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DOJ Declines To Provide Cover For Trump Officials Hoping To Blow Off January 6 CommissionJuly 27, 2021 at 4:14 PM Sucks when you can't just shout EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE and flip off Congress anymore, right?Tags: Law, Congress, Government, Commission, Department Of Justice, Doj 22 people like this. Like Former Trump inaugural chairman Tom Barrack's bond set at $250 million by federal judgeJuly 23, 2021 at 3:03 PM Tags: Politics, Law, California, Washington, US, Trends, Brooklyn, Department Of Justice, Donald Trump, Doj, Uae, Trump, Lincoln Memorial, Christina Wilkie, Barrack, David J Phillip 100 people like this. Like FBI Got 4,500 Tips In Kavanaugh Investigation That It Never Actually PerformedJuly 23, 2021 at 12:42 PM It's almost an insult to the word perfunctory to call it perfunctory.Tags: Supreme Court, Law, Fbi, Courts, Department Of Justice, Brett Kavanaugh 10 people like this. Like BJS releases new reports on "Correctional Populations in the United States, 2019" and "Probation and Parole in the United States, 2019"July 22, 2021 at 6:33 AM Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics always produces terrific reports on national criminal justice realities, though there is necessarily a time lag in the data reported. But given they ways the COVID pandemic has changed (and not changed) our criminal justice systems, I think it is especially timely that BJS has just released to big new reports on the state of US correctional populations at the end of 2019, just before the pandemic hit. Via email, I got news and short description...Tags: Law, US, United States, Department Of Justice, Bureau Of Justice Statistics, Douglas A Berman, Bjs, Justice Department s Bureau of Justice Statistics, Correctional Populations, Jails Census of Jails National Prisoner Statistics 11 people like this. Like Leading Democrats oppose Biden plan to end house arrest and potentially return inmates to prison after the pandemicJuly 20, 2021 at 10:24 PM Tags: Politics, News, Law, Congress, Senate, White House, Trends, Joe Biden, New York Times, New Jersey, Department Of Justice, Biden, Illinois, Criminal Justice, Charles Davis, Booker 121 people like this. Like DOJ Declares Temporary Moratorium on Federal ExecutionsJuly 2, 2021 at 2:19 PM Attorney General Merrick Garland Thursday issued a moratorium on scheduling of federal executions, pending a study by the Department of Justice on fairness. In a memo to federal prosecutors he wrote:
Serious concerns have been raised about the...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Tags: Law, Department Of Justice, Doj, Merrick Garland 28 people like this. Like "Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Imposes a Moratorium on Federal Executions; Orders Review of Policies and Procedures"July 1, 2021 at 5:59 PM The title of this post is the heading of this notable new US Justice Department press release. Here is the main text of the press release:
Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued a memorandum imposing a moratorium on federal executions while a review of the Justice Department’s policies and procedures is pending.
