissent would delay healthcare coverage

Alcresta Therapeutics and Jonathan Richard Flath v. Azar

Trump D.C. Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas would not require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take action to facilitate insurance coverage for a unique feeding device crucial for individuals suffering from cystic fibrosis.

 
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Harmed immigrant

Camacho v. Whitaker

Trump Eighth Circuit Judge Ralph Erickson subjects a lawful permanent resident to deportation even though the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) improperly found as a fact that one of his alleged victims attempted suicide following� the offense.

 
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Trying to deny ADA claim against employer

Nall v. BNSF Railway Company

Trump Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho would have ruled for the employer on an ADA claim without a trial.

 
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Religious advocacy ads on public transit

Archdiocese of Washington v. WMATA

Trump D.C. Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas would allow a special exception for religious advocacy ads from the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA) policy that limits its ad space on buses and trains to commercial ads and bans political, religious, advocacy, or other issue-oriented ads.

 
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Limited rights to sue police

U.S. v. Johnson

Trump Sixth Circuit Judge John K. Bush casts deciding vote to dismiss appeal of sentence despite demonstration by dissent that "all parties" agreed that an appeal was proper.

 
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Limit payment by insurance

Tamarin Lindenberg v. Jackson National Life Insurance Company

Trump Sixth Circuit Judge Joan Larsen wrote a dissent that "if it became law" would make it extremely difficult for a fired whistleblower to ever make their case to a jury of their peers.

 
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Upheld unfair trial

Schmidt v. Foster

Trump judges reverse panel where Barrett had dissented and uphold deprivation of right to counsel

 
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Limit recovery by Holocaust survivors

Simon v. Republic of Hungary

Trump D.C. Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas would not allow Holocaust survivors to pursue in U.S. courts their damages claims against Hungary and a government-owned railway company.

 
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Limited asylum

Trump v. East Bay Sanctuary Covenant

Trump Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh dissented from ruling rejecting Trump administration effort to immediately put into effect a ban on individuals from other countries seeking asylum at any place other than a formal port of entry.

 
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Allowed unfair trial

Allen v. Mitchell

Trump Sixth Circuit Judge John K. Bush votes to not allow an individual sentenced to death to raise in federal court a contention that the state had improperly failed to disclose DNA and other evidence that could have led to him being absolved from the charges against him.

 
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Would rule against gun violence measure

Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs v. Attorney General

Trump Third Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas would invalidate New Jersey's limit on the amount of ammunition in a single firearm magazine, increasing the harm caused by assault weapons in mass shootings.

 
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Lobbied disclosure requirements

Calzone v. Summers

Trump Eighth Circuit Judge David Stras would undermine important public disclosure laws by not allowing Missouri's lobbyist registration and disclosure law to apply to an unpaid conservative lobbyist.

 
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Ineffective assistance of counsel

Adetokunbo Olubunmi Adejumo v. U.S.

Trump Eighth Circuit Judge David Stras rejects a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel without an evidentiary hearing.

 
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