Category: Articles on Issues of Justice
How The One Big, Beautiful Bill Impacts the Disability Community
By Tracy Waller, MPH, Esq.
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) into law, after it narrowly passed both chambers of Congress. While most presidents bring changes that can be controversial, President Trump’s signing of the OBBB led to a major economic overhaul that will have long-term effects on the disability community. Vice President J.D. Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate to send the bill to the House of Representatives to be voted on. On July 3, 2025, the bill narrowly passed through the House with a vote of 218-214 and was signed into law on July 4, 2025.
Continue readingBirthright Citizenship Executive Order: Trump v. Casa, Inc.
By Tracy Waller, MPH, Esq.
Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order 2025 Faces Supreme Court Challenge
July 2025 Update:
In the final opinion issued on June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court voted in favor of the Trump administration (six justices voted for and three against). The Court did not decide whether President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship violated the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment or the Nationality Act, meaning it did not look at the issue of citizenship status or whether people are in the country legally, regardless of where they are born. Instead, the Court looked at a procedural court issue and decided whether courts have the equitable authority to issue universal injunctions.
