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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
Rodriguez-Penton v. U.S.
Trump Sixth Circuit Judge Amul Thapar argues that a lawyer did not provide ineffective assistance of counsel when he failed to warn his client, a legal permanent resident from Cuba, that pleading guilty to an unrelated drug offense could cause deportation.
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Stifle citizen complaints on police
Seals v. McBee
Trump Fifth Circuit Judges Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt and Oldham try to reverse panel decision that struck down under the First Amendment a Louisiana law that criminalized making threats of even lawful action against public officers.
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Dimissing suit against the police
Ericson v. Frankenberry
Trump Seventh Circuit Judges Brennan and St. Eve dismiss an invasion of privacy claim by an airplane pilot who, while sleeping in a pilot's lounge at an airport, was awoken by two police officers who did not identify themselves and searched and arrested him.
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Unconstitutionally obtained evidence
George Alvarez v. The City of Brownsville
Trump Fifth Circuit Judges Ho and Willett vote against person who was declared "factually innocent"� after the city failed to disclose evidence that would have proven his innocence and he was kept in prison for four years.
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Helped religious school
Tree of Life Christian Schools v. City of Upper Arlington
Trump Sixth Circuit Judge Amul Thapar argues for an interpretation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) that is contrary to most courts of appeals and would have granted questionable favorable treatment to a religious school.
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Kept people in jail
O'Donnell v. Harris County
Trump Fifth Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan helps uphold the Texas practice of keeping poor people in jail who cannot pay bail on minor misdemeanor offenses, without even determining whether release without bail would pose any problems.
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Allowed unfair sentence
U.S. v. Gipson
Trump Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho votes to allow enhanced sentence based on presentencing report, despite dissent demonstration that report lacked the required "adequate evidentiary basis with sufficient indicia of reliability."
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Harmed immigrant
Moreno-Martinez v. Sessions
Trump Sixth Circuit Judge John Nalbandian votes to allow federal immigration authorities to immediately remove an undocumented immigrant who had been married to a U.S. citizen for ten years, has two children who are U.S. citizens, and has a "clean police record."
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