Alliance for Justice today released its research report on the record of Halil Ozerden, President Trump’s latest nominee for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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AFJ: Bress Confirmation Adds Anti-Worker Voice to Ninth Circuit
Confirming Daniel Bress adds an anti-worker, anti-consumer voice to that bench — over the strong objections of both California senators, Sens. Feinstein and Harris, who note that this California seat is going to a DC-based lawyer with few ties to their state.
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How Trump Is Reshaping the Courts
Donald Trump has appointed more federal judges than his predecessor Barack Obama, especially in courts of appeal. Those judges tend to have a strongly conservative agenda including some who have a history of being openly against LGBTQ rights, immigration, and abortion. According to the advocacy group Alliance for Justice, President Trump has appointed 128 judges as of July 17, 2019. On the equivalent day in the Obama administration (July 17, 2011), Obama had appointed 90 judges. In the appeal courts, Trump has appointed 43 appeal judges, while Obama did only 19.
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Sen. Ted Cruz raises religious liberty concerns with Trump’s federal appeals court nominee
One of President Trump’s federal appeals court nominees is facing opposition from advocacy groups and at least one Republican senator, who told the judge Wednesday there’s serious concerns about his judicial record on religious liberty. Sen. Ted Cruz, a member of the Judiciary Committee, expressed doubt during Judge Halil Suleyman Ozerden’s confirmation hearing about whether he’s the type of constitutionalist the Texas Republican wants to see on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears cases from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Our Common Quest for Autonomy and Dignity: Reproductive Rights and LGBTQ Equality
By Julianna S. Gonen, National Center for Lesbian Rights Many in the LGBTQ community are watching in horror as state after state enacts draconian bans on abortion in what seems like a competition with one another to see which can go farthest in its legislative assault on reproductive freedom. But if any of us have… Read more »
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Our Active Servicemembers Deserve Better
In 2003, Air Force Sgt. Dean Witt had a routine appendectomy at Travis Air Force Base. Tragically, after the procedure, Witt’s nurse administered a lethal dose of fentanyl and incorrectly inserted a breathing tube into his esophagus, depriving his brain of oxygen. Witt was left in a vegetative state for three months until his wife, Alexis, decided to have her husband’s feeding tube removed. The same nurse was linked to at least three other deaths, including the death of another airman just a year prior to Witt’s death.
In any other circumstance, Mrs. Witt would be able to hold accountable those whose negligence caused her husband’s death. However, because of a nearly 70-year-old Supreme Court decision that prohibits active duty servicemembers from suing the government, including for medical malpractice, Mrs. Witt is left without recourse.
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Seven Myths about the Path Forward
It’s time to take on some of the myths that permeate discussion of how to proceed in subjecting Donald Trump to the rule of law.
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House — Exhausted from Threatening Oversight — Needs Another Recess
The House greeted the release of the redacted Mueller report by taking a 10-day recess. After returning for several weeks of name-calling between the Speaker and the President, the issuance of a bunch of subpoenas, threats of contempt, and two court victories, the House ran out of gas and headed off for another 10-day recess. While Speaker Nancy Pelosi jockeyed to hold the growing impeachment caucus at bay, the House failed to hold a single substantive hearing on the Mueller Report or even to secure a date to hear from Mueller.
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Bolder Advocacy: New Guide Is “Roadmap to Success” for Nonprofits Seeking Advocacy Funding
Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy program is excited to announce that its latest comprehensive guide for nonprofits, “Foundation Advocacy Grants: What Grantees Need to Know,” is now available.
