Commentary Vanessa Gallman, Kentucky Lantern The fallout of the 2020 Breonna Taylor killing by police, resulting from an invalid warrant, made clear that the Louisville police department has serious problems in management and training. But a two-year federal investigation into the department exposed the depth of the bullying and overall …
Read More »DOJ Finds ‘pattern or practice’ Of Discriminatory Policing In Louisville
The Justice Department on Wednesday said that it found that the Louisville Metro Police Department and Louisville/Jefferson County Metro government violated the Constitution and federal law in various practices in dealing with the Black community. Following an investigation launched in April 2021, the DOJ said it has entered an agreement …
Read More »Supreme Court Declines to Get Involved in Trump Fight Over Classified Docs
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to weigh in on the battle over documents that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents took while executing a search warrant at his Florida estate. The ex-president’s lawyers wanted the court to ensure that more than 100 classified …
Read More »U.S. Department of Justice Sues Idaho Over Abortion Trigger Ban
Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the state of Idaho over the state’s trigger law that will ban nearly all abortions. The law is scheduled to take effect on Aug. 25, unless the Idaho Supreme Court puts the law on a temporary hold after …
Read More »Election Officials At Senate Hearing Describe Threats, Spread Of Misinformation
Kira Lerner, Virginia Mercury Democrats on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday explored how to combat violent threats lodged against election officials, while Republicans questioned why the Department of Justice isn’t doing more to investigate threats against crisis pregnancy centers and Supreme Court justices. During a hearing on protecting …
Read More »U.S. Sues Arizona Over Proof Of Citizenship Voting Law
by Kira Lerner, Arizona Mirror The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announced Tuesday that it has sued Arizona over a law signed by the state’s Republican governor in March that requires people registering to vote prove their citizenship to participate in a presidential election or to vote by …
Read More »Justice Dept. Announces New Initiatives To Address, Prevent Hate Crimes
The Department of Justice(DOJ) on Friday announced new initiatives to address and prevent hate crimes in the United States. Justice Department officials are calling the rise in hate crimes a crisis. “We know the threats we take are evolving and our strategies to confront them must involve, as well,” said …
Read More »As Election Workers Face Increased Threats And Intimidation, Some States Are Trying To Protect Them
Barbara Rodriguez Originally published by The 19th The people kept showing up at the small Northern California office where Natalie Adona and her co-workers help run elections. Three days in a row, they came to try to push a petition for recall elections, refusing to wear masks despite a mandate …
Read More »DOJ Launches Task Force To Enforce Sanctions on Russian Oligarchs
The United States Justice Department (DOJ) has created a new task force spanning multiple agencies to enforce sanctions imposed against Russian officials and oligarchs in response to Russia‘s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The task force – dubbed “KleptoCapture” – will enforce sweeping US sanctions, export restrictions and other economic curbs …
Read More »DOJ Sues Missouri Over Law Blocking Enforcement Of Federal Gun Regulations
by Kavahn Mansouri, Missouri Independent February 17, 2022 A controversial Missouri gun law that penalizes police for enforcing federal gun laws is facing a new legal challenge from the U.S. Justice Department(DOJ). On Wednesday, the department filed suit to prevent Missouri from enforcing its Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA), a …
Read More »Delta Asks DOJ To Put Unruly Passengers On No-Fly List
Delta Air Lines is asking the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to put airline passengers convicted of disrupting flights on a national no-fly list, barring them from traveling on any commercial flights, according to the letter obtained Friday by several news outlets. In the letter, dated Thursday and first …
Read More »Biden Files Emergency Lawsuit To Reinstate Vaccine Mandate For Large Employers
The Biden administration filed an emergency lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to immediately reinstate its vaccine mandate for private employers with 100 or more workers after it faced a series of legal challenges. Earlier this month, the Fifth Circuit Court in New Orleans issued a preliminary pause on the order, which …
Read More »Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Monday over Texas abortion ban
On Monday, The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on Texas’ six-week abortion ban. The controversial law, which took effect in September, makes it illegal for a woman to get an abortion after six weeks– a period in which women typically aren’t aware that they are pregnant. In addition, the …
Read More »Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Block Texas Abortion Ban
On Monday, the Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to block SB8, a Texas law banning abortion after six weeks. The administration claims the measure is unconstitutional, that it was purposefully designed to evade judicial review, and violates the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which enshrined …
Read More »DOJ To Address Threats Of Violence Against School Board Members
Citing an increase in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school board members, teachers and workers in our nation’s public schools, Monday, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland directed the FBI and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices to meet in the next 30 days with federal, state, Tribal, territorial and local law …
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