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Trump Anti-LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Spoke At ‘Kill The Gays’ Conference, Called Trans Kids Part Of ‘Satan’s Plan’ And More

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The Year The Religious Right Moved Into The White House

Donald Trump wasn’t exactly the dream candidate of the Religious Right.

After Mateer And Talley, Unacceptable Nominees Remain

This post was originally published on the PFAW Blog. The White House was right to withdraw the nominations of Brett Talley and Jeff Mateer to be district court judges. But their withdrawal does not mean that everyone else is acceptable.

White House Withdraws Two Controversial Judicial Nominations

The White House today walked back the nominations of two of President Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees, Brett Talley, a 36-year-old with a record of online extremism who had never tried a case, and Jeff Mateer, a former attorney for a Religious Right legal group who had said that transge

Senate Committee Approves Set Of Judicial Nominees With Records of Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-choice Extremism

The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the nominations of 10 of President Trump’s federal judicial nominees, including four highly controversial nominees who were opposed by every Democrat on the committee. Our colleague Paul Gordon delved into the records of the four most controversial of th