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Daily Update | March 20, 2019

Abigail DeHart  //  3/20/19  //  Daily Update

White House lawyers want an opportunity to claim executive privilege and review Robert Mueller's report before it reaches lawmakers and the public. Search warrants obtained in the New York case against President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen were unsealed. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument in an anti-corruption case against President Trump regarding his violations of the Constitution's emoluments clauses. The Supreme Court’s latest opinion adds to a string of decisions with sweeping views of ICE’s power to confine migrants. Federal judges have ruled against the Trump administration 63 times over the past two years.

 

TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION

White House lawyers want an opportunity to claim executive privilege and review Robert Mueller's report before it reaches lawmakers and the public (CNN).

Search warrants obtained in the New York case against President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen were unsealed (WaPo).

  • The search warrants and supporting affidavits are available here.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument in an anti-corruption case against President Trump regarding his violations of the Constitution's emoluments clauses (NYTimes, LATimes, WaPo).

 

IMMIGRATION

After President Trump’s veto on the congressional resolution rescinding his emergency border declaration, three federal district judges now have the best chance to block it (USA Today).

The Supreme Court’s latest opinion adds to a string of decisions with sweeping views of ICE’s power to confine migrants (NYTimes, crImmigration).

  • Nielsen v. Preap is available here.
  • Further analysis of the decision can be found here.

 

CHECKS & BALANCES

Federal judges have ruled against the Trump administration 63 times over the past two years (WaPo).

The idea that impeachment must be automatic anytime Congress believes the president has committed impeachable offenses is wrong, argues Ted Kalo at The Hill.

 

RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE

A top Robert Mueller prosecutor who handled Michael Flynn’s guilty plea concluded her detail, signaling that the Russia investigation is nearing an end (Politico).

 

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