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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
Mark Norris: TFW Your Anti-LGBTQ Record Is Worse Than Most Other Trump Nominees

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November 1, 2017

It’s quite a remarkable feat—standing out for your anti-LGBT record among Donald Trump’s judicial nominees. Yet it’s a feat that nominee Mark Norris accomplishes with ease. Mr. Norris is Trump’s nominee to the District Court for the Western District of Tennessee; he appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning.

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
Donald Trump Keeps Losing in the Courts, so He’s Trying to Take Them Over

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October 30, 2017

His latest try is anti-LGBT federal appeals court nominee Steven Grasz.

See Also: Fair Courts Project
That Case About the Baker Who Refused to Make a Cake for a Gay Wedding? It's Not About the Cake.

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October 30, 2017

This is not about a cake. It’s about licensing cradle to grave discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

See Also: Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal & TLDEF Team Up to Help Transgender People Get Legal Name Changes in Atlanta

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October 30, 2017

Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) is joining forces with Lambda Legal to collaborate on one of TLDEF’s signature programs, the Name Change Project. The Project provides free legal name change services to low-income transgender people through partnerships with some of the nation’s most prestigious law firms and corporate law departments. TLDEF will continue to run its program in New York City, while Lambda Legal will work with TLDEF to continue developing the initiative in Atlanta and throughout Georgia.

See Also: Transgender Rights