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12 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Eric Segall
Attorney General Merrick Garland sought the appointment of Jack Smith (a political independent) as special counsel precisely to avoid charges of partisanship. [read post]
10 Mar 2022, 6:30 am by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
On March 2, 2022, US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced “Task Force KleptoCapture,” an interagency law enforcement task force dedicated to enforcing sanctions against Russia.9  The Task Force’s stated mission is to investigate sanctions violations, prosecute those who attempt to evade know-your-customer and anti-money laundering measures, target efforts to use cryptocurrency to evade sanctions, and use asset forfeiture… [read post]
23 Feb 2021, 12:07 pm by Victoria Gallegos
  Tia Sewell shared a livestream of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing of Merrick Garland to be the Attorney General. [read post]
20 Jul 2022, 12:00 pm by Benjamin Wittes
Attorney General Merrick Garland has a serious problem on his hands: Much of the country has lost patience with the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 investigation. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 2:50 am by Amy Howe
Today the Court will hear oral arguments in just one case:  United States v. [read post]
10 Sep 2021, 10:27 am by Christiana Wayne
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the ban is “clearly unconstitutional under long-standing Supreme Court precedent” and that the “bounty hunter” element of the law that relies on private citizens to report violations could become a model for similar areas in other states. [read post]
11 May 2010, 7:39 am by Jeralyn
While others remember "hope and change" as his mantra from 2008, what I remember most is "There are no red states, there are no blue states, there are only the United States. [read post]
13 Sep 2021, 11:47 am by Christiana Wayne
Since his appointment, Attorney General Merrick Garland has launched “pattern or practice” investigations into police departments in Minneapolis, Louisville and Phoenix, and local political leaders and police chiefs have said that the probes can stretch on longer than anticipated. [read post]
2 Jul 2021, 12:32 pm by Ajay Sarma
”  Pending a review of Trump administration capital punishment policies, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a moratorium on federal executions, writes the Washington Post. [read post]
26 Jul 2021, 8:27 am by Ajay Sarma, Christiana Wayne
Bryce Klehm posted Attorney General Merrick Garland’s memorandum providing new guidance “obtaining information, or records of, members of the news media” by the Justice Department. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 6:48 am by Jacob Schulz, Tia Sewell
On April 21, the morning after a Minneapolis jury convicted former officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Justice Department had opened a civil investigation “to determine whether the Minneapolis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 3:53 am by Edith Roberts
” At the Election Law Blog, Rick Hasen reports that the governor and attorney general of North Carolina have taken steps to withdraw the state’s request that the Supreme Court review an appeals court decision striking down the state’s strict voting law, arguing that “getting this case withdrawn would be a big deal and a good thing. [read post]
17 Nov 2021, 11:25 am by Emily Dai
The FBI has set up a “threat tag”  to track allegedly menacing statements made against school-board members and teachers after Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the bureau to help local leaders address these disputes, according to the Wall Street Journal. [read post]
Conversely, others, such as former U.S. attorney Harry Litman, counter that Attorney General Merrick Garland “deserves the presumption that, as promised, he is going after insurrectionists ‘at all levels. [read post]
20 May 2024, 1:07 pm by David Pozen
The dispute concerns the meaning of the statutory phrase “currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. [read post]
7 Apr 2022, 11:22 am by Guest Author
So did Judge Merrick Garland (who was nominated to the Court but not confirmed) from 2000-03. [read post]