Daily Update | September 28, 2018
Zak Lutz // 9/28/18 //
President Trump expressed happiness over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing. The Trump Administration claimed it was constitutional to prevent young immigrants from accessing abortion services. TSA administration officials retaliated against whistleblowers by reassigning them, according to a report by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The SEC is suing Elon Musk for securities fraud after he tweeted that he was considering taking Tesla private earlier this year. Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein will now meet with President Trump next week to discuss his job. The EPA will eliminate its Office of Science Advisor.
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TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has many ways to protect the Mueller investigation, explains Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes in Lawfare.
Regarding the alleged collusion with Russia and resistance to investigation, the actions of President Trump should be understood as an appeal for legitimacy and power, argues Steven J. Barela in Just Security.
The House Judiciary Committee issue a subpoena for former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe’s memos in relation to investigations of Carter Page (WaPo).
IMMIGRATION
A little-noticed part of DHS’s recently proposed immigration rules will make immigrants’ credit scores admissible in immigration proceedings (ImmigrationProfBlog).
The Trump Administration’s refugee rate-lowering has been a tragedy and must be reversed, argues Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. , David Cicilline, and Pramila Jayapal in The Hill.
The latest immigration regulation proposals is a looming public health crisis, argues Goleen Samari in the Washington Post.
CIVIL RIGHTS
The Trump Administration claimed it was constitutional to prevent young immigrants from accessing abortion services (ACLU).
JUSTICE & SAFETY
President Trump led a meeting of the Security Council on nonproliferation; he accused China of interfering with American elections and discussed the ongoing trade war (NYT).
Trump’s conduct at the UN endangers the United States, argues Susan Rice in the New York Times.
DOJ reached a $36 million settlement regarding fraudulent renewable energy credit claims (ArsTechnica).
The top enlisted official in the U.S. armed forces was suspended due to an unspecified investigation for misconduct (WaPo).
REGULATION
The EPA will eliminate its Office of Science Advisor (NYT).
Environmental regulations have disparate costs and benefits that require consideration when doing cost-benefit analysis of regulations, argues Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash in The Regulatory Review.
A Senate committee passed a bill to give the Trump Administration more authority to restructure the federal government (GovExec).
The FCC issued $120 million worth of fines for robocallers spoofing real numbers (ArsTechnica).
The SEC is suing Elon Musk for securities fraud after he tweeted that he was considering taking Tesla private earlier this year (The Hill, NYT, LAT).
RULE OF LAW
The FBI should investigate Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual assault allegations, argues Sen. Chris Coons, Shan Wu, and Julie Grohovsky in The Hill.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker also demanded an “independent investigation” before any vote (The Hill).
- Dick Durbin told Kavanaugh to request an FBI investigation (LAT).
President Trump expressed happiness over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing (The Hill, Politico).
TSA administration officials retaliated against whistleblowers by reassigning them, according to a report by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (GovExec).
According to the report released yesterday, the FEMA chief was warned about his improper use of government cars (Bloomberg).
REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein will now meet with President Trump next week to discuss his job (WaPo).
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE
Democrats have requested hearings on President Trump’s claims that China interfered with elections (The Hill).
Our election system is vulnerable, argues Kim Zetter in The New York Times Magazine.
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