Category Archives: Department of Justice
DOJ Settles Voting Rights Act Lawsuit with Michigan City Using Ranked Choice Voting
Release:
The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into an agreement to settle a voting rights lawsuit with the City of Eastpointe, Michigan. The Department’s lawsuit challenges the method of electing the city council in Eastpointe… Continue reading
“Robert Mueller Was Telling Nancy Pelosi to Begin Impeachment Proceedings”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Special counsel Robert Mueller issued a final statement on Wednesday before resigning from the Department of Justice, which clearly appeared aimed at one person: Nancy Pelosi. Mueller’s simple message to Pelosi… Continue reading
“Trump Gives Attorney General Sweeping Power in Review of 2016 Campaign Inquiry”
NYT:
President Trump took extraordinary steps on Thursday to give Attorney General William P. Barr sweeping new authorities to conduct a review into how the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia were investigated, significantly escalating the administration’s efforts to place… Continue reading
“Justice Department Is Now Inviting Foreign Interference in 2020 “
Frank Wilkinson for Bloomberg View:
Democratic Senator Chris Coons of Delaware asked the attorney general this: If North Korean intelligence officers were to offer a U.S. campaign dirt on their opponent, should the campaign contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation?This… Continue reading
DOJ’s John Gore and Maureen Riordan Must Search Private Email Accounts for Emails Related to Trump’s Now-Defunct Voter Fraud Commission
Brennan Center FOIA lawsuit (via Sam Levine).
“Justice Department refuses to comply with congressional subpoena for testimony on citizenship question and 2020 Census”
WaPo:
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it will not comply with a congressional subpoena for a Trump administration official to testify in a House panel’s investigation of the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.In a… Continue reading
“The Seven Things to Look for When Reading the Redacted Mueller Report”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Attorney General William Barr has indicated that a redacted version of the Mueller report is likely to be sent to Congress this week and made public. It could come any day… Continue reading
My Thoughts on the Barr Letter, Threaded
Yesterday I tweeted a bunch of thoughts about the Barr Letter, and you can now read the entire thread easily here.
DOJ Wants Supreme Court to Grant and Hold the CA Census Citizenship Question Case Pending Outcome of the New York Case
If the Supreme Court agreed, this would mean the the Enumerations Clause issue, which was not reached in the NY case but was decided in the CA case, would be decided in the NY case only. That would mean no… Continue reading
DOJ’s John Gore Changes Story on Where Citizenship Census Question Originated
15. JUST IN: DOJ official who wrote #CitizenshipQuestion request, John Gore, admitted a fmr "Transition Team official provided him an initial draft of a letter" from DOJ asking for the citizenship question to be added, according to @RepCummings statement https://t.co/pS5vsGzUde… Continue reading
“The Civil Rights Division Bails Out of Bail-In in Texas”
Justin here. I’ve got a new post up at the Take Care blog, on a filing last week from DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. It’s a reversal of position, signed by a political appointee rather than career staff, of a request… Continue reading
Breaking: DOJ Files Formal Request to Have Supreme Court Leapfrog Second Circuit in Considering Census Citizenship Question Case–A Request the Supreme Court is Very Likely to Grant
Via Chris Geidner, comes this filing from the Department of Justice, seeking review of the district court order keeping the citizenship question off the upcoming census form. The petition seeks to have the Supreme Court immediately review this judgment,… Continue reading
Texas Redistricting Plaintiffs to U.S. Department of Justice on Changing Sides on Voting Rights Preclearance: You Missed the Deadline and Did Not Follow the Rules
Scathing Response:
Contrary to the assertion in the United States motion for leave, the Court made no distinction between “private Plaintiffs” and the United States. [Dkt. 1609 at 2]. The United States mischaracterizes the Court’s order when it claims that… Continue reading