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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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Stopping Musk deposition

In re Elon Musk

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Preventing findings on abusive immigration actions

Chicago Headline Club v Noem

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Reversing gun possession conviction
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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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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

Whole Women's Health v. Paxton

Trump judges Willett, Ho, Engelhardt, and Wilson cast deciding votes to reverse previous decisions and put into effect a restrictive Texas law concerning abortion.

 
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Upheld abortion restriction

Whole Woman's Heath v. Jackson

Trump judges Duncan and Engelhardt help issue orders that block even a hearing on extremely restrictive Texas abortion 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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Inflated medication prices

USA ex rel Schutte v. Supervalu Inc

Trump judge St. Eve upholds dismissal of False Claims Act lawsuit concerning Medicare drug price fraud and makes it easier for corporations to avoid such liability.

 
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Limited officer liability

Irizarry v. Secretary Fla Dept of Corr

Trump judges Branch and Brasher dismiss appeal concerning deliberate indifference to incarcerated person's serious medical needs without even any written briefs or oral argument

 
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Harmed voted rights

Brnovich v. DNC

Trump justices Barrett, Gorsuch and Kagan cast deciding votes to uphold Arizona discriminatory voting provisions and to devastate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

 
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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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Limited FDA protections

Judge Rotenberg Educ Ctr v. US FDA

Trump judge Katsas casts deciding vote to strike down FDA regulation and rule that FDA cannot prohibit dangerous use of medical devices without also prohibiting all uses.

 
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Qualified immunity

Noguera v. Davis

Trump judge Bade reverses district court finding that individual did not receive constitutionally guaranteed effective assistance of counsel in a criminal case because of a conflict of interest.

 
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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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Ineffective assistance of counsel

US v. Alaniz

Trump judge Willett casts deciding vote to reject claim that person received constitutionally ineffective assistance from counsel who failed to advise him of his right to appeal harsh sentence.

 
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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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Undermined campaign finance laws

Americans For Prosperity v. Bonta

This case about reporting charities' major donors may make it harder to uphold campaign finance disclosure laws in the future.

 
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Ruled against gun violence measure

Hirschfeld v. Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives

Trump Judge Richardson writes decision overruling district court and striking down as unconstitutional a 1968 law by Congress restricting handgun sales to people under 21.

 
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Allowed unfair trial

Garza v. City of Los Angeles

Trump judge Forrest (prev. Hunsaker) casts deciding vote to uphold ruling excusing city from liability for police misconduct.

 
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Eviction moratorium during COVID

Tiger Lily LLC v. US Dept of HUD

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Bush writes opinion joined by Trump judge Thapar that affirms ruling by Trump district judge ruling that important CDC eviction moratorium is illegal.

 
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Ruled against prison conditions claim

Georgia Advoc Cntr v. Jackson

Trump judge Grant casts deciding vote to vacate preliminary injunction against horrific prison conditions and to interpret federal law to make more such orders likely.

 
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Ineffective assistance of counsel

Dunn v. Reeves

Trump justices Barrett, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh cast deciding votes to summarily reverse ruling finding that death penalty was improperly imposed.

 
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Weakened COVID safety measures

Brach v. Newsom

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Collins writes opinion reversing district court and threatening to exempt private schools from COVID-related and other rules that apply to public schools.

 
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Limited lability for prison misconduct

Shivers v. US

Trump judge Lagoa casts deciding vote to prevent damages suit under FTCA against the US caused by federal officers' alleged constitutional violations and negligence.

 
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Upheld restrictive voter law

Memphis A. Philip Randolph Inst. v. Hargett

Trump judge Readler casts deciding vote to vacate preliminary injunction and put back into effect restrictive Tennessee voting law.

 
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Let president fire independent agency heads

Collins v. Yellen

Trump justices Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Barrett cast key votes to overturn Congress' law preventing removal of housing finance agency director at will by the President, further undermining Congressional authority to insulate federal agency officials from political pressure.

 
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