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Washington, DC – Lambda Legal will hold a national media call tomorrow, on Wednesday, December 20 at 10 a.m. ET, to unveil new, unreleased analysis detailing the alarming impact that President Trump has had in reshaping the federal courts during his first year in office. The analysis, developed by a team of analysts and legal experts at Lambda Legal, reveals the breakneck pace with which President Trump has filled judicial vacancies as well as the vast and devastating consequences that Trump’s success will have for millions of LGBTQ Americans, for decades to come. Lambda Legal has been closely monitoring the Trump administration’s reshaping of the courts since Trump took office, shining a spotlight on nominees with histories of targeting LGBT people and their families, and will discuss its key findings on the media call and release its full analysis immediately following.

Washington, DC – This week, the United States Senate confirmed three nominees to the federal bench with proven and extensive anti-LGBT records: Leonard Steven Grasz to the U.S.

Washington, DC – Today, the United States Senate confirmed Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In addition, the Senate Judiciary Committee today held a hearing on the nomination of Matthew Kacsmaryk to the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas.

Washington, DC – Today, the United States Senate handed Leonard Steven Grasz a lifetime appointment to the federal bench on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, despite being one of only four nominees since 1989 to receive a unanimously unqualified rating by the non-partisan American Bar Association.