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Latest Promises In Legal Issues
Donald Trump
Commute the sentence of “Silk Road” website operator Ross Ulbricht
Trump issues pardon for Silk Road dark web marketplace creator Ross Ulbricht
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January 23, 2025
Donald Trump
Pardon people convicted of crimes related to the storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
Trump pardons people convicted of Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot offenses
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January 21, 2025
Donald Trump
Increase liability protections for police officers
January 19, 2025
Joe Biden
Restore ACA’s contraception mandate
Promise Broken: Biden proposed rules to expand contraception coverage, but none were finalized
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January 8, 2025
Joe Biden
Create a pathway to citizenship for nearly 11 million people
Biden broke his promise to provide citizenship to millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally
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December 18, 2024
Joe Biden
Double number of immigration judges and staff
Joe Biden hired more immigration judges, but didn’t double their ranks
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December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Prevent the White House from interfering in federal investigations and prosecutions
Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter Biden counters yearslong distance from Justice Department prosecutions
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December 3, 2024
Joe Biden
Nominate the first Black woman to U.S. Supreme Court
Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
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April 7, 2022
Joe Biden
Immediately rescind the “Muslim bans”
Joe Biden signs proclamation revoking Trump’s travel ban
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January 21, 2021
Donald Trump
Open up libel laws
Trump failed to ‘open up our libel laws’
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January 14, 2021
Donald Trump
Appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton
No special counsel was ever appointed to investigate Hillary Clinton
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July 15, 2020
Barack Obama
Increase protections for whistleblowers
Gains for ordinary workers, mixed bag for intel staffers
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October 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Update copyright and patent law
Progress on patents
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April 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Reform the patent system
New patent law now in place
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November 11, 2011
