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Overview of "Travel Ban" Litigation and Recent Developments (open access)

Overview of "Travel Ban" Litigation and Recent Developments

This report provides an overview of the series of three executive actions -- (the first two taking the form of executive orders, and the third issued as a presidential proclamation) commonly referred to as the "Travel Ban," which restrict the entry of specified categories of non-U.S. nationals (aliens) into the United States -- as well as the litigation related to those executive actions.
Date: October 23, 2017
Creator: Smith, Hillel R. & Harrington, Ben
System: The UNT Digital Library
New Executive Order Directs Agencies to Revise or Rescind Climate Change Rules and Policies (open access)

New Executive Order Directs Agencies to Revise or Rescind Climate Change Rules and Policies

This report discusses Executive Order (EO) 13783 issued by President Trump which directs government agencies to "review, revise, or rescind" climate change related policies and regulations that "unduly burden domestic energy production or use." It also considers legal considerations and possible effects of the order.
Date: April 20, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Obstruction of Justice Statutes: Legal Issues Concerning FBI Investigations, Specific Intent, and Executive Branch Personnel (open access)

Obstruction of Justice Statutes: Legal Issues Concerning FBI Investigations, Specific Intent, and Executive Branch Personnel

This report discusses obstruction of justice statutes and discussions about whether they apply to FBI investigations in response to the allegations that President Trump interfered in an FBI investigation by encouraging Director James Comey to terminate the investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Date: May 19, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Data Privacy and Security: What's Net Neutrality Got To Do With It? (open access)

Broadband Data Privacy and Security: What's Net Neutrality Got To Do With It?

This report is the third in a series discussing the potential impact of the Federal Communication Commission's proposal to reclassify broadband internet access services (BIAS). This report focuses on the regulations of BIAS provider's privacy practices.
Date: June 8, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
President Trump Freezes Federal Civil Service Hiring (open access)

President Trump Freezes Federal Civil Service Hiring

This report discusses the federal civil service hiring freeze for the executive branch which was instituted by President Trump on Jan. 23, 2017 and presidential powers to institute such freezes and exceptions available to the hiring freeze.
Date: January 26, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Essential Neil Gorsuch Reader: What Judge Gorsuch Cases Should You Read? (open access)

The Essential Neil Gorsuch Reader: What Judge Gorsuch Cases Should You Read?

This report discusses President Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and deliberation by Senators as part of the initial phases of determining whether to provide "Advice and Consent" to the nomination.
Date: February 13, 2017
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library