Category «Legislation»

Trump doesn’t know what an executive order is. But you should.

Boston Globe: “Given the frenetic pace of executive orders President Trump has issued — purporting to do everything from changing election laws and citizenship eligibility to freezing foreign aid and dismantling federal agencies — a casual observer might think Trump has the powers of a king. But he doesn’t, even if he likes to pretend …

Subjects: Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal

Follow up to ‘Boggles the mind’: Trump aide central to war plan debacle left Venmo friends list public and The High Cost of Team Trump’s Sloppy OPSE, The Atlantic’s Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg and Shane Harris respond with the transcript of the Signal group chat [unpaywalled] after Trump and participants on the national security …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Legislation

Multistate: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Legislation. “Lawmakers are increasingly addressing AI through legislation. As AI technologies have burst on the scene, state lawmakers have responded by addressing concerns with this ubiquitous technology through public policy. In 2023, we saw less than 200 bills introduced across state legislatures addressing the issue of AI. But that shifted in …

Subjects: AI, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Global Atlas of Environmental Justice

What type of information can you find in the EJAtlas? The EJatlas maps conflicts across 10 main categories: Nuclear Mineral Ores and Building Extractions Waste Management Biomass and Land Conflicts Fossil Fuels, Energy and Climate Justice Water Management Infrastructure and Built Environment Tourism Recreation Biodiversity Conservation Conflicts Industrial and Utilities Conflicts The database contains information …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Legal Research, Legislation

Spreading AI-generated content could lead to expensive fines

PopSci: “AI-generated “deepfake” materials are flooding the internet, sometimes with dangerous results. In just the last year, AI has been used to make deceiving voice clones of a former US president and spread fake, politically-charged images depicting children in natural disasters. Nonconsensual, AI-generated sexual images and videos, meanwhile, are leaving a trail of trauma impacting …

Subjects: AI, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy

Executive Order Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP

Unprecedented attack by the White House on a law firm with past and current representation of  clients who are “adversaries” of Donald Trump. The pretext for this attack is that Perkins Coie implemented eliminate diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP. Executive Order, March 6, 2025. “Section 1. Purpose. The dishonest …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Global AI Regulation Tracker

techie_ray: “An interactive world map that tracks AI law, regulatory and policy developments around the world. Click on a region (or use the search bar) to view its profile. Other features are also available to support your research of AI regulation (including an AI governance library, country comparison tool, live AI newsfeed and export report …

Subjects: AI, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests

“A rarely used amendment to the Endangered Species Act allows for the creation of a committee nicknamed “the God Squad” to take unprecedented action during emergencies like hurricanes and wildfires. Trump wants to convene this committee to bypass endangered species protections and other environmental regulations to ramp up timber production across 280 million acres of …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

EFF Transition Memo to Trump Administration 2025

Contents  1. Introduction 2. Surveillance Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 Facial Recognition Technology Border Search and Immigration Surveillance Surveillance Tech at the Border and the Virtual Wall Reproductive Justice and Digital Surveillance 2. Encryption and Cybersecurity End-to-End Encryption Client-Side Scanning and Other Recent U.S. Attempts At Encryption Backdoors Government Cybersecurity 4. Consumer Privacy Consumer …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Copyright, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Rights, Health Care, Internet, Legal Research, Legislation, Medicine, Patent and Trademark, Privacy, Transportation

Speak Up Before VA Health Care Is Gutted

Military.com: “While controversy swirls around last week’s mass firing of 1,000 Department of Veterans Affairs’ employees, a far greater threat to veterans’ health care is going completely unnoticed. Powerful leaders in Congress have quietly unveiled their plan to gut VA-delivered care, wrapped in the misleadingly titled “Veterans’ ACCESS Act.” If veterans don’t act fast, they …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Legislation

DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion

ProPublica – “The Department of Government Efficiency is funded and acts like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines the group and expands a list of DOGE workers. While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation