Foreign Policy and National Security
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Michael Flynn claimed on Wednesday that a retired federal judge had engaged in a “personal and partisan assault” after he was tapped to argue against the government’s move to dismiss the case against the former Trump national security adviser… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A split Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday upheld an Illinois federal judge’s order temporarily blocking the Trump administration from enforcing its public charge immigration rule in the Prairie State, though a U.S. Supreme Court ruling means the rule is still in effect nationwide… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday called for a probe into the recent revelation that the Trump administration turned over information submitted by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals applicants to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite promises to keep the information private… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A group of retired federal judges urged the D.C. Circuit on Friday to reject a petition by Michael Flynn asking the appeals court to order a judge to immediately grant the Trump administration’s controversial request to dismiss the criminal case against the president’s former national security adviser… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Trump administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to take up Nestle USA Inc.’s fight against claims it aided slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms, saying the high court should rule that domestic corporations can’t be held liable under the Alien Tort Statute… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 