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President Trump Issued a Schedule F Bomb

By Daniel Cotter*   On October 21, 2020, President Donald J. Trump quietly issued Executive Order 13957, which dramatically changes the nature of federal civil servants’ job security. Because tens of thousands of federal employees might be impacted, the Washington Post editorial board wrote that the “newest executive order could prove one of [President Trump’s] most insidious.” The order replaces a competitive civil service application process with a system of cronyism for many existing …

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Repeal of Dodd Frank Act-Heralding a new financial crisis?

By Nicolas Deising* & Nihal Dsouza** The Dodd Frank Act is considered to be the most ambitious and far reaching legislation regulating the financial sector since the Great Depression of the 1930’s. On the surface, it instills confidence in the financial system. At a deeper level, it is aimed at preventing similar occurrences to the 2008 financial crisis, in which millions of people lost their homes and jobs and trillions of dollars of national wealth disappeared. Despite its benefits, the …

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President Trump Overstepped his Authority on Sanctuary Cities

  By Eddie Nasser* In Executive Order No. 13768 issued January 25th, President Trump attempted to follow through on a major campaign promise to cut all federal funding from so-called “sanctuary cities.” Not only is the order bad policy, it also seems unlikely to withstand a challenge in court. Section 9(a) of the order mandates that jurisdictions “that fail to comply with applicable Federal law do not receive Federal funds, except as mandated by law.” It directs that “the Attorney …

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