“The Department of Justice must ensure that everyone in the federal criminal justice system is not only afforded the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the Un...Tags: Law, US, United States, Department Of Justice, Justice Department, Garland, Bureau of Prisons, Douglas A Berman, Merrick B Garland, Justice Manual, Office of Legal Policy, Federal Executions 32 people like this. Like Morning Docket: 06.30.21June 30, 2021 at 8:30 AM * Donald Trump is suing the State of New York over a golf course. Bet he hopes the litigation doesn't end up in the rough... [Washington Post]
* A grand jury may soon be investigating the recent building collapse in Surfside, Florida. [Insider]
* The Second Circuit has ordered an alleged "copyright troll" to file a sanctions opinion against him in all cases in which he is involved and to mail the decision to clients. Almost seems like a scarlet letter... [ABA Journal]
* Apparently, Attorne...Tags: New York, Law, Washington Post, Copyright, Golf, Fox News, Department Of Justice, Air Force, Donald Trump, ABA Journal, Second Circuit, Garland, Surfside, Morning Docket, Surfside Florida, Space Force 38 people like this. Like Older Americans report higher levels of age discrimination in the workplace, but it's getting harder to prove in courtJune 30, 2021 at 9:30 AM Tags: Maryland, Supreme Court, Law, Boston, US, Trends, Civil Rights, Department Of Justice, Discrimination, Age Discrimination, Ageism, Costa, Cornell, AARP, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 63 people like this. Like Bill Barr Thinks You’re StupidJune 28, 2021 at 12:21 PM Or maybe you were in a coma for the past three years?Tags: Law, Government, Department Of Justice, Donald Trump, Bill Barr 10 people like this. Like John McAfee, software developer charged with U.S. tax evasion, dies in Spanish jailJune 24, 2021 at 3:47 AM Tags: Death, Taxes, News, Celebrity, Law, Suicide, Global, Spain, Barcelona, Intel, Chicago, Audit, United States, Jail, Department Of Justice, Tax Evasion 148 people like this. Like Will any new sentencing issues be central to the new "comprehensive crime reduction strategy" soon to come from Prez Biden?June 22, 2021 at 11:26 AM The question in the title of this post is prompted by this new lengthy CNN piece headlined "Concerns rising inside White House over surge in violent crime." Here are excerpts:
A nationwide surge in violent crime has emerged as a growing area of concern inside the White House, where President Joe Biden and his aides have listened with alarm as local authorities warn a brutal summer of killing lies ahead.
Biden plans to address the spike in shootings, armed robberies and vicious assaults on Wedn...Tags: Law, Congress, White House, Joe Biden, Cnn, Department Of Justice, Biden, Justice Department, Kamala Harris, Clinton, Democratic Party, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms, Rose Garden, Jen Psaki, Douglas A Berman, David Chipman 46 people like this. Like Bolton’s Bet Pays Off BiglyJune 17, 2021 at 5:02 PM Garland dumps DOJ suit over Bolton's book.Tags: Law, Government, Department Of Justice, Bolton, Doj, John Bolton, Garland 26 people like this. Like Michael Cohen says DOJ acted like 'mafia' under the 'corrupt arm of the Trump administration' after the revelation it secretly obtained data from Democratic lawmakersJune 11, 2021 at 3:54 PM Tags: Apple, Politics, Law, Russia, Trends, Surveillance, New York Times, Manhattan, Department Of Justice, Donald Trump, Doj, Charles Davis, Justice Department, Trump, Democratic, Cohen 103 people like this. Like Push To Treat Ransomware Hacking Like Terrorism Is 21st Century Defense U.S. Investment NeedsJune 9, 2021 at 10:44 AM The Department of Justice went so far as to declare 2020 the 'worst year ever' for extortion-related cyberattacks.Tags: Law, Finance, Ransomware, Hacking, Department Of Justice, Cyberattacks, Darkside, Colonial Pipeline, ATL Finance, Finance Docket, Century Defense U S Investment Needs 50 people like this. Like Merrick Garland Is Exactly The Kid You Hated In Law SchoolJune 8, 2021 at 5:17 PM As we all know, defamation is one of the president's enumerated powers... or something.Tags: Law, Government, Department Of Justice, Donald Trump, Merrick Garland, E. Jean Carroll 50 people like this. Like Bitcoin tumbles 12% after US authorities claw back most of Colonial Pipeline crypto ransomJune 8, 2021 at 12:02 PM Tags: Law, US, Trends, Fbi, Goldman Sachs, Npr, Department Of Justice, Biden, Doj, Georgetown, Tim Wu, Paul Abbate, Abbate, Colonial Pipeline, Will Daniel, Institute for Technology Law 118 people like this. Like Bitcoin tumbles 10% after US authorities claw back most of Colonial Pipeline crypto ransomJune 8, 2021 at 11:08 AM Tags: Law, US, Trends, Fbi, Goldman Sachs, Npr, Department Of Justice, Biden, Doj, Georgetown, Tim Wu, Paul Abbate, Abbate, Colonial Pipeline, Will Daniel, Institute for Technology Law 119 people like this. Like Morning Docket: 06.08.21June 8, 2021 at 8:30 AM * R. Kelly's attorneys are requesting to withdraw as his counsel and say it is "impossible" to properly represent him. Bet the lawyers hope they aren't "trapped" in the courtroom... [Fox News]
