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-- 2016 --
Undated (during campaign): "I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money.”
Status: Stalled
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1365/open-libel-laws/
-- 2017 --
June 23: Trump has signed no major laws 5 months in
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/06/23/npr-despite-claims-to-contrary-trump-has-signed-no-major-laws-5-months-in?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyLS20vqE4QIV1rXACh06bgq1EAMYASAAEgK_7PD_BwE
July 2: 5 noteworthy Trump laws that you might have missed
https://www.axios.com/5-noteworthy-trump-laws-that-you-might-have-missed-1513303961-595f4426-5d9e-41de-a07b-7eb9d3bbef6d.html
August 4: President Trump on Friday signed into law the Wounded Officers Recovery Act, allowing the U.S. Capitol Police Memorial Fund to provide financial assistance to Capitol Police officers injured in the line of duty.
The memorial fund previously only provided financial assistance to the families of officer killed in the line of duty.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/4/trump-signs-law-to-aid-wounded-us-capitol-police-o/
August 15: "President Trump would be literally pardoning Joe Arpaio's flagrant violation of federal court orders that prohibited the illegal detention of Latinos," Cecillia Wang, the group's deputy legal director, said in a statement. "He would undo a conviction secured by his own career attorneys at the Justice Department. Make no mistake: This would be an official presidential endorsement of racism."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/15/politics/joe-arpaio-trump-pardon/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist
August 25: President Trump formally pardoned Joe Arpaio on Friday, wielding the presidential power of mercy to absolve the former Arizona sheriff for defying a federal court order.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/trump-pardon-arpaio/537729/
August 26: The pardon [of Joe Arpaio] is the first of Trump's presidency, though he did not follow his predecessors' practice of consulting with lawyers at the Justice Department before announcing his decision.
"This is the President's pardon," a source with knowledge of the decision said.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html
August 26: Under the Constitution, Trump is permitted wide leeway in issuing pardons. There are no requirements for consultation within the administration before a decision is announced.
“The President exercised his lawful authority and we respect his decision,” said Ian Prior, a Justice Department spokesman.
https://tampanews.co/breaking-president-trump-pardons-controversial-sheriff-joe-arpaio/
September 22: MAKE AMERICA DANGEROUS AGAIN
Trump is dismantling rules and laws protecting millions of Americans. Here are the most important.
As became clear during Trump’s first 100 days, the administration is systematically dismantling consumer, labor, and environmental protections, as well as de-funding studies that might make the case for new rules. In July it said that it plans to suspend, discontinue, or change 860 rules and regulations, many of which were proposed at the tail-end of Barack Obama’s presidency.
https://qz.com/1072054/dismantling-the-rules-that-protect-americans-a-guide-to-the-trump-administrations-destruction-from-within/
October 3: The U.S. Office of Special Counsel said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley violated the Hatch Act when she shared a tweet from President Trump endorsing a South Carolina congressional candidate.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/office-of-special-counsel-nikki-haley-violated-hatch-act-by-retweeting-trump-endorsement/article/2636420
October 3: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which filed the complaint over Haley's retweet, said this was the third time a Trump administration official had violated the Hatch Act this year.
"One is unfortunate, two is a coincidence, but three in less than a year is a pattern," CREW Executive Director Noah Bookbinder said in a statement. "This all stems from the president's permissive attitude toward ethics; the tone is set at the top."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/10/03/un-ambassador-nikki-haley-hit-hatch-act-reprimand/728611001/
December 27: Trump Signed 96 Laws In 2017. Here Is What They Do And How They Measure Up
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/27/573546883/trump-signed-96-laws-in-2017-here-is-what-they-do-and-how-they-measure-up
-- 2018 --
Undated: What Trump Can Teach Us About Constitutional Law
https://trumpconlaw.com/
March 5: How Donald Trump is remaking the law in his own image ... Trump's missives suggest he believes the law is what he says it is.
"We're seeing an unprecedented attack on some of our core democratic norms," said Vanita Gupta, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and a Justice Department official during the Obama administration. She contends that Trump is reversing the civil rights gains of recent decades with his legal stances and incendiary racial remarks, such as after the deadly Charlottesville rally of white nationalists last August.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/05/politics/trump-remaking-law-in-his-own-image/index.html
March 6: Trump International tee markers with presidential seal may be illegal (UPDATED: Tee markers have been removed)
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/trump-international-tee-markers-with-presidential-seal-may-be-illegal
October 6: President Trump Just Signed a Law That Radically Changes Life for Airline Passengers, Flight Attendants, and Airlines (Almost Nobody Even Noticed)
In the middle of the Supreme Court fight, the White House held a Friday afternoon signing ceremony for this new, 1,200-page law.
