In February, Biden judges cast key votes in nine significant appellate rulings across the country. These included the unanimous ruling by two Biden judges and a conservative judge rejecting former President Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, which the Supreme Court has accepted for review. Five other decisions concerned workers’ rights and environmental protection.
Each case is summarized below, along with a link to the full People For the American Way or PFAW 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 Trump-McConnell judges. While they are closing the gap with Trump, they have more to do. As of March 8, the Senate has confirmed 182 Biden judges, which puts Biden and Schumer 11 confirmations behind where Trump and McConnell were at this point four years ago (193 judges at this date). Updated statistics can be found at pfaw.org/justice/time-is-running-out-confirm-fair-minded-judges.
- Biden Judge Writes Decision Upholding NLRB Ruling That Corporation Improperly Harmed Workers’ Rights
- Biden Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Allow Woman to Bring Her Medical Leave Discrimination Case to a Jury
- Biden Judge Rejects Corporations’ Efforts to Remove Fraud and Global Warming Cases Away from State Court
- Biden Judge Upholds Finding of Discrimination and Labor Law Violations Against Corporations
- Biden Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Uphold University Policy on Attending In-Person Classes During Pandemic
- Biden Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Give Ranch the Opportunity to Prove that Corporation’s Fuel Pipeline Leak Caused Environmental Damage
- Biden Judge Reverses Lower Court Rulings that Harmed Stillbirth Victim
- Biden Judge Rules that Claim Against Corporations for Environmental Cleanup Costs Can Go Forward
- Biden Judges Join with Conservative Judge to Reject Trump Absolute Immunity Claim and Set Strict Deadline for Appeal
Previous People For analyses of Biden judge rulings include our September 2022 report, July 2023 report, and monthly summaries for September , October, November, and December of 2023 and for January 2024.