Jeffrey Stein  //  11/30/17  //  Topic Update


Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee urged Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to reverse a prior DOJ position and expand its oversight of gambling (The Hill).

President Trump signaled to friends his belief that a government shutdown would help him politically (WaPo).

The bipartisan Cyber Diplomacy Act is an essential legislative response to the ‘redesign’ at the State Department (Lawfare).

It may take more litigation to understand how the Federal Vacancies Reform Act applies to the "uncharted territory" that the Trump Administration has entered, writes Matthew Kahn at Lawfare

Challengers urged the Supreme Court to stay out of the "travel ban" dispute for now, writes Amy How at SCOTUSblog.


Updates | The Week of February 19, 2018

2/25/18  //  Daily Update

Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a new charge against Paul Manafort while Richard Gates pled guilty. Meanwhile, President Trump's proposal to arm teachers drew controversy in Washington.

Jacob Miller

Harvard Law School

Updates | The Week of February 5, 2018

2/11/18  //  Daily Update

The Nunes memo set off aftershocks; agencies scrambled to implement the Trump Administration's policies to mixed effect; and Congress passes a budget after a brief overnight shutdown.

Updates | The Week of January 22, 2018

1/28/18  //  Daily Update

The House and Senate passed a three-week-long spending bill, clearing a path to end the shutdown of the federal government. Under President Trump, the Senate has not engaged in its customary independent review of judicial nominees.