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30 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Justice Department Issues Policy Limiting White House Contact MSN – Josh Gerstein (Politico) | Published: 7/21/2021 Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a directive seeking to limit political influence on law enforcement matters by strictly limiting contacts between Justice Department personnel and the White House. [read post]
23 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
About a dozen legislators on both sides of the aisle, although mostly Democrats, have formal experience with redistricting, as attorneys or state legislators. [read post]
22 Jul 2021, 6:00 am by Geoff Schweller
Lucas The first whistleblower protection law for federal employees was passed in 1978 as part of the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA), which drastically overhauled the United State’s civil service system. [read post]
14 Jul 2021, 11:23 am by Ajay Sarma, Christiana Wayne
The request, made a day before former Attorney General William Barr left office, also suggests the Justice Department may have felt that someone in Congress had communicated the details of Kislyak’s conversations with the press. [read post]
6 Jul 2021, 7:00 am by Bruce D. Brown, Gabe Rottman
On Aug. 4, 2017, one day after reports surfaced in the media of President Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a redoubled effort to investigate and prosecute leaks. [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing criticism from some Democrats that he is not doing enough to quickly expunge Trump-era policies and practices. [read post]
11 Jun 2021, 10:06 am by Ajay Sarma, Christiana Wayne
Though the records of legislators, aides and family members first seized under former Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not evince leaks from the committee to the media, William  Barr sought to resuscitate and maintain the investigation during his tenure as attorney general. [read post]
12 May 2021, 8:35 am by Charlotte Lawrence
The federal government arms local police forces in the United States with weapons of war. [read post]
7 May 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Coomer’s attorneys said he has reached a financial settlement, but terms of the arrangement were not disclosed. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 6:48 am by Jacob Schulz, Tia Sewell
” The second part of the statute lays the foundation for the Justice Department to do something to fix the problems: “Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that a violation [of the type mentioned above] has occurred, the Attorney General, for or in the name of the United States, may in a civil action obtain appropriate equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Inside the Democratic Strategy to Expand Voting Rights State by State Politico – Liz Crampton | Published: 4/20/2021 Red and blue states are on opposite tracks in shaping the electoral process. [read post]
27 Mar 2021, 4:57 pm
Was I comfortable with a department who had gone from Attorney General Eric Holder's edict that line prosecutors did not have to indict every defendant for the most serious crime, to a DOJ under Jeff Sessions that sought maximum incarceration on every case? [read post]
25 Mar 2021, 7:22 am by William Ford, Rohini Kurup
Metropolitan Police; the second featured testimony from the commanding general of the D.C. [read post]
9 Mar 2021, 7:36 am by Bruce D. Brown, Gabe Rottman
And despite concerns that Attorney General Jeff Sessions would walk them back, these reforms remained in place during the Trump administration. [read post]
3 Mar 2021, 9:13 am by Sarah Libowsky, Krista Oehlke
The United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is but one example. [read post]
12 Feb 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
For 11 years, United Nurses and Allied Professionals officials and lawyers have argued non-union nurses like the plaintiff, Jeanette Geary, and her fellow nurses who are not members of their workplace’s union, be required to pay union lobbying expenses. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
The Republican Attorneys General Association was involved, as were the activist groups Turning Point Action and Tea Party Patriots. [read post]
The policy was announced by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions in April 2018 and was intended to minimize illegal immigration to the US by criminally prosecuting any individual who crossed the border illegally. [read post]