Daily Update | April 10, 2019
Abigail DeHart // 4/10/19 //
President Donald Trump’s "dramatic purge of Homeland Security leaders" helps clear the way for him to new steps to curb illegal immigration. A U.S. district court in California blocked President Trump’s policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico to wait out the processing of their cases, ruling that the D.H.S. had overstepped its authority. The DOE’s civil rights division is requiring the Texas Tech University system to end its use of race in admissions decisions. President Trump exploited the Federal Vacancies Reform Act to bypass not only the Senate’s advice-and-consent role, but also the ordinary line of succession within a critical government agency. Congress can probably force President Trump to turn over his tax returns, but it is legally complicated.
TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS & LITIGATION
Congress can probably force President Trump to turn over his tax returns, but it is legally complicated (Vox).
IMMIGRATION
President Donald Trump’s "dramatic purge of Homeland Security leaders" helps clear the way for him to new steps to curb illegal immigration, argue Ted Hesson, Anita Kumar and Nancy Cook.
A U.S. district court in California blocked President Trump’s policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico to wait out the processing of their cases, ruling that the D.H.S. had overstepped its authority (NPR; Politico).
CIVIL RIGHTS
The DOE’s civil rights division is requiring the Texas Tech University system to end its use of race in admissions decisions (WSJ).
- The Resolution Agreement can be found here.
REGULATION
The NLRB made it even easier for law-breaking employers to avoid meaningful consequences for their actions, writes Andrew Strom at On Labor.
CHECKS & BALANCES
President Trump exploited the Federal Vacancies Reform Act to bypass not only the Senate’s advice-and-consent role, but also the ordinary line of succession within a critical government agency, contends Steve Vladeck at Lawfare.
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Immigration Checks & Balances Regulation Civil Rights