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10 May 2019, 1:00 pm
Attorney General William Barr recently invoked a powerful, rarely used privilege to withhold information from the public, marking a dramatic turn of events in a battle over the release of a highly contested report. [read post]
13 Sep 2020, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
In July 2019, when Attorney General William Barr first announced his intention to put five condemned men to death, the Department of Justice issued a statement explaining that doing so would bring “justice to the victims of the most horrible crimes. [read post]
25 Jun 2020, 11:39 am by Joshua Cossin
Two US Department of Justice (DOJ) officials delivered indicting congressional testimony Wednesday, accusing political appointees of intervening in criminal and antitrust cases to serve the personal interests of President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr. [read post]
1 Mar 2022, 9:01 pm by Dennis Aftergut
Trump Attorney General William Barr is trying to tease us in advance of his book’s publication next week. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 7:00 am by Daniel J. Hemel, Eric A. Posner
In an op-ed in the New York Times and a post on Lawfare, we criticized President Trump’s nominee to be the next attorney general, William Barr, for a memo he sent to Trump administration officials last June arguing that Special Counsel Robert Mueller should not be allowed to “interrogate” the president about allegations of obstruction of justice. [read post]
22 Jan 2024, 5:33 am by Gerard N. Magliocca
I want to flag an essay by Michael Stern pointing out two factual errors in the amicus brief filed by Attorney General Meese, Attorney General Mukasey, and Attorney General Barr. [read post]
22 Apr 2020, 1:13 pm by kwalters
Attorney General William Barr and Lack of Independence Attorney General William Barr is the latest example of why independence of the position is crucial. [read post]
25 Jul 2019, 8:31 pm by Jeralyn
Today, Attorney General William Barr announced that after 16 years without a federal government-sanctioned murder, the Government will resume executing inmates sentenced to death in a... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
2 May 2019, 4:56 pm by Mikhaila Fogel, Quinta Jurecic
On May 2, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made an accusation: Attorney General William Barr, she said, had lied to Congress. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 6:36 pm by Susan Hennessey, Benjamin Wittes
Nor are they making a general argument against political-level supervision of career officials; that is the system the United States has, after all. [read post]
28 Nov 2020, 10:38 am by John Floyd
  Between 1929 and 1963, 31 federal executions were carried out in various state and federal death chambers in the United States. [read post]
2 Dec 2020, 1:31 pm by Josh Blackman
On Dec. 1, Attorney General William Barr announced that he had appointed John Durham, the U.S. [read post]
5 Oct 2021, 12:23 pm by Bob Bauer, Jack Goldsmith
The National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys (NAAUSA) opposes this change. [read post]
23 Jun 2020, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar
On June 19, Attorney General William Barr announced that Berman was stepping down and would be replaced on a temporary basis by Craig Carpenito, the U.S. [read post]