Daily Update | March 9, 2018
Lark Turner // 3/9/18 //
President Trump says he will meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in the next two months. Eliminating the individual mandate, along with other changes to the ACA, will cause health insurance rates to rise 35 to 94 percent in the next three years, according to a new report. In EEOC challenge, the Sixth Circuit holds that discrimination on the basis of transgender and transitioning status is discrimination on the basis of sex. Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty on Thursday to fraud charges brought against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. British court finds anti-Muslim extremists, retweeted by President Trump in November, guilty of hate crimes.
PODCAST
On the latest episode of Take Care’s podcast, Versus Trump, Easha Anand, Charlie Gerstein, and Jason Harrow tackle an unsuccessful challenge to new border fencing mounted by California and various environmental groups.
IMMIGRATION
One of DOJ’s big defenses to the Muslim ban litigation — that visa applicants who don’t pose a security threat may be granted waivers — is an empty promise, write Michael Price and Peter Keffer at Just Security.
DOJ should lose its latest challenge to sanctuary cities, even though its arguments this time around are a little better, argues Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy.
Undocumented minors are spending too much time in custody, a new lawsuit alleges (The New Yorker).
CIVIL RIGHTS
British court finds anti-Muslim extremists, retweeted by President Trump in November, guilty of hate crimes (NYT).
In EEOC challenge, the Sixth Circuit holds that discrimination on the basis of transgender and transitioning status is discrimination on the basis of sex (On Labor).
DEMOCRACY
Fake news moves through Twitter more and faster than the truth, researchers find (NYT).
A lawsuit targeting Trump’s use of Twitter tests the limits of legal reasoning as well as the public forum doctrine, writes Eric Segall at Dorf on Law.
JUSTICE & SAFETY
President Trump says he will meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in the next two months (NYT, WaPo).
- The State Department was apparently caught off-guard by Trump’s announcement (WaPo).
How will a single judge handling staggering multidistrict litigation arising out of the opioid crisis address the underlying public health problem? asks Abbe Gluck at Take Care.
The Trump Administration will release a major report on military and national security issues this Monday (Lawfare).
REGULATION
Facing opposition within his party and administration, President Trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum (NYT, WSJ).
- Congress gave the president too much power over trade in Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, writes Daniel J. Ikenson at Cato at Liberty.
Eliminating the individual mandate, along with other changes to the ACA, will cause health insurance rates to rise 35 to 94 percent in the next three years, according to a new report (WaPo).
After escaping death in a school shooting, Parkland student activists are facing aggressive opposition to their cause on Twitter (WaPo).
REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
In secret arbitration, Trump’s lawyer obtained a restraining order preventing pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels from discussing her alleged affair with the president (NYT).
- Daniels will likely get to tell her story, Jeffrey Toobin says (CNN).
There are alternatives to impeaching the president that may be wiser, writes Jennifer Rubin at The Washington Post.
How should the media report Trump’s moods? asks Eric Wemple at The Washington Post.
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE
Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty on Thursday to fraud charges brought against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller (WaPo).
Rep. Adam Schiff wants the House Intelligence Committee to re-interview two witnesses to further its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election (WaPo).
President Trump asked at least two witnesses about what they talked about with Special Counsel Robert Mueller (NYT).
Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg will cooperate with Mueller’s investigation after all (NYT).
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