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The Right Coast
Wow: Trump names Gen. H.R. McMaster new national security advisor « Hot Air
McMaster s known to the public primarily for two things. One, as noted by the Times, was the success of his counterinsurgency strategy in Tal Afar in Iraq at a…
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The Embarrassment of President Trump – The New Yorker
Those uncomfortable silences accompany chatter about Trump s state of mind, which is abetted by talk from a leaky White House and even from a Trump doctor, Harold Bornstein, who…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Trump Executive Order Directs Executive Agencies to Minimize “Unwarranted” ACA Economic and Regulatory Burdens
President Donald Trump’s first official act in office was to sign an executive order declaring it the policy of his Administration to seek prompt repeal of the Affordable Care Act…
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Eric Holder Hired by California for Legal Battles Against Trump – NBC News
It's my old law firm!!! :-D
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2017 to be year of massive change in Washington | Washington Examiner
All told, some 4,000 executive branch jobs will need to be filled by the new administration. While most of these don't require Senate action, it will keep the Trump team…
Inside Political Law
New Year, New Gift Rules for the Federal Executive Branch
By Robert Kelner, Robert Lenhard, Zachary G. Parks, Derek Lawlor, Angelle Smith Baugh
Corporations, trade associations, and others who interact with federal executive branch employees should be aware of the Office of Government Ethics’ (OGE) recent amendments to the executive branch gift rules,…
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White House Prohibits Cabinet From Addressing Democratic Convention – The New York Times
WASHINGTON The White House has forbidden members of President Obama s cabinet to address the Democratic National Convention this month, a stark break from past policy that is intended to…
Education Law Prof Blog
What Does John King’s Appointment As Secretary of Education Have to Do with Justice Scalia’s Vacancy?
By Derek Black
On their face, they have very little to do with one another, but they intersect on one level. Given the fact that John King would serve less than a year…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrtaion Article of the Day: ‘Vast Hordes…Crowding in Upon Us’: The Executive Branch’s Response to Mass Migration and the Legacy of Chae Chan Ping by Margaret H. Taylor and Kit Johnson
'Vast Hordes...Crowding in Upon Us': The Executive Branch's Response to Mass Migration and the Legacy of Chae Chan Ping by Margaret H. Taylor (Wake Forest University School of Law) and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Will this week’s confirmation hearings for AG nominee Loretta Lynch produce any fireworks?
Main January 25, 2015Will this week's confirmation hearings for AG nominee Loretta Lynch produce any fireworks?This new National Law Journal article suggests the answer to the question in the title…