All posts tagged "judicial nominees"
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Biden Breaks Record for Most LGBTQ Judges Confirmed
Mary Kathleen Costello, of Pennsylvania, has become the 12th out LGBTQ person nominated to a lifetime judgeship.
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Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, other anti-LGBTQ figures top Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court picks
Trump expressed hope that if he wins re-election, he could appoint up to 4 justices to the bench over the next four years
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Republicans argue Trump has ‘taken unprecedented steps to protect LGBTQ community’
Nation's largest LGBTQ organization accuses RNC of "gaslighting" LGBTQ Americans by claiming Trump has helped them
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Trump says he’d vote for a gay presidential candidate
The president's rhetoric doesn't align with what he's done in office
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Right-wing pastor E.W. Jackson says gay people can’t be judges because they can’t be “fair or objective”
E.W. Jackson made the comments during a rant against Trump's 9th Circuit nominee, Patrick Bumatay
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Senate narrowly confirms anti-LGBTQ judge Matthew Kacsmaryk
Repeating a pattern of behavior that has occurred over and over again during Donald Trump’s presidency, the U.S. Senate narrowly voted to confirm a judicial...
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Civil rights groups rally after Trump’s judicial nominees won’t say whether segregation is unlawful
Civil rights groups rally in protest of Wendy Vitter and other Trump nominees who are silent about landmark desegregation case
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5 reasons why LGBTQ advocates are alarmed by Trump’s judicial nominee Neomi Rao
LGBTQ advocates are balking at President Donald Trump’s selection of Neomi Rao, the current administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, for a...
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Senate Judiciary Committee pushes through several anti-LGBTQ judges in “monster markup”
The Senate Judiciary Committee has pushed through the nominations of William Barr to be Attorney General and several federal judges with troubling records on LGBTQ...
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Report: 1 in 3 Trump circuit court nominees has history of anti-LGBTQ bias
Report targets Republican senators for complicity in allowing unqualified or biased nominees to be confirmed
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HRC releases congressional scorecard grading members on LGBTQ issues
A vast majority of GOP Senators and House members earned zero ratings, indicating no support for LGBTQ rights
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Progressive coalition rallies at Supreme Court to protest Trump judicial nominees
On Tuesday, a coalition of progressive groups held a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court calling on U.S. senators to oppose the nominations...
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U.S. Senate committee approves slate of anti-LGBTQ judges
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve the nominations of 23 Trump appointees to the executive and judicial branches, including six nominees who have...
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LGBT groups warn against confirming Grasz and Norris to federal bench
A coalition of 29 LGBTQ organizations sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday asking them to not to confirm Leonard Steven Grasz...
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Senate Judiciary Committee approves anti-LGBTQ lawyer’s nomination
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Gregory Katsas to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C....
