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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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Preventing release of immigrant activist

Khalil v President

The federal government is seeking to deport an immigrant who is a permanent legal resident and an advocate for Palestinian rights.

 
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Limit consumer protection act

Howard v RNC

A consumer filed a class action against the RNC for unwanted sending of text messages containing video files, which he contended was in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

 
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Dismissing racial discrimination claim

Yubo Miao v United Airlines

An airline passenger, who is a US citizen of Chinese descent, filed a lawsuit against an airline for kicking him off a plane because of his race.

 
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Denying FMLA argument

Spatafore v City of Clarksburg

The city of Clarksburg, West Virginia fired Dominique Spatafore some three months after returning from medical leave. The city claimed it was because she had sent workplace complaints to the mayor’s wife and city council instead of to her supervisor. She filed suit, claiming that she was improperly retaliated against for taking leave, which is illegal under the FMLA. The district court rejected her case, maintaining that there was no evidence that her firing was pretextual and in violation of the FMLA.

 
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Dismissing false arrest claim

Brogsdale v Torres-Corona

An off-duty police officer filed a false arrest complaint against two other officers for arresting him for battery because they knew or should have known he acted in self-defense.

 
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Striking down open carry law

Baird v Bonta

Gun owner Mark Baird filed a federal court challenge to a California state law that bans the open carry of firearms in large urban counties. The district court found in favor of the state, but a panel including two Trump judges, Lawrence VanDyke and Kenneth Lee, reversed and struck down the open carry law.

 
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Allowing protest of equity training

Henderson v Springfield R-12 School District

The Springfield Missouri School District began mandatory equity training programs for teachers and other employees dealing with racism and other issues. Two employees filed suit, claiming that requiring their participation in the program violated First Amendment and other constitutional rights.

 
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Blocking relief from deportation

Romero v Bondi

El Salvador citizen sought relief from deportation due to violation of Convention Against Torture (CAT).

 
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Dismissing case of police misconduct

Miller v City of Philadelphia

Philadelphia residents sued police for bursting into and searching their home without probable cause.

 
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Granting qualified immunity to prison guard

Gantt v Everett

A prison guard was sued for deliberate indifference for remotely unlocking cell of prisoner on suicide watch

 
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Stopping regulation of conversion therapy

Catholic Charities v Whitmer

Michigan’s ban on conversion therapy for gay teens was challenged by Catholic Charities.

 
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Upholding trans troop ban

Talbott v United States

Trump’s Defense Secretary enacted a policy that effectively bans transgender people from serving in the military.

 
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Granting injunction against abortion buffer zone

Florida Preborn Rescue Inc v Clearwater

Abortion protesters challenged a city’s buffer zone protecting access to an abortion clinic.

 
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Authorizing firing of independent officials

Harris v Bessent

Two independent federal agency heads challenged their firing by Trump without cause.

 
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Delaying injunction against discriminatory voting plan

Abbott v League of United Latin American Voters

Civil rights groups and others challenged a Texas redistricting plan as discriminatory.

 
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Upholding discriminatory voting districts

Williams v Representative Destin Hall

Civil rights groups and others contend that North Carolina redistricting is discriminatory against Blacks and Hispanics.

 
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Judge would dismiss lawsuit over lead in water

Sterling v. City of Jackson

Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, sued the government for knowingly providing city water with dangerous levels of lead and then misleading residents about the dangers.

 
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Anti-discrimination laws don't prevent retaliation

Smith v MDOC

A state employee contended that his rights were violated when his agency retaliated against him for filing a disability discrimination claim.

 
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Allowing tear gas at protests

Chicago Headline Club v Noem

Clergy and other immigration protesters have held a series of protests against Trump immigration policy outside the immigration center in Broadview, Illinois near Chicago. They contended that federal officials have repeatedly used excessive force, including the use of tear gas, and filed suit against the government.

 
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Rejecting immigrant's attempt to cancel deportation

Rios-Rocha v Bondi

Trump judges Lee and Bade issued an unsigned 2-1 decision that denied Rios-Rocha’s petition and affirmed the deportation ruling against him. The majority maintained that the IJ had the authority to exclude the expert affidavit and approve deportation and committed no errors in doing so.

 
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Throwing out remedy against Starbucks for unfair labor practices

NLRB v Starbucks

Trump judge Readler wrote a 2-1 decision, joined by George H.W. Bush nominee Alice Batchelder, that affirmed the NLRB finding of an unfair labor practice, but reversed the decision to award damages to Whitbeck. Readler claimed that the NLRB had no statutory or other authority to provide such damages.

 
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Granting qualified immunity

Harris v Kim

Trump judge Lee and George W Bush nominee Sandra Ikuta issued an unsigned 2-1 decision that reversed the ruling below, holding that Kim should have received qualified immunity and summary judgment against Harris.

 
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Throwing out policy protecting trans students

Defending Education v. Olentangy School Dist.

A group of parents challenged a policy of the Olentangy School District (OSD) in Ohio aimed at preventing bullying and harassment of transgender students by prohibiting other students from repeatedly mis-gendering them.

 
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Banning Chinese people from owning property

Yifan Shen v Commissioner

Four Chinese individuals and a brokerage firm representing them were barred from purchasing land in Florida because they were Chinese.

 
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Exempting anti-abortion group from providing contraception

Oregon Right to Life v Stolfi

Oregon Right to Life (ORTL), an anti-abortion group, did not want to provide contraceptive and abortion insurance coverage to its employees. It claimed that a state law requiring it to provide such insurance violated its religious beliefs.

 
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