* A prominent West Virginia attorney passed away this week following a car crash. [Metro News]
* The Department of Justice says it will defend former president Trump in a private defamation lawsuit. [Forbes]
* Stormy Daniels says her attorneys are cooperating with investigators looking into the operat...Tags: Florida, Law, West Virginia, Fox News, Department Of Justice, R. Kelly, Trump, Kelly, Hill, Stormy Daniels, Boca Raton, Trump Organization, Metro News, Morning Docket, President Trump, Boca News Now 46 people like this. Like "At one of their debates, Mr. Biden accused Mr. Trump of treating the Justice Department like his 'own law firm' in the suit, filed against him by the writer E. Jean Carroll."June 8, 2021 at 8:02 AM "'What’s that all about?' he sarcastically asked. But on Monday night, nearly eight months after Mr. Biden’s attack, his own Justice Department essentially adopted Mr. Trump’s position, arguing that he could not be sued for defamation because he had made the supposedly offending statements as part of his official duties as president. In a brief filed with a federal appeals court in New York... the Biden administration’s Justice Department, now led by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland... said...Tags: New York, Law, White House, Joe Biden, Department Of Justice, Biden, Donald Trump, Justice Department, Defamation, Carroll, Trump, Oval Office, Ann Althouse, Mr Trump, Merrick B Garland, Trump the ex-President 29 people like this. Like DOJ Tells Court Plaintiffs’ Baby Died So Fast, It’s Not Like They Got Too AttachedJune 4, 2021 at 1:13 PM People actually signed their names to this.Tags: Law, Government, Department Of Justice, DOJ Tells Court Plaintiffs 37 people like this. Like Diverse six-justice majority rejects broad reading of computer-fraud lawJune 3, 2021 at 5:01 PM  Tags: Featured, Supreme Court, Law, Georgia, United States, Department Of Justice, John Roberts, The Supreme Court, Van Buren, Barrett, Elena Kagan, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, CFAA, Merits Cases, Brett Kavanaugh 77 people like this. Like BJS unveils new website and new correctional reports of noteJune 2, 2021 at 8:47 AM I received via email a press release from the Bureau of Justice Statistics that starts this way:
The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today launched a redesigned website at a new location: https://bjs.ojp.gov. The modern, user-friendly design will be continually improved to allow the public easier access to new and archived data, interactive graphs and tables and other features.
BJS also released three reports that present information on the counts and rates of allegations o...Tags: Law, Department Of Justice, Bureau Of Justice Statistics, Douglas A Berman 16 people like this. Like Measuring Progress on Access to Justice Within Sustainable Development Goal SDG 16.3June 2, 2021 at 7:00 AM  Tags: New York, Law, Canada, United Nations, Un, OECD, Department Of Justice, Peter Chapman, United Nations Development Program UNDP, Justice Issues, CFCJ, International Development Research Centre IDRC, Cost of Justice, Department of Justice Canada, World Bank the Organization for Economic Co, Foreign Affairs Canada 54 people like this. Like How Open Is an Open Court Online?May 30, 2021 at 11:57 PM In 2015, Shauna Hall-Coates wrote in the Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies,
Walk into any courtroom today, critics venture, and it will look stunningly similar to those of the past; the judge will be sitting behind the bench, the jury in its box, and the witness on the stand.1 As everyone settles into his or her place selected by centuries of ritual and status quo, the courtroom may even appear as a sanctuary from the trappings of digital technology, so doggedly pursued outside its walls.
This ...Tags: Law, Virginia, Court, Canada, New Brunswick, Bill, Parliament, Department Of Justice, Quebec, Alberta, Sierra Club, Hills, Ontario, Wilson, National Assembly, Mills 32 people like this. Like |
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