Aziz Huq

1 week ago | elfinancierocr.com | Aziz Huq

La guerra comercial global que Donald Trump lanzó el 2 de abril ha entrado en una nueva fase: la negociación. Un nuevo memorando de entendimiento con el Reino Unido enumera las “propuestas iniciales” que podrían llegar a concretarse en un “acuerdo de libre comercio”. En un posteo en línea titulado “el arte de la negociación”, la Casa Blanca proclamó la suspensión durante 90 días de los aranceles que le había impuesto unilateralmente a China y el fin de las “represalias” chinas.

2 weeks ago | verfassungsblog.de | Aziz Huq

In der Nacht zum Samstag, dem 7. Juni, ordnete Präsident Trump den Einsatz der Nationalgarde in Los Angeles an, „um ICE und andere Mitarbeiter der Bundesregierung, die Funktionen auf Bundesebene wahrnehmen, vorübergehend zu schützen.“ Die Anordnung sieht den Einsatz von 2.000 Soldaten der Nationalgarde für mindestens 60 Tage vor und ermächtigt den Verteidigungsminister, „nach Bedarf“ reguläre Bundestruppen zur Verstärkung heranzuziehen. Tatsächlich sind bereits Marines im Einsatz.

2 weeks ago | verfassungsblog.de | Aziz Huq

On the night of Saturday, June 7, President Trump issued an order directing National Guard troops to Los Angeles “to temporarily protect ICE and other United States Government personnel who are performing Federal functions.” The order calls for two thousand National Guard troops to be deployed for at least 60 days, and authorizes the Secretary of Defense to deploy regular federal troops “as necessary” to augment their work. A deployment of Marines indeed ensued.

2 weeks ago | lawfaremedia.org | Aziz Huq

In Trump v. United States, a six-justice majority of the Supreme Court created a pair of new presidential immunities from criminal prosecution, supplemented with additional broad new evidentiary barriers. These newly minted immunities, which directly inhibit criminal indictment or conviction of the president, are also likely to cast a shadow on the prosecution of subordinate officials, not least as a consequence of new evidentiary rules of uncertain breadth.

2 weeks ago | latimes.com | Aziz Huq |Jon Michaels

Until January, the federal government and the states had a mutually beneficial and straightforward deal: The federal government prioritized challenges requiring national solutions — e.g., national security, natural and public-health disaster relief, managing the American economy. For their part, the states delivered primarily local goods and services — Medicaid and Medicare, much of our transportation infrastructure, public education. Money, specifically taxpayer money, underpinned this deal.