The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/policy-politics/department-of-justice/)
With Democrats unable to pass federal voting rights legislation, the Justice Department is one of the lone means by which the Biden administration can combat restrictive voting laws
The Office for Access to Justice, which expands services for people who can’t afford lawyers, has been notably missed as the country grapples with a pandemic and wrestles with racial disparities in the nation’s legal system.
While the decision could expose Steve Bannon to criminal prosecution, the final decision remains in the hands of the attorney general and the Department of Justice.
The testimony, scheduled for Oct. 21, will come as the DOJ tackles a myriad of contentious issues, including enforcement of the Jan. 6 committee’s subpoenas, the crackdown on Texas’ new abortion law, the overflowing of migrants at the border, and voting rights.
AG Garland vows to provide support for abortion clinics and those seeking reproductive health services.
The department promised to after any jurisdiction that doesn’t meet the “one person, one vote” principle.
The prison has long suffered from poor accountability, regular mistreatment of inmates, and employee negligence.
A practice that allowed corporations to settle financial claims by making substantial “donations” to pre-selected non-profits was ended in 2017. The Biden administration would violate the Constitution if the practice was revived, warn two conservative legal scholars.
According to the latest report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics on tribal jail populations, some 69 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) released from state prisons in 2012 across 34 states, were re-arrested within three years, and 79 percent were arrested within five years.
The new directive is an effort to end the kind of political interference with DOJ policies and practices witnessed during the Donald Trump administration.