Hetali Lodaya  //  8/29/19  //  Daily Update

The House Judiciary Committee plans to investigate the president’s push to host next year’s G-7 meeting at his Doral resort. A new USCIS policy would require the US-citizen parents of certain children born abroad to apply for the child’s citizenship, rather than it being granted automatically. The California Supreme Court will decide whether a Prop. 4, a ballot measure that opens the state’s presidential primaries, conflicts with a recently passed law requiring candidates to have disclosed tax returns. Attorney General Barr has booked a Trump hotel for a $30,000 holiday party.

TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION

Lawyers for Deutsche Bank seem to have confirmed in court that they have some of the president’s tax returns. (Politico)

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee plan to investigate the president’s push to host next year’s G-7 meeting at his Doral resort. (Politico)

IMMIGRATION

The American Immigration Lawyers Association and the ABA are calling for Congress to establish an immigration court system that is independent of DOJ. (Marshall Project)

Trump apparently told aides to “take the land” in reference to border wall construction. (NYT)

CIVIL RIGHTS

The HHS Office of Civil Rights says that a Vermont hospital violated a “conscience complaint” rule when it required an objecting nurse to assist with an abortion. (Atlantic)

A new USCIS policy would require the US-citizen parents of certain children born abroad to apply for the child’s citizenship, rather than it being granted automatically. (Politico)

Last week’s NLRB decision in Bexar regarding leafleting rights is the Trump NLRB’s worst yet, argues Andrew Strom at OnLabor.

DEMOCRACY

Judge Rudolph Contreras heard argument from a reporter suing the President because his press pass was revoked after he got into an argument with a former White House aide. (Politico)

The California Supreme Court will decide whether a Prop. 4, a ballot measure that opens the state’s presidential primaries, conflicts with a recently passed law requiring candidates to have disclosed tax returns. (SF Chronicle)

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

The Pentagon seems unlikely to object to the merger of two large defense contractors, Raytheon and United Technologies. (Government Executive)

Attorney General Barr has booked a Trump hotel for a $30,000 holiday party. (WaPo)

President Trump has name-dropped his properties upwards of 70 times as president. (WaPo)

REGULATION

A new study finds that a President’s ideology does not significantly affect policy changes during OIRA review, although the character of the agency involved might, writes Kate Mancuso at the Regulatory Review. 

CHECKS & BALANCES

Substantive reforms will be needed to prevent the president from using IEEPA to overreach his authority in economic negotiations, writes Peter E. Harrell at Lawfare.