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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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Preventing release of immigrant activist

Khalil v President

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Limit consumer protection act

Howard v RNC

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Dismissing racial discrimination case
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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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Weakened Clean Water Act

Louisiana v. American Rivers

Trump justices cast deciding "shadow docket" votes to reinstate harmful Trump Clean Water Act rule

 
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Harmed voted rights

Wisconsin Legislature v. Wisconsin Election Commission

Trump justices Barrett, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh cast key votes to help majority reverse state court decision approving new voting map by Governor that helped protect minority voting rights

 
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Ruled against COVID vaccination requirement

Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden

Trump judge casts deciding vote to continue nationwide injunction against federal worker COVID-19 vaccination requirement

 
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Limited voted rights

Merrill v. Milligan

Trump justices Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Barrett cast deciding votes to allow Alabama to use discriminatory voting ap in 2022 elections

 
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Cruelty in executions

Hamm v. Reeves

Trump justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh cast deciding votes Black man despite lower courts' findings that state had violated disability law.

 
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Ruled against COVID vaccination requirement

Kentucky v. Biden

Trump judge Bush writes opinion denying a stay and thus continuing lower court injunction against important federal COVID-19 vaccination requirement concerning federal contractors in three states.

 
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Upheld abortion restriction

In re Whole Woman's Health

Trump justices cast deciding votes to refuse to carry out Court's own decision to allow abortion care providers to challenge restrictive Texas abortion law.

 
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Ruled against COVID vaccination requirement

Biden v. Missouri

Trump justices cast key votes to stop OSHA vaccine-or-test rule concerning big businesses, and Trump justices Gorsuch and Barrett come within one vote of similarly halting vaccine rule concerning health care workers who come into contact with vulnerable Medicare and Medicaid patients.

 
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Ruled against COVID vaccination requirement

NFIB v. OSHA

Trump justices cast key votes to stop OSHA vaccine-or-test rule concerning big businesses, and Trump justices Gorsuch and Barrett come within one vote of similarly halting vaccine rule concerning health care workers who come into contact with vulnerable Medicare and Medicaid patients.

 
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Attempted restrictions of abortion

Whole Women's Health v. Jackson

Trump justice Gorsuch issues decision, joined by key votes of Trump justices Barrett and Kavanaugh, which keeps Texas' draconian abortion ban in place and severely limits lawsuits to challenge it.

 
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Ruled against COVID vaccination requirement

In re MCP No. 165

Trump judges Grant and Luck affirm nationwide block of rule requiring that workers of federal contractors receive vaccinations for COVID-19, and Trump judge Larsen tries in dissent to do the same concerning OSHA rule on vaccination of big business employees.

 
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Police get qualified immunity

Irvin v. Richardson

Trump judge Erickson casts deciding vote to uphold qualified immunity for police who detained two black men and forced them to the ground.

 
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Allowed ban on school mask mandates

E.T. v. Paxton

Trump Fifth Circuit judges Wilson and Oldham reinstate Texas governor's order forbidding mask requirements deemed necessary in public schools to protect students with disabilities concerning COVID-19.

 
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Ruled against COVID vaccination requirement

Georgia v. Biden

Trump judges Grant and Luck affirm nationwide block of rule requiring that workers of federal contractors receive vaccinations for COVID-19, and Trump judge Larsen tries in dissent to do the same concerning OSHA rule on vaccination of big business employees.

 
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Used warrantless spies

US v. Muhtorov

Trump judge Eid casts deciding vote to uphold conviction despite delay and pretrial detention of more than six years and allow NSA and FBI use of massive amounts of surveillance information, threatening privacy interests.

 
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Allowed unreasonable police stop

US v. Cole

Trump Seventh Circuit judge St. Eve, joined by Trump judges Scudder, Kirsch, and Brennan, cast deciding votes in a full court ruling that upholds extended police traffic stop of Black man and threatens to make worse the problem of improper police stops that particularly victimize minorities.

 
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COVID-era precautions

BST Holdings LLC v. OSHA

Trump judges Duncan and Engelhardt help issue order halting Biden Administration rule requiring big business to mandate COVID-19 vaccines or other health and safety measures to combat the pandemic.

 
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Healthcare in prison

Dean v. Wexford Health Sources Inc

Trump Judges St. Eve and Kirsch overturn jury verdict against company and in favor of person who experienced life-threatening delay and mistreatment for cancer while in prison

 
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Wage claims

Martinez-Gonzalez v. Elkhorn Packing Co LLC

Trump judge Bumatay reverses district court and harms migrant workers by requiring individual arbitration of claims that corporate employer violated minimum wage and other laws benefitting workers.

 
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Forced arbitration

Garcia v. Church of Scientology Flag Service Org. Inc.

Trump Judge Luck writes decision upholding ruling of an impromptu corporate arbitration panel without established rules or procedures and that unfairly deprived fraud victims of proper process

 
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Qualified immunity

JKJ v. City of San Diego

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Bumatay casts deciding vote to uphold dismissal of complaint and qualified immunity for police officer charged with causing the death of a young black woman by failing to get her medical help when in distress and in his custody.

 
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Border agents violate the Constitution

Elhady v. Unidetified CBP Agents

Trump judge Thapar rules that even US citizens cannot seek relief for constitutional violations, no matter how harmful, committed by US border patrol agents even inside the US.

 
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Struck down fuel efficiency standards

Truck Trailer Manufacturers Ass'n v. EPA

Trump judges Walker and Katsas invalidate important federal agency rules to improve fuel efficiency and reduce pollution from truck trailers.

 
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Age discrimination

Thompson v. DeKalb County

Trump Judge Luck dismisses county lawyer's age discrimination claim despite boss's ageist remarks and his replacement by younger workers

 
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Denied compassionate release during COVID

US v. Bass

Trump judge Murphy casts deciding vote to revoke COVID-related release of Black man.

 
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