- Fair and Just Courts
- Money in Politics
- Voting Rights
Marge Baker is Executive Vice President at People For the American Way, where she oversees the organization’s policy and programmatic work. She serves as the organization’s spokesperson and chief strategist for its ongoing work to confirm fair-minded judges to the federal judiciary and has led PFAW’s anti-corruption efforts and campaigns to reduce the undue influence of money in politics. In her work at People For she has focused on building diverse progressive coalitions designed to win meaningful victories on key progressive issues. Baker’s expertise and insight is frequently drawn upon by TV, radio, and print outlets in outlets such as MSNBC, Fox News, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Politico.
She has served for more than 35 years in various public service roles. Prior to her current position she was the staff director for the late Senator Paul Wellstone on the Senate’s Employment, Safety and Training Subcommittee. Ms. Baker is a graduate of Yale Law School, clerked for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, served as Chief Counsel to Senator Howard Metzenbaum on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and directed the Consumer Services Division of the New York Department of Public Service.
Marge Baker's Areas of Expertise
In The News
Republicans Have Been Winning On Judges For Decades. Democrats Have Barely Talked About It.
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Blog Post | September 24, 2021
Launch of “Our Courts, Our Fight”
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Blog Post | November 18, 2020
Documenting the Continuing Harm and Threats Caused by Trump’s Lifetime Judges
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Blog Post | May 6, 2020
Justin Walker is Exactly the Kind of Judicial Nominee that the Framers Intended to Protect Us From
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Blog Post | April 15, 2020
The Extreme Views of Judicial Nominee Cory Wilson Make Him Unqualified to Serve
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Blog Post | March 4, 2020
Judicial Nominee Stephen Schwartz Wants to Undo the New Deal and the Social Safety Net
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Blog Post | February 26, 2020
Trump’s Stephen Vaden Judicial Nomination Represents Yet Another Assault on the Integrity of Our Courts
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Blog Post | January 14, 2020
Judicial Nominee Andrew Brasher’s Work in Alabama Reflects His Own Extreme Vision of the Law—Still True
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Blog Post | November 21, 2019
California Senators Say NO to Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominee Patrick Bumatay
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Blog Post | November 14, 2019
Judicial Nominee Lawrence VanDyke Is an Unqualified, Ideological Extremist
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Blog Post | October 28, 2019
Judicial Nominee Sarah Pitlyk Would Be an Advocate Against Abortion Rights on the Federal Bench