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'Smoking Gun': White House Finally Admits Bannon and Kobach Were Racist Minds Behind Scheme to Rig 2020 Census

'The Guy Who Defended Company That Caused Worst Oil Spill in US History' Just Confirmed to Head DOJ's Environmental Division

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Clark's blatant hostility toward environmental protection is good news for polluters, but awful news for the rest of us."

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Lawsuit Brought by Jeff Sessions Against California for New Law Defending Net Neutrality Denounced as 'Absurd'

Jon Queally, staff writer

"This complaint is completely absurd given that the same lawyers and lobbyists...

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Arguing Kavanaugh-Rosenstein Same Story, Progressives Ready for Both: 'Women Multitask: That's What We Do.'

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein listens as Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 4, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

"Resist saying the Rosenstein story is a distraction for the Kavanaugh story...

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks to guests at the International Association of Defense Counsel's 2018 Corporate Counsel College on April 26, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Rosenstein has been overseeing Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election since Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself.

'Slow-Moving Saturday Night Massacre' on Hold After Rosenstein Emerges from White House With Job Intact

As Trump Vows to Rid DOJ of 'Lingering Stench,' Ted Lieu Warns of Obstruction of Justice if Rosenstein is Fired

As Right-Wingers Push Trump to Fire Rosenstein, Here's What to Do If He Does

spy eye

Free Press Advocates Alarmed by US Government's "Terrifying" Secret Rules for Spying on Journalists

'A Definitionally Impeachable Offense': Blatant Trump Call to Weaponize DOJ for Political Ends Clear Violation, Say Legal Experts

As Trump Orders Sessions to Go After His Political Foes, Reminder That More Than 500 Children Still Separated From Their Families

US President Wakes Up, Orders Nation's Top Law Enforcement Officer to Target His Political Enemies

Attorney General Jeff Sessions

After Trump Again Attacks AG, Battered Minion Jeff Sessions Brags About His 'Unprecedented' Role in Pushing Despicable Agenda

'I Just Fight Back': Trump Celebrates Firing of Peter Strzok, FBI Agent at Center of Unhinged Conspiracy Theories

After Coercing Parents Into Agreeing to Deportation, Trump DOJ Foists Responsibility to Reunite Families on ACLU

Critics Decry 'Twisted and Dangerous' Views Espoused by Jeff Sessions and His 'Religious Liberty Task Force'

'Truly Terrible': As Many as 463 Parents Have Already Been Deported, Putting Family Reunification in Jeopardy

Newswire

Our Children's Trust

United States Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Stop Children’s Constitutional Case on the Eve of Trial

Free Press

Free Press Action Fund Hails Passage of California Net Neutrality Law, Denounces Justice Department Lawsuit

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to DOJ’s Attack on Racial Diversity in Harvard Case

Common Cause

Senate Must Reject Efforts to Undermine the Mueller Investigation by Changing the Department of Justice’s Chain of Command

Brennan Center for Justice

Brennan Center Sues Justice Department Over Terrorism Prosecution Data

Brennan Center for Justice

Brennan Center Sues Justice Department for Refusing to Disclose Documents Related to Controversial Voting Letter

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Robert Weissman

'Tough on Crime' Jeff Sessions Touts Plummeting Corporate Crime Enforcement Like It's an Achievement

Juan Cole

How Rosenstein’s Firing Could Lead to Trumpian Martial Law and Blood in the Streets

Jack Goldsmith

Quick Notes on the Rosenstein Revelations

Trevor Timm

Revealed: The Justice Dept's Secret Rules for Targeting Journalists With FISA Court Orders

Trevor Timm

Trump Is Turning the Enemies of Civil Liberties Into Liberal Heroes

Gaurav Laroia

How the AT&T-Time Warner Deal Could Ruin the Open Internet

Trevor Timm

Trump's Justice Dept Escalates Its Disturbing Crackdown on Leaks by Seizing New York Times Reporter's Phone and Email Records

Ralph Nader, Robert Weissman, et al.

An Open Letter to Jeff Sessions on Corporate Crime

John Atcheson

Trump Is Cornered - Now Comes the Dangerous Part

Billy Corriher

Trump's Census Move Borrowed From Racial Gerrymandering Playbook

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