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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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Allowed unreasonable police frisks
US v. Weaver
Trump judge Nardini writes decision supported by all four other Trump Second Circuit judges that reverses panel ruling and upholds police search of a Black man, increasing the risk of more improper police frisks of innocent people
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Deadly police violence
Valenzuela v. City of Anaheim
Trump judge Lee tries in dissent to cut by a third the damages to the family of a man improperly killed by police and to allow restrictive state laws to harm the remedial purpose of federal civil rights law.
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Upheld abortion restriction
Bristol Regional Women's Center v. Slatery
Trump Sixth Circuit judge Thapar, joined by the five other Trump judges on the court, reverse district court ruling and reinstate restrictive state abortion law, further harming the right to choose.
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Police abuse of power
Beverly Spencer v. Sheriff Jonathan Berison
Trump judges Branch and Newsom reverse district court and grant qualified immunity and summary judgment to excuse sheriff from claims of deprivation of due process, in part for personal gain.
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Ineffective assistance of counsel
Tarleton v. Secretary. Florida Department of Corrections
Because of Trump judge Robert Luck, an individual will continue to serve a 30-year sentence for a conviction based on inadmissible hearsay testimony that an effective defense lawyer would have objected to.
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Police get qualified immunity
Thurairajah v. City of Fort Smith
Trump judge Erickson casts deciding vote to grant state trooper immunity under state law for misconduct and to prevent the award of punitive damages, an important tool for promoting accountability for police misconduct.
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Coach school prayer allowed
Kennedy v. Bremerton Sch Dist
Seven Ninth Circuit Trump judges (Nelson, Bade, Collins, Lee, Forrest, Bumatay, and Van Dyke) write or join dissents and other opinions in school prayer case that invite further cut back by the Supreme Court on church-state protection.
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Ministerial exception to anti-bias laws
Demkovich v. St Andrew the Apostle Parish
Trump judge Brennan writes decision, and he and Trump judges St. Eve and Kirsch cast deciding votes, ruling that religious organization are essentially immune from hostile work environment claims by many employees.
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