Daily Update | July 3, 2018
Lark Turner // 7/3/18 //
Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen says his “first loyalty” is to his family. Anti-Muslim attacks and animus are undermining years of work to build cooperation and civil rights protections for American Muslims. Senator Collins should not trust Justice Gorsuch to rule against overturning Roe v. Wade. The investigation into Facebook-fueled election interference by Cambridge Analytica is broadening. EPA head Scott Pruitt’s conduct may have violated federal rules of official conduct. President Trump is being wooed — effectively — by super PAC America First.
TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION
Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen says his “first loyalty” is to his family (ABC News, WaPo).
How should ongoing investigations into President Trump affect the search for Justice Kennedy’s replacement? asks Bob Bauer at Just Security.
IMMIGRATION
The Supreme Court’s didn’t decide the travel ban is lawful — and what it did decide is indefensible, argues Marty Lederman at Just Security.
In addition to being “judicial clickbait,” Justice Roberts’ depiction of Korematsu in Trump v. Hawaii is just wrong, writes Anil Kalhan in Dorf on Law.
CIVIL RIGHTS
The anti-animus principle invoked by Justice Kennedy in Masterpiece Cakeshop “cannot mean that it is always out of bounds to criticize someone who uses religion as a justification for particular actions, or wrongs,” write Leah Litman and Abigail DeHart in Take Care.
Based on his record on the Court so far, Senator Collins should not trust Justice Gorsuch to rule against overturning Roe v. Wade, writes Brianne J. Gorod for Take Care.
- Abortion rights activists are right to be concerned, argues Irin Carmon at PostEverything.
- Collins is under a “grand delusion,” writes James Downie at The Washington Post.
Anti-Muslim attacks and animus are undermining years of work to build cooperation and civil rights protections for American Muslims, writes Salam al-Marayati at Lawfare.
In 170 actions and counting, the ACLU goes after Trump (NYT Magazine).
DEMOCRACY
Justice Kennedy thought of himself as a defender of free speech, but his record complicates that vision, writes Erwin Chemerinsky at SCOTUSblog.
Faith in democracy is declining, and partisan gerrymandering plays a part, argues Gerald F. Seib in The Wall Street Journal.
Janus is unprincipled and “intellectually bankrupt,” writes Catherine L. Fisk at ACSBlog.
- It’s the left that’s weaponizing the First Amendment, argues Roger Pilon on Cato at Liberty.
JUSTICE & SAFETY
On the death penalty, Justice Kennedy was ultimately “more inclined to gauge the degree of civilization in American society by its prisons than by its execution chambers,” write Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker for SCOTUSblog.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
President Trump is being wooed — effectively — by super PAC America First (WaPo).
REGULATION
EPA head Scott Pruitt’s conduct may have violated federal rules of official conduct, former ethics chief says (WaPo).
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE
The investigation into Facebook-fueled election interference by Cambridge Analytica is broadening, officials say (WaPo).
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