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25 Jun 2020, 2:47 pm by Matt Gluck
Facing pressure from Democratic leadership, Attorney General William Barr agreed yesterday to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in July. [read post]
25 Jun 2020, 1:32 pm by David Super
  Their focus was the acquittal of the four police officers that brutalized Rodney King by an all-white Simi Valley jury, but Trump associates shielded by William Barr’s Justice Department raises some of the same concerns. [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]
24 Jun 2020, 4:10 pm by Andrew Crocker
It’s easy to see how that bill would enable an attack on service providers who provide encrypted communications, because the commission would be headed by Attorney General William Barr, who’s made his opposition to encrypted communications crystal clear. [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 12:34 pm by Tia Sewell
” Faulty facial recognition software led to the arrest of Robert Julian-Borchak Williams, a Black man, for a crime he did not commit, according to the New York Times. [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 11:30 am by Jim Salter
This bill follows previous US efforts to weaken encryption, including March's proposed EARN IT Act and demands made by US Attorney General William Barr in his 2019 keynote address at the International Conference on Cyber Security. [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 5:01 am by Hilary Hurd
After Twitter declined to take down the accounts, Cruz wrote again in May, individually urging Attorney General William Barr and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to investigate Twitter for U.S. sanctions violations and to “enforce any violation through sanctions and by seeking civil and criminal penalties. [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]
23 Jun 2020, 3:40 pm by Sandy Levinson
 What makes the statement so striking, though, is the institutional connection between George Washington and William Barr. [read post]
23 Jun 2020, 2:47 pm by Quinta Jurecic
In his prepared statement, available here and below, Ayer argues that Attorney General William Barr "has ... grossly misused his powers as Attorney General to advance the president’s personal and political interests, and to protect his friends. [read post]
23 Jun 2020, 1:43 pm by Sandy Levinson
  Would that the flunky William Barr be reminded that he is not living under the Fuhrerprinzip. [read post]
22 Jun 2020, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
For a President who is a longstanding proponent of capital punishment and is gearing up to run a law-and-order re-election campaign, Attorney General William Barr’s June 15 order to resume federal executions was a gift. [read post]
22 Jun 2020, 2:25 pm by John Floyd
Attorney General William Barr’s Justice Department brought just 49 cases of police misconduct under the civil rights statute in 2019 while initiating 69,536 prosecutions for the petty offense of illegal entry into the U.S.; 467 prosecutions for simple drug possession; and 119 prosecutions for illegally taking birds, fish and migratory birds. [read post]
21 Jun 2020, 7:18 am
 William Barr, Attorney General of the Unites States Geoffrey S. [read post]
20 Jun 2020, 4:09 am by SHG
Attorney General William P. [read post]
18 Jun 2020, 2:53 pm by Amy Howe
On Monday, the Department of Justice announced that Attorney General William Barr had directed the Bureau of Prisons to schedule executions for four inmates, three of whom are petitioners in the case now before the Supreme Court: Daniel Lee, Wesley Purkey, Dustin Hanken and Keith Nelson, whose executions are scheduled for July 13, July 15, July 17 and August 28, respectively. [read post]
17 Jun 2020, 1:13 pm by Amy Howe
In a statement, Attorney General William Barr described Francisco as a “principled and persuasive advocate” who “has represented the United States superbly before the Supreme Court for the past three Terms. [read post]