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12 Dec 2008, 12:31 am
Again, Holder seems like just the right choice to reframe civil rights as a departmental priority. [read post]
7 Apr 2007, 5:00 am
Under this White House, the DOJ has overhauled its Civil Rights Division to focus large amounts of attention on helping "faith-based" organizations receive grants and trolling the land ... [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 4:20 am by Howard Friedman
  Religious discrimination matters will apparently be handled by several individuals in DOJ's Civil Rights Division as part of their portfolios. [read post]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division released a report on its investigation of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MDOC) Tuesday, finding numerous Eighth Amendment violations. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 3:16 pm by Adam Santucci
During his address, President Obama stated that the Civil Rights Division (CRD) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) will begin aggressively pursuing employment discrimination claims. [read post]
Significantly, the Initiative will not be limited to false claims uncovered by the DOJ Civil Division’s Commercial Litigation Branch, Fraud Section. [read post]
13 Jun 2019, 10:48 am by Orin France
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division filed a statement of interest Monday supporting students who claim the state of Maine is discriminating against them by not paying for them to attend religious high schools. [read post]
3 Oct 2008, 4:14 pm
Andrew Gumbel has written this article on the civil rights division of the DOJ for The Nation.... [read post]
25 Aug 2009, 12:13 pm
Attorney General Eric Holder, bitterly disputing claims by the DOJ Civil Rights Division that large numbers of deaths, poor healthcare, inadequate mental health services and a pattern of violence in the county jail violate inmates' constitutional rights.Just skimming though looking at the highlights, it appears they're going to fight tooth and nail to keep from doing a single thing differently at the Harris County Jail, essentially daring the… [read post]
28 Mar 2012, 9:00 am by Richard Pildes
Perez, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 10:07 am
Department of Justice, there's been some question as to what the strategy would be for the Civil Rights Division. [read post]
22 Apr 2024, 7:17 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
As part of the update, the Civil Rights Division published two new informational guides on voting rights and updated five other guides. [read post]
30 Apr 2007, 9:31 am
DailyKos cross-post of ePluribus Media story: DOJ "Civil Rights Lawyer" Gets Cash Award for Suppressing Black Voters Hotlist by Publius Revolts Yesterday morning's Washington Post story by Dan Eggen and Amy Goldstein tells the story of Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Voting Section Lawyer Joshua Rogers, a University of Mississippi law school graduate who had been a clerk for U.S. [read post]
25 Aug 2021, 2:51 pm by Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
The amendment comes exactly a week after US Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Kristen Clarke, submitted a 20-page statement urging the House Judiciary Committee to “implement, enforce, revitalize, and restore” the VRA. [read post]
9 Mar 2013, 9:55 pm by laborprof lpb
Unofficial word is out that the next nominee for Secretary of Labor is Tom Perez, current head of DOJ's Civil Rights Division. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 11:42 am
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), through its Civil Rights Division, filed a federal lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) in Arizona and its sheriff, Joe Arpaio. [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 5:10 am by Glenn Reynolds
Christian Adams in the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, offer broad confirmation of the whistleblower’s accusations of bias in enforcing voting rights. [read post]
11 Mar 2009, 1:14 pm
According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) letter dated March 10 (Download usdoj_letter_to_arpaio1.pdf ), the Civil Rights Division will be investigating Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Bill Hing blogged yesterday about a protest over Arpaio's methods) of the Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff's... [read post]
19 Feb 2017, 12:39 pm by Bill Otis
The desperate need for Jeff Sessions to turn DOJ's Civil Rights Division upside down has never been on more vivid display than in the juxtaposition of the following stories.In the first, we see that, under DOJ's consent decree with crime-ridden Baltimore, one subject of considerable attention is the need for police to use the correct pronoun when they interact with citizens. [read post]