During June and July, Biden appellate and district court judges across the country were involved in important rulings that protected people’s rights, as well as their environment and welfare. Twenty such decisions were made in June and July, including 7 on workers’ rights and other discrimination issues, along with rulings on environmental and consumer protection, LGBTQ+ issues, voting rights, privacy and the First Amendment, and more.
Each case is summarized below, along with a link to the full People For the American Way Foundation blog entry on the decision and to the ruling itself. Links to previous People For analyses of Biden judge cases are also below. Such rulings by Biden judges demonstrate the importance to all of us of promptly nominating and confirming fair-minded judges.
The Biden White House and Senate Democrats have been working hard to rebalance the courts after four years of Senator McConnell’s brisk pace of confirming Trump judges. As of August 8, the Senate has confirmed 205 Biden judges, slightly more than the 203 confirmed by McConnell at this point in the Trump presidency. More work remains necessary, however, since McConnell confirmed an additional 31 judges from this point in 2020 through the end of the year.
- Biden Judge Rules that Restrictive Agency Comment Policy Violates the First Amendment
- Biden Judges Vacate Agency Order That Approved Gas Pipeline Without Fully Evaluating Environmental Harms
- Biden Judge Writes Decision Giving Man Opportunity to Prove Unlawful Search, False Arrest, and Malicious Prosecution Claims Against Police
- Biden Judge Casts Deciding Vote Allowing Former Employees to Prove They Were Fired Due to Religious Objection to Vaccination Requirement
- Biden Judge Strikes Down Ohio Law Harming Disabled Voters’ Rights
- Biden Judge Authorizes Former Library Board Members to Proceed with Case Contending They Were Improperly Fired for Speaking in Favor of Minors’ Access to LGBTQ+ Literature
- Biden Judge Authorizes Couple to Go Forward with Housing Bias Case Against Developer
- Biden Judges Rule That Agency Failed to Adequately Assess Environmental Impact of Proposed Liquified Natural Gas Facility on Gulf Coast
- Biden Judge Rejects Amazon Attempt to Dismiss Class Acton Challenging It for Invasion of Privacy
- Biden Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Allow Transgender Individuals to Challenge State Policy Forbidding Them from Getting Amended Birth Certificates
- Biden Judge Gives Pre-Trial Detainees Improved Access to Mail and Information
- Biden Judges Allow Black Man to Present His Case to a Jury that Corrections Officers Failed to Stop Use of Excessive Force Against Him
- Biden Judge Upholds Finding That Hotel Owner Improperly Refused to Bargain on Wages and Other Economic Issues, Despite Trump Judge Dissent
- Biden Judge Rejects Most of Photographer’s Challenge to Public Accommodations Law Protecting LGBTQ+ People
- Biden Judge Rejects County Summary Judgment Motion and Allows Corrections Officer to Try to Prove Her Disability Discrimination Case at Trial
- Biden Judge Gives Employee the Opportunity to Prove His Claim That He Was Denied a Promotion in Retaliation for Previous EEO Complaints
- Biden Judge Gives Worker the Opportunity to Prove Pregnancy Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate Disability
- Biden Judge Stops State Law Trying to Enact and Enforce Immigration Restrictions
- Biden Judges Reverse Lower Court Antitrust Judgment for Large Healthcare Corporation and Give Consumers Another Chance to Recover Damages
- Biden Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Authorize Parents to Sue Baby Food Maker for Violating Labelling Law
