In the final days of the Trump Administration there is national concern about violence in both DC and around the country as some of the President’s supporters continue to take action to protest the “rigged” election. This fear persists despite the video made by the President calling for calm and opposing violent acts conducted under his name.

One area where the President can still act unilaterally is the Constitutional power given the President to grant pardons. There is widespread anticipation that in the last days of his Administration there will be pardons given to allies and family; and potentially to the President himself.

On Thursday, the President-elect unveiled a nearly $2T COVID relief package. The proposals ranged from the non-controversial such as money to speed the opening of schools, to the more partisan idea to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The program would also create a $1400 individual stimulus payment, increase the Unemployment Supplemental amount to $400 a week, and give $350B to state and local governments. The package would also put federal resources into a national vaccine program aimed to create community vaccine centers. But to get action there are several key decisions that will need to be made in the early days of the Biden/Harri...

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