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Senate Judiciary Must Set New Hearing for Unqualified Judge Nominees Brett Talley and Thomas Farr

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November 17, 2017

Lambda Legal joined the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund in calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold additional hearings on two district court nominees: Brett Talley and Thomas Farr.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
America Deserves Better: Rather Than Attacking ABA, Senators Should Reject Unqualified Judicial Nominees.

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November 15, 2017

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today, the American Bar Association defended its unanimous rating of “Not Qualified” on Leonard Steven Grasz’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Don Willett Does Not Reflect the “Best of Texas"

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November 15, 2017

Lambda Legal continued standing up against Donald Trump’s long line of dangerous nominees to the federal bench, specifically around a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning on the nomination of Don Willett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
The State of Washington Just Joined Our Case Challenging The Trans Military Ban

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November 14, 2017

A U.S. District Court judge today granted the state of Washington’s motion to intervene in support of the plaintiffs in Karnoski v. Trump, the federal lawsuit filed in August by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s ban on military service by transgender people.

See Also: Military, Transgender Rights
On the Front Lines Opposing Trump’s Extremely Dangerous Nominees

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November 14, 2017

This week, Lambda Legal will be out front in its continued opposition to President Donald Trump’s nominations for lifetime appointments on the federal bench.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Despite Opposition, Senate Judiciary Republicans Continue Rubber-Stamping Trump's Anti-LGBT Agenda

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November 9, 2017

Today the Senate Judiciary advanced confirmation of Trump's Deputy White House Counsel Gregory Katsas to the second most powerful court behind the U.S. Supreme Court.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Law & Policy Project
Yesterday We Won. Today, We Keep Fighting.

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November 8, 2017

You’ve seen the headlines. Last night was an exhilarating tonic.

See Also: Law & Policy Project, Racial Justice & Low Income Advocacy, Transgender Rights
The Senate Is Falling Over Itself to Fill Courts with Donald Trump’s Extremist Anti-LGBT Judges

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November 2, 2017

For lifetime appointments.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Fair Courts Project
Mitch Mcconnell Is Trying to Jam Through Trump's Anti-LGBT Judicial Nominees

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November 1, 2017

The United States Senate this week continues to run roughshod over the judicial nomination process, forcing through confirmations of two controversial anti-LGBT nominees – Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Joan Larsen to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – and lining up two more – Allison H. Eid to the Tenth Circuit, and, later this week, Stephanos Bibas to the Third Circuit.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Lambda Legal Condemns U.S. Senate’s Effort to Jam Through Trump's Controversial Judicial Nominees

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October 31, 2017

The U.S. Senate moved ahead today with an effort to force through four controversial judicial nominees to lifetime appointments to federal courts of appeals. This afternoon, the Senate confirmed the first of these nominees, Amy Coney Barrett, for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and is now pushing ahead with the nomination of Joan Larsen for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

See Also: Fair Courts Project