Take Care

Ensuring the President “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed”

Daily Update

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seek to leverage uncertainties in the rules for impeachment to their advantage. White House officials indicated that President Trump threatened to veto a recent spending bill if it included language requiring release of military aid to Ukraine early next year. The DHS OIG said that it found “no misconduct” by department officials in the deaths of two migrant children who died in Border Patrol custody last year. And the FISA court ordered the Justice Department to review all cases that former FBI official Kevin Clinesmith worked on.

Emily Morrow

Harvard Law School

Why HHS Can't Keep Cutting Corners As It Attempts To Undo Non-Discrimination Protections

3/30/20 // In-Depth Analysis

HHS has recently tried to essentially repeal an important rule that prevents the Department from discriminating across its many programs. But, as contributor Harper Jean Tobin explains, its rule making is both substantively and procedurally illegal.

Harper Jean Tobin

National Center for Transgender Equality

It’s Past Time for President Trump to Use the DPA

3/30/20 // In-Depth Analysis

It’s way past time for the Administration to use the Defense Production Act now

Brianne J. Gorod

Constitutional Accountability Center

Versus Trump: Should Vulnerable Detainees Be Released?

3/27/20 // Commentary

On this week’s Versus Trump, Jason and Charlie discuss a lawsuit in Seattle, Dawson v. Asher, requesting that several vulnerable people in immigration detention be released. They discuss the legal standard for detention, why detention centers are particularly dangerous places, and what courts will be balancing when they consider these requests for release. Listen now!

Charlie Gerstein

Civil Rights Corps

Jason Harrow

The Wide Array of Amicus Briefs in the Congressional Oversight Cases Underscore Their Importance

3/23/20 // In-Depth Analysis

By Ashwin Phatak and Charlie Miller: This Term, the Supreme Court will hear a pair of consolidated cases concerning Congress’s oversight and investigative powers. A number of amicus briefs filed in the Court explain in different ways the broader issues at stake in these cases.

Take Care

COVID-19, the ACA, and the Role of the Federal Government

3/23/20 // Commentary

Congress has a crucial role to play in keeping us safe from COVID-19. Notwithstanding baseless continued attacks on the Affordable Care Act, Congress is fully empowered to legislate on these issues.

Praveen Fernandes

CAC

Versus Trump: Should Democrats Try And Pack The Supreme Court?

3/19/20 // Commentary

On this week’s Versus Trump, Jason talks with Aaron Belkin and Matt Lehrich of Take Back The Court. They talk about Aaron's idea for the Democrats to add four seats to the U.S. Supreme Court in response to what he sees as two "stolen" seats. Listen now!

Jason Harrow