Daily Update | February 18, 2019
Kyle Skinner // 2/18/19 //
Trump has declared a national emergency to fund the border wall. As a border wall becomes more likely, asylum seekers at the border are giving up hope. The Court will review the census citizenship question dispute this term. The Special Counsel's office filed its sentencing memo in Paul Manafort's case. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed a former employee of the data firm Cambridge Analytica. A district court ordered the Trump administration to halt the imminent discharge of HIV-positive airmen.
TRUMP INVESTIGATIONS & LITIGATION
The Special Counsel's office filed its sentencing memo in Paul Manafort's case (Lawfare).
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed a former employee of the data firm Cambridge Analytica (The Hill).
A gag order was issued in the Roger Stone case (Lawfare).
IMMIGRATION
Trump has declared a national emergency to fund the border wall (WSJ, ImmigrationProfBlog).
- You can read the declaration at Lawfare.
- The declaration may be based on false claims (NYT).
- Jack Goldsmith analyzes what is and isn’t a big deal at Lawfare.
- Courts might be able to stop him (NYT, NPR, Lawfare). Dahlia Lithwick argues that his assertions that he will win undermine the Supreme Court (Slate).
- Gorsuch’s property rights jurisprudence may create problems for Trump’s border wall (Mother Jones).
- Bob Bauer explores how the Trump administration thought through the announcements legal implications (Lawfare). Annika Lichtenbaum discusses the role of the Office of Legal Counsel (Lawfare).
- Public Citizen filed the first lawsuit following Trump’s announcement (The Hill).
- As a border wall becomes more likely, asylum seekers at the border are giving up hope (NYT).
- To the contrary of Trump’s statements, border towns may be some of the safest places around (ImmigrationProfBlog).
CIVIL RIGHTS
Dahlia Lithwick writes about Kavanaugh’s rhetoric on abortion (Slate).
A district court ordered the Trump administration to halt the imminent discharge of HIV-positive airmen (LAMBDA Legal).
DEMOCRACY
The Court will review the census citizenship question dispute this term (SCOTUS Blog, Election Law Blog).
Steven Rosen discusses the online voting revolution (Salon).