Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza
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Past articles by Rebecca:
Has LGBT Acceptance Come as Far as We Claim?
Depending on where you're born, things might not have gotten that much better. → Read More
The Solution to Trump's Nuclear Obsession
There's one long-term solution to the nuclear threat in the White House: disarmament. → Read More
Gorsuch 2020?
Is Justice Neil Gorsuch short-sighted—or is he playing the long game? → Read More
Life and Death in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's health crisis was 100 years in the making. → Read More
Trump and DeVos Are Preparing a Historic Rollback on Discrimination Law
From weakening protections for survivors of sexual assault to axing protections for transgender students, the administration has made no secret of its animosity toward the Civil Rights Act. → Read More
How Grassley's Dirty Tricks Will Help the GOP Stack the Courts
Senate Republicans are reshaping the judiciary by abandoning the Senate customs they fought to keep under President Obama. → Read More
Why I’m Suing the President for Blocking Me on Twitter
By blocking people from his Twitter account, our lawsuit argues, the president has violated the First Amendment. → Read More
How Conservatives Are Trying to Rewrite the Constitution
While Congress and the Trump administration continue to push the GOP agenda via legislation, other conservatives are trying to change the Constitution itself. → Read More
The End of Gay Rights
How a Trump Supreme Court will erode LGBT rights. → Read More
When Disability Rights Are Trans Rights
A recent case has opened the next frontier in the fight for transgender rights: the Americans With Disabilities Act. → Read More
How the Right Is Perverting Religious Liberty
Inside the curious phrase that protects peyote and condemns LGBT people. → Read More
If Justice Kennedy Goes, So Do LGBT Rights –
He’s been the deciding justice in every gay rights case. Now it looks as though he may retire — taking the possibilities of further progress with him. → Read More
If Justice Kennedy Goes, So Do LGBT Rights
He’s been the deciding justice in every gay rights case. Now it looks as though he may retire — taking the possibilities of further progress with him. → Read More
When Could the House Vote to Impeach Trump? –
“An impeachable offense,” then-Representative Gerald Ford said in 1970, “is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history. → Read More
When Could the House Vote to Impeach Trump?
“An impeachable offense,” then-Representative Gerald Ford said in 1970, “is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history. Conviction results from whatever offense or offenses two-thirds of the other body [the Senate] considers to be sufficiently serious to require removal of the accused from office.”The Constitution hardly contradicts Ford.… → Read More
A Guide to Treason 2.0
Yesterday, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey confirmed that the FBI is investigating the possibility of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. → Read More
Trump’s Religious Freedom Policies and the Next Culture War
Whether Trump signs it or not, the so-called “religious freedom” executive order signals an encouragement to discriminate. → Read More
What Are the Limits of Executive Action Under Trump?
A preview of the historic test of the separation of powers to come. → Read More
The High-Stakes Immigration Case at the Supreme Court
Millions of immigrants may be affected by the justices’ decision on mandatory detention. → Read More
A Moment of Silence for Antonin Scalia
The Supreme Court has just lost its strongest voice. His sudden silence leaves a major void. → Read More