The lawyer who helped give us marriage equality may be Donald Trump’s biggest problem

Roberta Kaplan
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Among the many lawyers who labored long and hard to make marriage equality a reality, Roberta Kaplan holds a special place. As Edie Windsor’s lawyer, Kaplan argued before the Supreme Court that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unfairly imposed a tax burden on Windsor when her partner died. The Court agreed, which was a huge victory for LGBTQ+ rights and paved the way for its decision two years later that made marriage equality the law of the land.

Now, Kaplan may hold another place in the history books. She may be the lawyer who sets Donald Trump on the road to political oblivion.

That Kaplan is a lesbian makes the possibility that much sweeter.

Kaplan has the distinction of having won two victories against Trump in the four high-profile legal cases that he’s currently facing. Not only did she get a jury to agree last fall that Trump sexually assaulted and subsequently defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, but she hauled Trump into court a second time for..

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