Daily Update | November 14, 2018
Abigail DeHart // 11/14/18 //
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker consulted with ethics officials about possibly recusing himself from overseeing the Special Counsel’s Russia investigation. The State of Maryland asked a federal court judge to declare that the appointment of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was illegal. President Trump’s threat to restrict birthright citizenship has troubling historical precedent in the United States. CNN sued President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's access to the White House. President Trump told advisors he is preparing to remove Kirstjen Nielsen as DHS secretary.
TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker consulted with ethics officials about possibly recusing himself from overseeing the Special Counsel’s Russia investigation (Politico).
President Trump’s firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions brings the country closer to a constitutional crisis, contends Amy Davidson Sorkin at the New Yorker.
There is an open question about whether challenges to the Whitaker appointment are valid, writes Andy Grewal at Yale Journal on Regulation.
IMMIGRATION
President Trump has manufactured fears and exaggerated responses to justify his immigration policies, but this leads to the erosion of the rule of law, argues the Editorial Board of the New York Times.
President Trump’s threat to restrict birthright citizenship has troubling historical precedent in the United States, write Neil Weare and Sam Erman at Take Care.
DEMOCRACY
CNN sued President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's access to the White House (CNN; LATimes).
- An analysis of the constitutionality of President’s actions can be found here.
RULE OF LAW
President Trump told advisors he is preparing to remove Kirstjen Nielsen as DHS secretary (WaPo; NYTimes).
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is a sterling counterexample at a time when the Trump Administration shows contempt for rule-of-law norms and institutional limits, writes Bob Bauer at Lawfare.
CHECKS & BALANCES
The State of Maryland asked a federal court judge to declare that the appointment of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was illegal (WaPo; NYTimes).
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