The decision, announced in a filing in a federal court in Texas, is a rare departure from the Justice Department’s practice of defending federal laws in court. Texas and other Republican-led states are suing to strike down the entire law because Congress recently repealed a..…

The new rules were rolled out first as regulations from the Texas State Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Those regulations were challenged, and, after an evidentiary hearing, a federal judge, Republican-appointed Sam Sparks, issued a preliminary injunction to prevent..…

Those appointments – conservative pro-business Republican Joseph P. Bradley and political hack Morrison Waite – unwittingly undermined Grant’s own Justice Department’s civil rights enforcement. . ..…

As in the past, Democrats and Democratic leaners have more favorable views of the federal agencies and departments in the survey than Republicans and Republican leaners. . Roughly three-quarters or more Democrats have favorable impressions of the Department of Justice, the EPA and..…

Capitol With the debate over gerrymandering making its way through Supreme Court, and suppression very much reality, the issue of representation for Black people remains in need of solutions. ..…

Members of both parties view the Justice Department less favorably than in 2013: 36% of Republicans and Republican leaners currently view the department favorably, down from 50% two years ago. ..…

'A conviction at that high level within the White House is almost unheard of in our history,' said Guy Singer, a former Justice Department prosecutor who specialized in public corruption cases, including the conviction of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. ..…

Gonzales said that the memo has been repudiated by the administration but that Justice Department officials had done a laudable job dealing with sensitive legal questions. . Cutting off Gonzales, the Republican senator shot back: 'They did a lousy job.' . ..…

Gonzales, lawyer who has served Bush for nearly decade and would become Hispanic attorney in the nation's history.. ..…

Another occupier said that, “Prior to April 7th’s re-occupy, law enforcement said it was going to ramp up to RNC(Republican National Convention) like capabilities. Is the Minneapolis Police Department working with Stanek (Hennepin County Sheriff) the Homeland Security Fusion..…

Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, introduced the Preventing Emerging Threats Act this year. It would give the Homeland Security Department and the Justice Department power to develop and deploy a system to spot, track and shoot down drones, as unmanned aircraft are called. ..…