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U.S. Senate Abandons LGBTQ Community to Confirm Eric Murphy

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March 7, 2019

Today, Sasha Buchert, Senior Attorney at Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Eric Murphy, President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Republicans Feign Interest in Protecting Health Care and LGBTQ People to Confirm Readler

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March 6, 2019

Today, Sasha Buchert, Senior Attorney at Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Chad Readler, President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
Senate Republicans Rubber-Stamp Neomi Rao’s Nomination

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February 28, 2019

Senate Republicans continue to turn a blind eye and rubber-stamp every nominee put forth by the Trump Administration.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
William Barr Must Prove He Can Defend Civil Rights for All

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February 14, 2019

Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed William Barr, President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, over the objections of civil rights leaders.
We Applaud Bipartisan Legislation Introduced To Defend Transgender Service Members

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February 7, 2019

See Also: Military, Transgender Rights
Neomi Rao Proudly Stands at Odds with Marriage Equality

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February 4, 2019

Ahead of tomorrow’s hearing on Neomi Rao, President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Lambda Legal sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) urging them to oppose Rao’s nomination.

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LGBTQ People Are Not A "Trend", Neomi Rao

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January 15, 2019

Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after BuzzFeed News reported on a series of Naomi Rao’s inflammatory writings.

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Supreme Court Should Maintain Injunction Against Implementation of Discriminatory Transgender Military Ban

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December 28, 2018

Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a request from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking the Court to stay enforcement of the preliminary injunctions that have kept the Trump administration from implementing its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights
The Supreme Court Should Deny Premature Request for Review of Transgender Military Ban Rulings

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December 26, 2018

Lambda Legal today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a petition from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking that the Court review three preliminary federal district court rulings that have kept the Trump administration from implementing its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Military, Transgender Rights
Eric Dreiband Will Not Lead The Civil Rights Division To Justice

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October 11, 2018

See Also: Fair Courts Project