Politics & Policy
January 18, 2024
The DOJ Report on the Uvalde Shooting Reiterates Widespread Failures
U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland said the response to the massacre cost lives.
Department of Justice
Border & Immigration
April 21, 2020
Children Grappling With Remote Asylum Hearings? With COVID-19, That’s Now the Norm.
Many immigration attorneys have called for hearings to be delayed, but cases are nonetheless proceeding by phone and video.
The Daily Post
February 5, 2014
The Justice Department Is Investigating the Death of Alfred Wright, the Jasper Man Who Disappeared in November
From the beginning, Alfred Wright's disappearance in Sabine County, and the subsequent police response, raised many questions. Now, the DoJ is looking for answers.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
The Outsider
In the post-Washington game, former attorney general Alberto Gonzales has fared worse than any other member of the Bush administration. Why?
Politics & Policy
March 12, 2012
Texas’ New Voter ID Law Rejected
The Justice Department slapped the hand of the Texas legislature by blocking the state's new voter ID law, saying it would likely disenfranchise Hispanic voters.
Politics & Policy
December 2, 2011
Abbott v. the DOJ
Let me see if I understand this. First, Abbott wants to avoid submitting the Texas redistricting maps for preclearance at the Department of Justice. He tells everybody that he has figured out how to bypass the DOJ by going to the D.C. Circuit and moving for summary judgment from Republican-friendly
Politics & Policy
March 10, 2009
Abbott spent $1.4 million on voter fraud prosecutions, witness said
This was the testimony of a witness from the Brennan Center at NYU, moments ago (around 10:55 p.m.), who said flatly that there are virtually no cases of voter impersonation fraud. I agree with him on that point, but the oft-repeated information that Abbott spent $1.4 million on voter fraud