Separation of Powers Law

1.  General Dynamics Corp. v. United States (U.S. May 23, 2011)  (implications of state secrets privilege for litigation between defense contractors and the federal government over development of a stealth aircraft).

2.  Executive Order 13563 — Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review  (Jan. 18, 2011)

3.  Executive Order 13579 of July 11, 2011 — Regulation and Independent Regulatory Agencies

4.  MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF INDEPENDENT REGULATORY AGENCIES FROM: Cass R. Sunstein re:  Executive Order 13579, “Regulation and Independent Regulatory Agencies”

5.  Statement by the President on the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (Sept. 20, 2011)

6.  Letter from OIRA Administrator Cass Sunstein to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (Sept. 10, 2011)

7.  Kucinich v. Obama,  Civil Action No. 11-1096 (RBW) (D.D.C. Oct. 20, 2011).

8.  OLC Opinion on Effect of Senate’s Pro Forma Sessions on President’s Recess Appointments Power

9.  June 19, 2012 Letter from AG Holder to the President requesting assertion of executive privilege re: Fast and Furious

10.  June 20, 2012 Letter from Deputy AG James Cole to Hon. Darrell E. Issa reporting assertion of executive privilege re: Fast and Furious

11.  Undated Justice Department 020413_DOJ_White_Paper re: Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen Who is a Senior Operational Leader of Al Qa’aida or an Associated Force

12. IN RE APPLICATION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR AN ORDER REQUIRING THE PRODUCTION OF TANGIBLE THINGS FROM VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES, INC. ON BEHALF OF MCI COMMUNICATION SERVICES, INC. D/B/A VERIZON BUSINESS SERVICES (FISC Apr. 25, 2013).

NEW MATERIALS TO SUPPLEMENT THE FOURTH EDITION:

13.  United States v. Manafort Indictment Manafort and Gates Indictment

14.  Jane Doe I v. Trump, Civ. Action No. 17-1597 (CKK) (D.D.C. Oct. 30, 2017) — preliminary injunction requiring discharge of transgender service members and prohibiting the future accession of transgender individuals to the military doe-v-trump-ruling-10-30-17

15.  Hawaii v. Trump, D.C. No. 1:17-cv-00050-DKW-KSC (9th Cir. Dec. 22, 2017) — enjoining third version of the Trump “travel ban” order Hawaii v Trump – Third EO

16.  CREW v. Trump, 17 Civ. 458 (GBD) (S.D.N.Y., Dec. 23, 2017) — dismissing suit under the Emoluments Clauses on standing and justiciability grounds Daniels decision

17. ACLUF v. Mattis, Case No. 17-cv-2069 (TSC) (D.D.C. Dec. 23, 2017) –ordering that the Defense Department allow the ACLUF immediate and unmonitored access to a deal U.S.-Saudi citizen detained in Iraq as an enemy combatant ACLU-v-Mattis-20171223

18.  Materials re: Dispute Over Affordable Care Act Cost-Sharing Payments:

a.  U.S. House of Representatives v. Burwell, 185 F. Supp. 3d 165 (D.D.C.), appeal held in abeyance, 676 F. App’x 1 (D.C. Cir. 2016). US House v Burwell

b.  Justice Department Notice filed in U.S. House of Representatives v. Hargan, No. 16-5202 (D.C. Cir. Oct. 17, 2017), forwarding Oct. 11, 2017 letter from Attorney General Sessions to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, concluding that appropriate funds are not available to support cost-sharing provisions of Affordable Care Act  US House v Hargan – Sessions Opinion Letter

19. Regents of the University of California v. United States Department of Homeland Security, No. C 17-05211 WHA, No. C 17-05235 WHA, No. C 17-05329 WHA, No. C 17-05380 WHA, No. C 17-05813 WHA (N.D. Cal., Jan. 9, 2018) — order granting provisional relief against suspension of DACA Regents v DHS

20.  International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump, No. 17-2231 (4th Cir., Feb. 15, 2018) — affirming the district court judgment imposing a preliminary injunction against the Trump “travel ban” IRAP v. Trump

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