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Executive Power
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The Right Coast
Trump Faces the Fury of a Scorned Ruling Class – WSJ
Mr. Trump is on the attack and Washington is fighting back. Is the Republic in danger? Another question is how much danger will it be in if Mr. Trump loses?…
PrawfsBlawg
Questioning DOJ Independence
Main Friday, May 19, 2017Questioning DOJ IndependenceRecent new stories suggest that part of the conflict between James Comey and President Trump arose out of Comey’s desire to keep the FBI…
PrawfsBlawg
Whittington on Trump and the courts
Main Thursday, February 16, 2017Whittington on Trump and the courtsThis Balkinization piece by Keith Whittington. I have been trying to figure out why Trump's comments about the judiciary have rankled,…
PrawfsBlawg
The Immigration Ban and the Establishment Clause
Main Wednesday, February 15, 2017The Immigration Ban and the Establishment ClauseOn Monday, the Hon. Leonie Brinkema of the Federal District Court for Eastern Virginia became the first judge to undertake…
PrawfsBlawg
Do immigrants benefit from lack of due process? The pro-immigrant case for anti-immigrant procedures
Main Friday, February 10, 2017Do immigrants benefit from lack of due process? The pro-immigrant case for anti-immigrant procedures Is the lack of procedural due process a bad thing for immigrants?…
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Trump vexed by challenges, scale of government – POLITICO
In interviews, nearly two dozen people who ve spent time with Trump in the three weeks since his inauguration said that his mood has careened between surprise and anger as…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Former Practitioner’s Meditation on The Second-Worst Case, by Kari Hong (guest post)
By Kari Hong at Boston College School of Law:I have personally litigated just under 100 actions in the Ninth Circuit, clerked for the current Chief Judge, and founded a clinic…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Trump Fires Acting Attorney General
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolHere's the NYT report on this unprecedented move.President Trump fired Acting AG Yates for declining to defend his EO on immigration. The move is…
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Trump’s “Dizzying” First Week Sets Pace for Lawmakers | RealClearPolitics
I ll tell you what, this is really a new day in Washington, said Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho. I ve never seen the amount of work getting done that…
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Trump Can Order Border Wall Because Of Democrats | The Daily Caller
President Donald Trump will be able to order the construction of a wall on the Mexico border Wednesday with the stroke of a pen, because of a 2006 law passed…