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Department of Justice
Department of Justice news and analysis from The Nation
November 18, 2020
The law firm has been the president’s biggest legal booster—and beneficiary—from the start. It’s not going to stop now.
October 29, 2020
The Department of Justice has left millions of voters who need language help without government protection.
September 17, 2020
The attorney general has been chipping away at the rule of law for 18 months. Last night, he made another big claim to unfettered power.
August 24, 2020
In the coming days, the DOJ will borrow a page from the conservative playbook and likely sue Yale for violating the rights of white and Asian students.
June 30, 2020
The Board of Immigration Appeals, once an impartial appellate court, has become a new front in the Trump administration’s war against migrants.
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June 24, 2020
Two Justice Department lawyers and a former deputy attorney general detailed Barr’s corrupt meddling on behalf of Trump—while House Republicans embarrassed themselves.
May 14, 2020
A lawsuit about conditions at Danbury prison shows why it is impossible to keep the incarcerated safe.
February 21, 2020
It gives the president sweeping pardon powers that he’s more than happy to use for partisan and personal ends.
February 14, 2020
Freed from all accountability by the Senate, the realtor’s inner autocrat is on full display.
October 29, 2019
But World Series fans were having none of it—thousands chanted “Lock him up!” at Nationals Park stadium in Washington, DC.
