Category: Merrick Garland

Department of Justice Backs CDC on Eviction Moratorium

The Department of Justice is backing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), alleging the health agency’s new eviction moratorium is lawful. “The department has vigorously defended the statutory authority of the CDC to issue [an] eviction moratorium and we will continue to do so,” Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters in Washington during…


Department of Justice Sues Georgia Over Election Integrity Act

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a lawsuit against Georgia over the state’s recently passed Election Integrity Act, announced Attorney General Merrick Garland, who alleged the law is a violation of the federal Voting Rights Act’s protections for minority voters. “Where we see violations of federal law, we will act,” Garland said at…


Department of Justice Sues Georgia Over Voting Law

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a lawsuit against Georgia over the state’s recently passed voting law, announced Attorney General Merrick Garland, who alleged the law is a violation of the federal Voting Rights Act’s protections for minority voters. “Where we see violations of federal law, we will act,” Garland said at a…


Department of Justice Sues Georgia New Over Voting Law

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a lawsuit against Georgia over the state’s recently passed voting law, announced Attorney General Merrick Garland, who alleged the law is a violation of the federal Voting Rights Act’s protections for minority voters. “Where we see violations of federal law, we will act,” Garland said at a…


Justice Department Reverses 2 Trump Administration Asylum Restrictions

U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday ended two Trump-era policies that made it difficult for people to obtain asylum on grounds of domestic or gang violence as well as for those who claimed a family member was threatened with violence. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a new directive to immigration judges to stop following the two rules, making…


Facts Matter (June 16): Lawmakers From 13 States Tour Arizona’s Audit; Many Working To Launch Their Own

It was just announced that the hand recount in Arizona’s Maricopa county is complete, and the audit team has shifted their focus to completing the final phase—to go back and authenticate each ballot. However, it looks like the federal government under the Biden administration has their own idea. Attorney General Merrick Garland has issued a very…


Biden’s First National Security Strategy Has Singular Focus on Domestic Terrorism

President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday unveiled a national security strategy that focuses exclusively on domestic terrorism, naming white supremacists and militia extremists as “the most persistent and lethal threats” to America among ideologies motivating domestic terrorists. Continuing its broad effort to combat violence from homegrown extremists, the administration published the 32-page strategy and the…


Garland Worsens the Tradition of Lamentable Attorneys General

Commentary What is it about the office of Attorney General of the United States that makes otherwise intelligent occupants of that position behave in unsettling, or worse, manners? For some years our AG’s have been an instrument of political bias and/or political blunders in a country that supposedly prides itself on the “rule of law.”…


The Tradition of Lamentable Attorneys General Worsens

Commentary What is it about the office of Attorney General of the United States that makes otherwise intelligent occupants of that position behave in unsettling, or worse, manners? For some years our AG’s have been an instrument of political bias and/or political blunders in a country that supposedly prides itself on the “rule of law.”…


Justice Department Announces Task Force to Combat COVID-19 Fraud

The Justice Department has launched a task force that would bolster existing law enforcement efforts cracking down on CCP virus-related fraud. The task force, which will be led by the deputy attorney general, will augment existing investigations and enforcement initiatives to detect and disrupt COVID-19-related fraud. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a memo on…