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5 Nov 2018, 10:58 am by Brianna Bell
There have been inconsistencies in Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s testimony, leading lawmakers to request further investigation. [read post]
11 Mar 2019, 11:29 am by Peter Margulies
This same lack of tailoring—of means-ends fit—is evident in Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross’s decision to insert a citizenship question in the decennial census. [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 9:49 am by Margaret Taylor
On Tuesday, April 2, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a markup and voted to authorize subpoenas in connection with two different investigations—first, the White House's handling of security clearances and access to classified information (a subject about which I wrote last week), and second, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census. [read post]
7 Jun 2017, 2:46 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in April urging them to retain Lee as director of the patent office.The companies said in the letter that Lee's efforts at the patent office had led to a decrease in abusive litigation filed by so-called "patent trolls. [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 5:22 am by Staci Zaretsky
[POLITICO] * After refusing even more subpoena demands, it’s highly likely that the House is going to hold AG Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress. [read post]
27 Nov 2019, 7:56 am by Cassandra Maas
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has stated: “These actions will safeguard the Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain. [read post]
4 Dec 2017, 8:00 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Among the prominent Trump allies included in the database update: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Defense Secretary James Mattis, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Transportation Secretary Eliane Chao and White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. [read post]
8 Mar 2019, 5:26 am by Erik Slobe
However, the DOJ changed position after Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross spoke with Attorney General Jeff Sessions. [read post]
28 Jun 2019, 8:42 am by Tom Smith
Adding to the sting is the fact that the chief justice wasn’t just along for the ride on the closely watched ruling: He penned the majority opinion, which essentially accused Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross of lying about his reasons for seeking to add the question on citizenship. [read post]
27 Jun 2019, 10:14 am
The decision left open the possibility that the Trump administration could try again to add the citizenship question, but the clock is ticking....In an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court today explained that... it was reasonable for [Secretary of Commerce Wilbur] Ross to decide to use the citizenship question instead of the administrative records. [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 5:18 pm by Bill Marler
Brendan O’Connor of Gizmodo reports today that President Donald Trump intends to intensify enforcement of food safety regulations as a cudgel in international trade negotiations, according to leaked recordings of a what appears to be a phone conversation between Trump and Wilbur Ross, his nominee for Commerce Secretary. [read post]
6 Nov 2017, 3:37 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
One offshore web leads to Trump’s commerce secretary, private equity tycoon Wilbur Ross, who has a stake in a shipping company that has received more than $68 million in revenue since 2014 from a Russian energy company co-owned by the son-in-law of Russian President Vladimir Putin. [read post]
30 Oct 2018, 4:37 am by Lyle Denniston
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross should be spared from questioning about his “mental processes” as he made plans for the next census, Administration lawyers argued in emergency papers filed at the Supreme Court. [read post]
27 Jun 2019, 8:51 am by Lyle Denniston
., declared that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had used a “contrived” explanation for adding that question to census forms, so it ordered Ross and his aides to examine the issue all over again. [read post]
7 Jul 2019, 7:48 pm by Marty Lederman
On Thursday, June 27, the Supreme Court held that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's March 2018 order, directing the Census Bureau to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census questionnaire, "rested on a pretextual basis," i.e., that it "cannot be adequately explained in terms" of the "sole stated reason" Ross offered--a purported request by the Department of Justice "for improved citizenship data to better enforce… [read post]
7 Mar 2017, 8:57 am by Stewart Baker
 And the incoming Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, endorses Privacy Shield, a move that may validate EFF’s tactics. [read post]
19 Aug 2019, 1:01 pm by Hadley Baker, Vishnu Kannan
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said that the most recent extension was to protect Huawei’s U.S. customers, many of which operate networks in rural parts of the country. [read post]
26 Jan 2019, 8:41 am
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross can buy some more caviar and champagne and wonder why he doesn't see many court clerks when dinning at 1789 in DC. [read post]
27 Mar 2018, 12:45 pm
On Monday night, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that he will ask about the citizenship of every person in the U.S. in the 2020 census. [read post]