Justice Department

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  4/10/2021
  

  Ramsey Clark, Attorney General and Rebel With a Cause, Dies at 93

  Ramsey Clark's tenure as Attorney General saw the aggressive enforcement of civil rights law; his liberalism strained his relationship with Lyndon Johnson, who blamed Clark in part for energizing the "silent majority" that led Richard Nixon to victory. He continued in private life to represent unpopular defendants and oppose American militarism.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  12/14/2020
  

  William Barr Is Out as Attorney General

  William Barr disappointed both those who expected him to support the traditional independence of the Justice Department and Donald Trump, who expected him to use the full power of the DOJ to attack Joe Biden and his family. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  12/10/2020
  

  What Really Saved the Republic From Trump?

  by Tim Wu

  The apparent success of the electoral process in 2020 is not a tribute to the Constitutional separation of powers, which has largely failed. A different set of institutional norms prevented Trump from abusing executive power to subvert the will of the voters, but Americans should not be confident that this will hold in the future. 

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• 8/30/2020
  

  The Headless Horseman: William Barr and the Attorney General in History (Part 1)

  by James D. Zirin

  Former federal prosecutor James Zirin begins a two-part assessment of William Barr's tenure as Attorney General by explaining how the job was created and how its powers and duties were defined. 

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• 4/12/2020
  

  "My Entire Career has Led Me to this Project": HNN Interviews Kevin Kruse

  by Chelsea Connolly and Hana Hancock

  "This pandemic is global in scale and personal in impact, and as a result, it’s touching and transforming virtually every topic that historians have studied. We have a duty to share our insights with the larger world. They’re interested in what we have to say. (And, let’s remember, most of them are stuck at home looking for something to read!)"

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/13/19
  

  The government effort to make FOIA “as bad as possible”

  by Nate Jones

  The Department of Justice's historical effort to weaken the Freedom Of Information Act and why Congress must strengthen the law. 

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• SOURCE: Politicus USA
  12-28-17
  

  Michael Beschloss says Trump’s claim that he controls the Justice Department is alarming

  "It goes way beyond Nixon.”

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  3-15-16
  

  Apple says the Founding Fathers would be ‘appalled’ with the Justice Dept. for iPhone fight

  Apple argued that if the government prevails, it could force companies to do a number of other things going forward in the name of surveillance and security.