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Ann Donaldson Answers to House Judiciary Committee Questions
The House Judiciary Committee has released a document of responses by Ann Donaldson, former deputy to former White House Counsel Don McGahn, to queries by the committee concerning the Mueller report. Don... -
NSA Releases Semi-Annual Report to Congress
The National Security Agency’s Office of the Inspector General released an unclassified version of its mandatory semi-annual report to Congress covering Oct. 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019. The full document ... -
Ninth Circuit Declines to Stay Preliminary Injunction of Border Wall
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to stay of a lower court's preliminary injunction of President Trump's reallocation of funds for the construction of a border wall. The decision i... -
House Ways and Means Committee Sues for Trump Tax Returns
The House Committee on Ways and Means has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service in order to obtain Pre... -
Facebook Releases Civil Rights Audit Progress Report
Facebook has released an update on its ongoing civil rights audit, illustrating the wide range of effects the company has on civil rights—from facilitating racially discriminatory ads for housing, employ... -
Appellate Briefs in Mazars Case
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has filed its brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Trump v. -
D.C. Circuit Releases Unredacted Doe v. Mattis Opinion
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit released an unredacted version of its ruling in the case of Doe v. Mattis. The redacted version was released on May 9, 2018 and is available here... -
Facebook Releases an Update on Its Oversight Board: Many Questions, Few Answers
It’s been roughly six months since Facebook started collecting global feedback on its proposal to create an oversight board for content moderation decisions. This morning, the platform released the findi... -
Due Process for Guantanamo Detainees: The D.C. Circuit Rules in Qassim
On June 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit returned to the question of the constitutional rights possessed by the detainees remaining at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In pa... -
D.C. Circuit Overrules District Court's Due Process Ruling in Qasim v. Trump
On Friday, the D.C. Circuit ruled in Qasim v. Trump that circuit precedent in Kiyemba v. Obama does not preclude Guantanamo detainees from claiming procedural due process violations. The ruling reverses ... -
Transcript of Hope Hicks Interview with House Judiciary Committee
On June 20, former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks was interviewed by the House Judiciary Committee. The transcript is available here and below. -
OLC Opinion on Treasury's Refusal to Provide Trump Tax Returns
The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has released an opinion supporting the Treasury Department's refusal to comply with a congressional request for President Trump's tax returns. The O...
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