Department of Justice (DOJ)
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To Audition for the Role of Attorney General, Blanche Is Prosecuting to Please
Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche's prosecutions of Comey and others reveal a pattern of prosecutorial sycophancy — charges brought to please Trump.
Breaking the Cycle: Transitional Justice in America After Trump
A post-Trump America must finally turn transitional justice tools inward and reckon with failures it has long refused to face if it aims to repair, not simply ignore.
How Defending Free Speech Can Unite Unlikely Allies
The Trump administration's threats to First Amendment rights have inspired a broad front defending free speech, freedom of the press, protest rights and more.
Blanche Is Targeting the D.C. Bar to Remove Ethical Guardrails for the Justice Department
Legal ethics expert warns Acting AG Todd Blanche's lawsuit against the DC Bar is part of a broader campaign to free DOJ lawyers from the ethical rules governing their peers.
The Last Check: Magistrate Judges and Federal Seizures of Election Records
A magistrate judge's review of a search-warrant application may be the last meaningful safeguard against federal interference in an election.
The Continuing Saga of Chief Judge Boasberg’s Contempt of Court Inquiry Involving Todd Blanche and Emil Bove
Options for the DC Circuit en banc in these contempt of court proceedings.
“When the Guardrails Erode” Series
Bringing together expert analysis that traces this erosion, assesses the risks for democratic governance, and outlines pathways to rebuild or even reinvent these safeguards.
Shooting Down Civil Aircraft: What International and U.S. Law Say About a Charge in the Raul Castro Indictment
Q&A providing an overview of the legal framework governing shootdowns, including their status under both international and domestic U.S. law
How the Domestic Terrorist Label Endangers Rights and Drives Extremist Violence
Prepared congressional testimony for a Senate hearing that was postponed.
The United States: Sanctions Implementer and Sanctions Safe Haven?
For decades, the United States has stood as the greatest leader in the sanctions space, as well as the greatest provider of tools for sanctioned entities to circumvent them.
Fool’s Gold: Speaker Johnson’s Section 702 proposal would place no limits on backdoor searches
"Members can recognize the Johnson proposal for what it is: a transparent attempt to preserve the status quo rather than answer the bipartisan calls for needed reform."
The Poverty of the DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Weissmann, former head of the DOJ Fraud Section, discusses conspicuous gaps in the indictment.