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3 Aug 2017, 7:51 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky
Furthermore, the Vacancies Act expressly covers the precise situation here – namely, a vacancy at an Executive Agency created by a resignation. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
These two men are uniquely suited to carry out the hateful agenda now emerging from the Trump morass.The Trump Administration Forges Ahead on an Anti-LGBTQ AgendaAs I discussed here, a religious license (they call it “liberty”) executive order was leaked early in the Trump presidency. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 12:01 pm by Russell Spivak
” But even assuming tweets can be construed as official statements evincing intent, in the words of Harvard Law Professor Jeannie Suk Gersen, “[a] tweet by a president is neither a law nor an executive order. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 11:08 am by Ilya Somin
President Barack Obama and Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office, Nov. 10, 2016. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 8:26 am by Quinta Jurecic
That is why, since taking office, I have enacted tough new sanctions on Iran and North Korea, and shored up existing sanctions on Russia. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 7:00 am by Ed Stein
In a press release his office issued after the original Russia sanctions bill passed, Corker argued forcefully that he thought the pendulum of foreign policymaking power had swung too far towards the executive branch, and he intended to correct that: “For decades, Congress has slowly and irresponsibly ceded its authorities to the executive branch, particularly as it relates to foreign policy,” said Corker. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 6:00 am by Peter Swire
  Third, even Democratic Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama have issued Executive Orders supporting use of cost-benefit analysis to proposed regulations (while recognizing the difficulty of quantifying important variables). [read post]
But below the radar, the Executive Branch is engaging in the same type of infighting—on issues that matter and have the potential to harm LGB people across the country.Attorney General Jeff Sessions filed an unsolicited brief in Zarda v. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 7:30 am by Steve Vladeck
In al-Nashiri I, the issue was whether the CMCR’s judges were “principal” Executive Branch officers for purposes of the Constitution’s Appointments Clause, and could therefore only be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 7:05 am by Bob Bauer
Scalia’s objections were theoretical—interference with unified president control of the executive function—but also practical. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 4:05 am by SHG
A president who could self-pardon could violate literally any federal law with impunity, knowing that the only risk was removal from office by impeachment. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 4:00 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky
  The President can (1) direct an officer in any agency who is occupying a position requiring Senate confirmation to perform the functions and duties of the office, or (2) select any officer or employee of the subject agency who is occupying a position for which the rate of pay is equal to or greater than the minimum rate of pay at the GS-15 level and who has been with the agency for at least 90 of the preceding 365 days to perform the functions and duties of… [read post]
30 Jul 2017, 1:31 pm by Douglas A. Berman
Based on data from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA), in Fiscal Year 2016 (starting October 1), 11,656 defendants were charged with firearms offenses under 18 U.S.C. 922 or 924. [read post]
29 Jul 2017, 2:06 pm by John E. Bies
The VRA provides a general rule addressing vacancies in Senate-confirmed positions across (most of) the executive branch. [read post]
29 Jul 2017, 6:27 am by Alex Potcovaru
In the Intelligence Studies Essay, Steve Slick explored what effects President Trump’s revised executive order on the structure of the National Security Council will have on policy deliberations. [read post]
29 Jul 2017, 5:20 am
 Item: July 26, 1948, President Harry S Truman signs executive order 9981 desegregating the armed forces of the United States of America. [read post]