The story of this law has been dominated largely by what isn't in it: no restrictions on what airlines can charge for baggage or change fees. But it still changes a lot of things. Here's a quick summary of what's included.
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/president-trump-just-signed-a-law-that-radically-changes-life-for-airline-passengers-flight-attendants-airlines-almost-nobody-even-noticed.html
October 11: Trump Signs Music Copyright Bill into Law
President Donald Trump signed a music copyright bill into law that will streamline royalty payments to artists from digital streamers like Spotify, among other changes to digital copyright law.
The Hatch-Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (H.R. 1551) creates a new collective to offer blanket rights to digital downloads, ending the need to secure rights from individual copyright holders. It also creates new federal protection for sound recordings made before 1972 and used by digital radio, which were previously governed by a patchwork of state laws.
The law creates legal certainty for streamers facing chronic copyright lawsuits and cements new revenue streams for creators in the increasingly dominant digital music realm.
The legislation generated massive support from artists, record labels and digital music platforms as it passed both the House and Senate unanimously. Various stakeholders raised objections over details in the original bill passed by the House in April, and the Senate tinkered with the bill over the last few months. Stakeholder agreement on the need for smooth royalty payment processes not requiring extensive litigation pushed the bill across the finish line in September without dramatic changes.
https://www.bna.com/trump-signs-music-n73014483156/
December 1: What Laws Trump Has Passed In His First Two Years Vs. Obama Say So Much About Their Priorities
We're two years into Donald Trump's presidency, and during that time, he's often bragged about how much legislation he's passed. Although some of those claims have been patently false, and a quick comparison of Trump and Barack Obama's legislative achievements shows that Trump, at the two year mark, is trailing his predecessor in terms of significant bills signed into law.
To be sure, both presidents signed plenty of small or moderate pieces of legislation — the kind that renewed existing laws, renamed post offices, and that kind of thing. Moreover, exactly what constitutes a "significant" piece of legislation will always be a matter of debate.
Nevertheless, it would be difficult to argue that Trump's legislative accomplishments in his first two years come close to those that Obama signed during the same period of time. Let's take a look.
https://www.bustle.com/p/what-laws-trump-has-passed-in-his-first-two-years-vs-obama-say-so-much-about-their-priorities-13186888
December 21: President Donald Trump signed on Friday the First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill aimed at reducing recidivism and refining sentencing laws and harsh penalties.
The US Senate approved the Act Tuesday with a vote of 87 to 12, and the House signed it Thursday 358-36.
https://www.jurist.org/news/2018/12/president-trump-signs-criminal-justice-reform-first-step-act-into-law/
-- 2019 --
February 19: Trump administration launches global effort to end criminalization of homosexuality
The administration is responding in part to a reported hanging of a young gay man in Iran, Trump’s top geopolitical foe.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-launches-global-effort-end-criminalization-homosexuality-n973081
March 10: Trump's legacy: conservative judges who will dominate US law for decades
Republicans have confirmed 89 Trump-nominated judges, far in excess of appointments under Obama and Bush
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/10/trump-legacy-conservative-judges-district-courts
March 14: Trump Administration's Bid to Scuttle California's Sanctuary Laws Falls Flat in Court
https://www.kqed.org/news/11732523/trump-administrations-bid-to-scuttle-californias-sanctuary-laws-falls-flat-in-court
March 14: Court allows defamation suit against Trump to proceed
Summer Zervos — who says Trump sexually molested her — filed the suit after Trump denied the claims during the 2016 presidential campaign.
... there is nothing in the Constitution or prior case law to support the Trump legal team's argument that the Constitution's Supremacy Clause — which generally gives federal laws precedence over state laws — bars a state court from exercising jurisdiction over the president.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/14/summer-zervos-trump-1221742
March 15: Trump issues first veto to protect border order
https://www.apnews.com/4968d9d7af4240b2b5d74c78cb3a6f4a
-- 2020 --
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