Daily Update | January 22, 2019
Abigail DeHart // 1/22/19 //
President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that conversations about Trump Tower Moscow went on leading up to the 2016 election. The Trump administration’s proposed ACA Rules could raise health insurance costs for millions of Americans. After the bipartisan First Step Act was signed, the DOJ and BOP have been dragging their feet to implement the new law, which reforms the criminal justice system. President Trump cannot acquire the land he needs build his border wall without forcibly displacing large numbers of property owners by using eminent domain. The special counsel’s office says it did not realize the extent of Buzzfeed’s story about Michael Cohen until it was published.
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
President Trump’s second proposed plan to end the government shutdown is unrealistic, contends David Frum at the Atlantic.
President Trump cannot acquire the land he needs build his border wall without forcibly displacing large numbers of property owners by using eminent domain (WaPo).
- Read here for analysis of why this option is not legal and would set a dangerous precedent.
TRUMP: INVESTIGATION AND LITIGATION
President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that conversations about Trump Tower Moscow went on leading up to the 2016 election (NYTimes; CNN).
The Special Counsel’s office says it did not realize the extent of Buzzfeed’s story about Michael Cohen until it was published (WaPo).
- See here for analysis of why it may not legally matter even if Buzzfeed got the story wrong.
CIVIL RIGHTS
DOJ Attorney General nominee William Barr seems a “conventional conservative,” prepared to sustain the work of his predecessors in the Administration, writes Jeffrey Toobin in the New Yorker.
After the bipartisan First Step Act was signed, the DOJ and BOP have been dragging their feet to implement the new law, which reforms the criminal justice system (The Hill).
REGULATION
The Trump administration’s proposed ACA Rules could raise health insurance costs for millions of Americans (WaPo).
RULE OF LAW
The 230-year-old U.S. Constitution evolves and is capable of meeting challenges under the Trump Administration, writes Noah Feldman at Bloomberg Opinion.
CHECKS & BALANCES
The Senate likely has a duty to conduct a trial of the president if the House impeaches him, reasons Bob Bauer at Lawfare.
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Rule of Law Checks & Balances Regulation Civil Rights