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We Need a Supreme Court that Will Check Trump—Judge Gorsuch Won't Op-Ed 02/06/2017 by Jen Herrick As part of our #StopGorsuch campaign, Marge Baker, People For the American Way's executive vice president, wrote on Sunday for The Hill about the dangers …

Gorsuch is to the Right of Scalia on the “Chevron Doctrine”—Here’s Why it Matters Op-Ed 02/01/2017 by Elliot Mincberg This piece originally appeared in the Huffington Post. In preliminary looks at the record of Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s nominee to …

What’s Next for Black America After Obama Op-Ed 01/24/2017 by Diallo Brooks This piece was originally published on Medium. January 20, 2009 awakened a new sense of cultural and historical pride for many Black Americans as we witnessed the inauguration and …

Donald Trump’s Religious Bigotry Isn’t New, But It’s Still Dangerous Op-Ed 11/23/2016 by Brian Tashman This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post. A disloyal religion .  A religion that mandates violence .  A religion incompatible with freedom …

We Can’t Win a Fight We’re Not In Op-Ed 11/18/2016 by Marge Baker This piece originally appeared in the Huffington Post. In this wrenching week, I have been thinking about something my former boss Paul Wellstone liked to say: “You’ve got to start a fight …

Senate GOP Keeping Court Vacancies Open So Trump Can Transform America’s Judiciary Op-Ed 07/13/2016 by Paul Gordon This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post. The Constitution sets up an independent judiciary as the third branch of government, …

Supreme Court Obstruction is Continuation of GOP’s Disrespect for First African American President Op-Ed 04/01/2016 by Leslie Watson Wilson This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post. From the right-wing obsession with President Obama’s birth …

Discriminatory "Religious Freedom" Bill is Bad for Our State Op-Ed 02/27/2016 by Rev. Timothy McDonald This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post. I am one who believes that we must be vigilant about protecting true religious liberty, which has …

Why The Right's Response To Marriage Equality Is Anything But Principled Op-Ed 06/30/2015 by Paul Gordon This post by PFAW and PFAW Foundation Senior Legislative Counsel Paul Gordon was  originally published  in the Huffington Post.  Ted Cruz, Bobby …

Mike Boggs' Record Catches Up to Him Op-Ed 09/23/2014 by Paul Gordon This post was originally published at the Huffington Post. This is a good day for Americans who care about our federal courts. According to press reports , Judiciary Committee Chairman …