Government shutdown was avoided this time around when President Trump signed two spending bills that will fund the federal government until September 2020, the rest of the fiscal year. The $1.4 trillion budget deal included wins and compromises for both parties, policy changes wanted by both parties, and the inevitable odd tidbits slipped in to … [Read more...]
Michigan Governor Wants to Put Medicaid Work Requirements on Hold, Lawsuit Pending
Gretchen Whitmer gives policy talk at the Ford School: The Detroit Grand Bargain(Photo credit: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan - CC 2.0) Michigan is set to implement Medicaid work requirements on January 1, 2020, but a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was filed on November … [Read more...]
Justice Gorsuch Appears to Side with Trump in Rescinding DACA
(Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead, Public Domain) Justice Neil Gorsuch appeared to support President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in tense oral arguments on Tuesday. The DACA program was started by President Obama in 2012 to protect approximately 700,000 unauthorized immigrants … [Read more...]
Obamacare Survived Legal Challenges, Repeal Attempts and Trump’s Sabotage. Can It Survive One More Lawsuit?
After Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, conservative lawyers immediately launched multiple legal challenges. The ACA – also known as “Obamacare” - survived all of those challenges, winning over the conservative majority on the Supreme Court. When Donald Trump took office in 2017, he was backed up by Republican majorities in both … [Read more...]
US Takes First Step To Leave Paris Agreement
https://youtu.be/vIREXZs1F30?rel=0 According to Reuters, the United States will become the first country to leave the Paris Agreement in one year. The Trump administration announced its decision to withdraw from the global pact two years ago but just filed the official paperwork earlier in the week. The Paris Agreement was officially … [Read more...]
The Impending Impeachment of Donald John Trump
President Donald J. Trump will almost certainly be impeached by the United States House of Representatives before the next election. Evidence that the President demanded foreign interference against a political opponent in exchange for financial support is clear. According to the White House rough transcript of the phone call Ukraine … [Read more...]
Federal Courts Weigh Questions of Testimony Related to Impeachment, Mueller Report
(Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian, Public Domain) From the moment Democrats took control of the House of Representatives, the Trump White House has responded to Congressional oversight with unapologetic stonewalling. The administration has refused to turn over documents, prevented witnesses from testifying, … [Read more...]
Federal Judge’s Ruling on Florida Felon Re-Enfranchisement Amendment Puts Burden on Applicants
Amendment 4 Press Conference (Photo Credit: City of St. Petersburg, CC 2.0) In 2018, Florida voters approved Amendment 4 by an overwhelming majority. Amendment 4 restored voting rights to more than a million Floridians who had been disenfranchised due to their status as convicted felons. The amendment, which excluded those convicted of murder or … [Read more...]
An Update on the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act
Memorial Corridor at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice (Photo Credit: Soniakapadia, CC 4.0) American Legal News recently received an e-mail from a reader with a request. The reader wanted an update on the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act, a bill that unanimously passed the Senate in December, 2018. It spurred our interest, so ALN … [Read more...]
Trump Admin Weakens Rules on Toxic Pesticide Drift
When farmers use spray pesticides on their property, some of the toxic material can drift away. Yet according to The Hill, last week Trump’s EPA announced it would shrink the areas that farmers need to regulate to the boundaries of their farms. After the rule change, farmers won’t need to worry about preventing exposure outside of their … [Read more...]
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