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Republicans Are Playing the "Religion Card" with Judicial Nominees News & Analysis 11/03/2017 by Paul Gordon Eighth Circuit nominee Steve Grasz—you know, the one who was deemed unqualified by a unanimous panel of the ABA—had his hearing before the Senate …

The Progressive Happy Hour: Environmental Justice (and a Baking Scandal) News & Analysis 11/03/2017 by Christin "Cici" Battle Drew Courtney As the country is still reeling from disasterous storms, the Trump administration continues to stake out harmful …

Letter: Judicial Nominee Leonard Steven Grasz Lacks Respect for the Law News & Analysis 11/02/2017 by Marge Baker In August, Trump nominated Leonard Steven Grasz to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The Senate Judiciary Committee …

Letter: The Judiciary Committee Should Reject Mark Norris’s Judicial Nomination News & Analysis 11/01/2017 by Marge Baker On July 13, President Trump nominated state Sen. Mark Norris to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of …

PFAW and Allies Tell Ed Gillespie and Marco Rubio: Racism Has No Place in Virginia News & Analysis 10/31/2017 by Rachel Foster With just a week left until Election Day in Virginia, on Monday evening People For the American Way, CASA in Action, …

Letter: Surveillance Reformers Oppose USA LIBERTY Act News & Analysis 10/31/2017 by Jen Herrick Update: On November 8, the House Judiciary Committee defeated an amendment offered by Representatives Ted Poe and Zoe Lofgren to help close the backdoor search …

Supreme Court Brief: Religion Should Not be Used as a Sword to Discriminate News & Analysis 10/31/2017 by Jen Herrick On December 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission , yet …

ABA Calls Trump Circuit Court Nominee Grasz "Not Qualified" News & Analysis 10/31/2017 by Paul Gordon On October 26, People For the American Way sent a letter expressing our opposition to the Grasz nomination to the Senate Judiciary Committee. You can …

Letter: Groups Urge Facebook and Google to Endorse Honest Ads Act, Protect U.S. Elections News & Analysis 10/30/2017 by Jen Herrick On October 20, more than two dozen reform organizations came together to support the Honest Ads Act introduced by Senators …

Uncovering the Sham in Trump's Voter Suppression Commission News & Analysis 10/30/2017 by Jen Herrick Ever since the deeply embarrassing week that surrounded the September meeting of Trump's sham voter suppression commission , the question has been what's …