Feb 27, 2019 | Civil Rights
Policy Summary Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks are a same sex – couple and also the parents of twin boys. Andrew is a United States citizen and Elad is an Israeli citizen and both men were residing in Canada when they married in 2010. (Gay marriage was allowed in...
Feb 20, 2019 | Foreign Policy, Uncategorized
Brief #58—Foreign Policy Policy Summary On February 5, President Trump gave his second State of the Union address. Russia itself garnered few remarks during the speech, with Trump only referring to it in the context of his decision to withdraw from the 1987...
Feb 20, 2019 | Immigration
Brief #63—Immigration Policy Trump Golf has employed a steady stream of illegal immigrants for years, but explained it away as the Trump Organization being a separate entity run by Trump’s eldest sons and having nothing to do with the President. However there is no...
Feb 18, 2019 | Health & Gender
Brief #50—Health Policy Last week, the Supreme Court took a stand against limiting reproductive rights in a recent ruling. The Court blocked a Louisiana law, in a 5-4 vote, that would have limited access to abortions in the state by only allowing one doctor in one...
Feb 17, 2019 | Foreign Policy
Brief #57—Foreign Policy Summary Over the past three months the United States has begun the process of ending its military involvement in both Afghanistan and Syria. In December, Trump announced that Isis had been defeated in Syria and the United States would begin...