More than a dozen cities, including Ferguson, Mo., have spent arduous months hammering out consent decrees with the U.S. Justice Department to institute much-needed police and judicial reforms aimed in large part at reducing enforcement disparities that unfairly target poor and minority communities.
The Justice Department is considering reopening its investigation into the 1955 killing of Emmett Till.
After the recent actions of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, even the few black voters who supported Donald Trump despite his bigoted campaign rhetoric must now admit the obvious.
In a sign that President Trump’s administration wants to undo some of the reforms in police departments, the Justice Department on Monday requested a 90-day review of a consent decree with Baltimore.
The nomination of Rod Rosenstein as deputy attorney general was approved Monday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, setting the stage for a full Senate vote.
The Justice Department warned sanctuary cities and counties on Monday that they will not receive federal grants if the continue to fail to work with the crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
The Trump administration has tried to limit former deputy Attorney General Sally Yates’ congressional testimony on possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway’s husband is expected to be nominated to lead the Justice Department civil division, a position that will enable him to defend President Trump’s executive order on immigration.
