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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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Upholding trans troop ban

Talbott v United States

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Authorizing firing of independent officials

Harris v Bessent

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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 voter ID law

North Carolina State Conf. of NAACP v. Berger

Trump judges Quattlebaum, Richardson, and Rushing try in dissent to authorize Republican state legislative officials to intervene in NAACP lawsuit challenging North Carolina voter ID law.

 
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Struck down union access

Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid

Trump justices Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Barrett cast deciding votes to invalidate California regulation that allows access to unions to organize farmworkers, harming organized labor and workers.

 
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Attempted restrictions of abortion

Reproductive Health Services v. Parson

Trump judge Stras tries in dissent to vacate preliminary injunction against restrictive Missouri abortion law

 
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Eviction moratorium during COVID

Alabama Assn of Realtors v. US Dept of HHS

Barrett and Gorsuch dissent from order denying motion to lift stay of order repealing CDC eviction moratorium; Kavanaugh is reluctant 5th vote

 
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Upheld rule harming Black firefighters

Bey v. City of New York

Trump judges Sullivan and Bianco reverse district court ruling that strict enforcement of “no beards” policy discriminated against black firefighters with disability

 
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Forced arbitration

Ciccio v. SmileDirectClub LLC

Trump judge Murphy casts deciding vote to reverse district court and resubmit health care-related consumer complaint to arbitration despite contrary language in initial agreement.

 
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End mining environmental protections

Trout Unlimited v. Bristol Bay Eco. Dev. Corp.

Trump judge Bress tries to reinstate and prevent review of Trump era withdrawal of proposed environmental restrictions on mining in southwest Alaska.

 
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Weakened the ADA

Perez v. Sturgis Pub. Schls.

Trump judge Thapar affirms dismissal of complaint by deaf person of disability discrimination by his former school district, also harming implementation of ADA rights.

 
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Struck down having independent patent judges

United States v. Arthrex Inc

Trump justices Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Barrett cast deciding votes to overturn Congress' law providing for appointment of independent patent judges, further undermining Congressional authority

 
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Violate Miranda rights

Tekoh v. County of Los Angeles

Trump judges Bumatay, Brennan, Bress, Nelson and Van Dyke argue in dissent that failure to provide Miranda warnings does not violate the Constitution and that police cannot be held liable for such misconduct

 
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Credit reporting companies break the law

TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez

The Roberts Court makes it easier for companies to keep people out of class actions lawsuits against abusive business practices that violate rights that Congress has protected.

 
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Imprisonment of refugees

Johnson v. Guzman Chavez

Trump justices Barrett, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh cast deciding votes to authorize indefinite imprisonment of refugees without a bond hearing for periods of a year or more while claims are considered.

 
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Govverment funding for religious schools

A.H. ex rel Hester v. French

Trump judges Menashi and Sullivan rule that state must pay tuition at religious high school, even though contradicted by state constitution.

 
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Qualified immunity

Tucker v. City of Shreveport

Trump judge Engelhardt reverses district court and grants qualified immunity without trial to police officers who violently threw a Black motorist to the ground and beat him before arresting him for a traffic violation.

 
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Excused police misconduct

Grayson v. Horton

Trump judge Murphy casts deciding vote to excuse police misconduct in violating the Fifth Amendment rights during interrogation of a Black man.

 
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Border agents violate the Constitution

Boule v. Egbert

Trump judges Bumatay, Bress, Bade, Collins, Bennett, Hunsaker, Lee, Nelson, and Van Dyke try in dissent to overturn panel decision and to dismiss claim against Border Patrol agent for use of excessive force and retaliation.

 
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Wrongfully imprisoned individual

Vargas v. City of Los Angeles

Trump judge Van Dyke cast the deciding vote to affirm the dismissal of a claim against police filed by a man who police had helped to falsely convict of crimes for which he was improperly imprisoned for 16 years.

 
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Limited prison official liability

Mammana v. Barben

Trump judge Matey writes opinion ruling that federal prison officials cannot be sued for damages for ordering cruel and unusual punishment.

 
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Allowed unjustified search warrants

United States v. Rogers

Trump judge Murphy casts deciding vote to approve police search of someone's apartment without a warrant or valid consent.

 
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Dissent would give police immunity

Banks v. Hawkins

Trump judge Stras tries in dissent to grant immunity to police officer from any responsibility for shooting unarmed man who posed no imminent threat.

 
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Allowed conviction by non-unanimous jury

Edwards v. Vannoy

Trump justice Kavanaugh writes opinion, and Trump justices Gorsuch and Barrett also provide deciding votes, to overturn key criminal justice precedent and harm those convicted by non-unanimous juries.

 
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Dismissed class action

Wilkerson v. Amer Fam Ins Co

Trump judge Murphy affirms dismissal of class action claim against insurance company, harming consumers

 
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Affirmative action

Vitolo v. Guzman

Trump judge Thapar writes opinion granting preliminary injunction against and suggesting unconstitutionality of government COVID-related assistance program, which prioritized assistance for 21 days to businesses owned by female, minority, and socially disadvantaged persons.

 
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FMLA claim should be rejected

Watkins v. Tregre

Trump judge Oldham argues in dissent that court should uphold dismissal of woman's claim of FMLA discrimination concerning medical leave.

 
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Gutted consumer protections

CFPB v. Seila Law LLC

Trump judges Bumatay and Van Dyke try in dissent to further harm consumers by extending restrictive Supreme Court decision in CFPB case and invalidating CFPB investigative demand.

 
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