'Seditious Conspiracy' Charges for Proud Boys Taint January 6 Prosecutions
Normal criminal law covers the alleged acts without politicizing proceedings.
Normal criminal law covers the alleged acts without politicizing proceedings.
A federal lawsuit argues that the department's regulations violate due process, the separation of powers, and the First Amendment.
Based in divisive identitarianism, the DOJ’s new strategy is a recipe for expanded authority and conflict.
The settlement came after the Justice Department agreed to return more than $1 million in proceeds from state-licensed marijuana businesses in California.
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Empyreal Logistics agreed to drop its claims against the Justice Department, but it is still suing San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus.
A Supreme Court ruling restoring Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s capital sentence and a congressional logjam makes it clear that only he can keep his campaign promise.
Such laws, which allow redundant prosecutions based on defendants' bigoted beliefs, supposedly are authorized by the amendment that banned slavery.
Elizabeth Warren's bizarre theories about corporate greed driving inflation have made their way into federal law enforcement, it seems.
According to a former federal prosecutor, the seemingly redundant case sends "the message that the Justice Department won't tolerate this type of racist hatred."
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New administrations usually issue memos on transparency. The Biden administration has ignored calls to do so.
Christmas comes a few days early for 2,800 inmates who had told they’d eventually have to return to their cells to serve out their terms.
A new bill would transfer the review of petitions from the Justice Department to a presidentially appointed board.
In a significant threat to the free press, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces decades in federal prison for leaking classified documents.
COVID-19 has led to foot dragging in implementing some FIRST STEP Act reforms.
The government argues that the company is violating the ADA by charging wait fees to disabled customers who take longer to board vehicles.
The investigation of Trump aide Carter Page has exposed major problems with federal secret surveillance warrants.
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A sharp departure from the Trump administration's approach
The Justice Department is investigating whether top brass were part of a cover-up.
The CARES Act allowed home release of nonviolent inmates during the pandemic. But after it's over, many will have to go back unless their sentences are commuted.
Controversy highlights punishing responses to mundane mistakes during post-release monitoring of felons.
Nevertheless, it will at least temporarily stop the federal death penalty.
The lawsuit claims Georgia officials enacted restrictive provisions with the intent of curtailing the right to vote based on race.
The Justice Department's proposal encourages states to take away people's Second Amendment rights based on little more than bare allegations.
Biden's Justice Department has some problems with this.
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A new brief asks the Supreme Court to reinstate Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence.
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Prosecutors like to use the law against people who clearly weren't engaged in hacking. The Court is trying to rein them in.
The federal charges against Chauvin and three other officers involved in George Floyd's death are more about making a statement than seeking justice.
A new bill repurposes the war on terror's pro-snitching mantra by requiring that tech companies share user data with the federal government.
President Joe Biden campaigned on ending the federal death penalty, but he’s been quiet about it since taking office.
Violent acts are already illegal, and new tools will inevitably be used against those who annoy the powerful.
The memo reverses a directive from former Attorney General Jeff Sessions that ordered federal prosecutors to throw the book at low-level drug offenders.
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Their letter to Congress warns about inevitable abuses against religious and racial minorities.
The Department of Justice rushes to prevent mercy before a new administration can take over.
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The Biden administration has just delivered its first disappointment to criminal justice reform advocates.
Contrary to what the judge who blocked his extradition implied, the Espionage Act does not include an exception for "responsible" journalism.
Justice Department: “It is not enough to show that the officer made a mistake, acted negligently, acted by accident or mistake, or even exercised bad judgment.”
The report confirms what news investigations and advocates have said for years: Lowell prison lets guards abuse women without consequence.
The Attorney General says "No" to the President on his way out the door, leaving Jeff Rosen in charge of DOJ.
If the lawsuit were to succeed, it would hurt the people it seeks to help.
An annual report on the death penalty shows its use declining everywhere except in the federal government.