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The most destructive and lasting legacy of Donald Trump's presidency is
barely getting covered by the corporate media: the right-wing takeover
of the federal courts. A whopping 150+ judges nominated by Donald Trump
have been confirmed by Mitch McConnell to lifetime seats, where for
decades they will be able to green-light voter suppression, end abortion
rights, and block any restrictions on guns. Now Mitch McConnell is
scrambling to ram through as many of these far-right judges as he can
before the 2020 election, and Common Dreams is the only independent
nonprofit news outlet shining a spotlight on these nominations. Will you
make a donation to help support Common Dreams and our work to shine a
bright light on Trump's far-right takeover of the courts?

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The Supreme Court get lots of press coverage, but the vast majority of
cases never reach it. Most are decided by lower courts, which are
becoming completely taken over by Trump. You see, during the Obama
administration, Mitch McConnell blocked or delayed dozens of Obama's
judicial appointments. Then when Trump was elected, McConnell went to
work filling those empty seats with Trump nominees. Today, nearly 1 in 4
judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals was appointed by Trump. And long
after Trump is gone, those judges will be there, pushing his far-right
agenda. These are judges who reject the rights of LGBTQ+ persons. They
don't believe women should decide when and whether to start families.
And a disturbing number don't even support Brown v. Board of Education,
which struck down school segregation. Over the next year, McConnell will
scramble to finish the Trump court takeover. But we'll be watching,
calling out his most extreme picks—people like Steven Menashi, an open
Islamophobe who calls Roe v. Wade "radical." Voters have no chance of
influencing these nominations unless they know the facts. That's why our
work is so vital. While the mainstream media ignores nominees like
Steven Menashi, Common Dreams is the nonprofit, independent news source
you can count on. Will you chip in to support Common Dreams' dogged
reporting on Trump's radical and unqualified nominees to lifetime
judicial appointments?

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