People for the American Way: 'Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears' Highlights April Rulings
As People For the
Several trends emerge from the April cases. These include six decisions where Trump justices or judges cast disturbing votes concerning health care, including reproductive rights as well as COVID-19, and three cases concerning police misconduct and accountability. Specifically:
* Trump judges on the Sixth Circuit cast deciding votes in three cases that effectively reversed district court decisions against restrictive
* With respect to COVID-19, Trump justices cast deciding votes to grant a special exemption for religious purposes to
* With respect to police misconduct, one Trump judge upheld qualified immunity for an officer who had seized someone's phone and punished him for taking pictures of police activity, endangering the important practice of ordinary people recording public actions by police that was so important in the George Floyd murder trial. In addition, a Trump judge was the deciding vote to excuse improper interrogation of a person without giving him required Miranda warnings after punching and handcuffing him, while another Trump judge argued in dissent that police should get qualified immunity for using coercive tactics to get a false confession from a 13 year-old.
All these April cases and more, including cases concerning gun safety and employment discrimination, underline the importance of efforts to counteract harmful decisions by Trump judges by confirming fair-minded constitutionalists with a demonstrated commitment to civil and human rights as federal judges, particularly including the women of color already nominated by
Trump justices again cast deciding votes to grant dangerous special exemption to religion from COVID health rules
Trump judges cast deciding votes to uphold restrictive state abortion law
Trump judges try to invalidate important aca implementation rule by reviving discredited nondelegation doctrine
Trump judges rule that federal election commission can prevent court review of its failure to enforce election laws
Trump judge rules that grocery chain can legally discriminate against visually impaired people by providing them with inferior services
Trump judges cast deciding votes to strike down important parts of Indian child welfare law
Trump judges cast key votes to take extraordinarily disfavored step concerning appeal of ruling striking down restrictive abortion law
Trump justices cast deciding votes to gut precedent and approve sentencing 15-year-old to life imprisonment without possible parole
Trump judge casts deciding vote to dismiss prisoner's complaint that officials are deliberately indifferent to COVID-19 risk
Trump sixth circuit judges cast deciding votes to keep restrictive
Trump judge upholds qualified immunity for police officer charged with improperly seizing person's phone and punishing him for taking pictures of police conduct
Trump judge tries to prevent Black police officer from pursuing claim that he was improperly retaliated against
Trump judges try to revive attack by Trump administration on state law that helps former workers at closed nuclear facility
Trump judge overturns injunction restricting dangerous 3D gun blueprints
Trump judge casts deciding vote to excuse improper police interrogation of a person without miranda warnings after they punched and handcuffed him
Trump judge tries to grant immunity to police for coercing a false confession from thirteen year old
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