President Trump’s Executive Privilege, A Ste p Back for Mexico’s Energy Industry, and More

December 23, 2019

“Whatever happens in the impeachment trial, the question of whether executive privilege allows a president’s close aides to ignore subpoenas is not going to go away.” Richard Lempert looks at case law and Department of Justice guidelines to analyze whether or not President Trump pushed the limits of executive privilege.

As Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador enters his second year in office, Samantha Gross analyzes his energy policies, arguing that he is holding Mexico back from creating a more modern energy system with his outdated conception of the industry.

Globally, 44% of residents in small cities face epidemic levels of violence. Rachel Locke, Anthony Pipa, and Max Bouchet discuss how the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can serve as a model to help policymakers analyze and reduce violence in their communities.

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