THE mission of the Department of Justice (DoJ) is “to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans”. That is a rather tall order—and it’s open to interpretation. Under Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, Donald Trump’s DoJ has abandoned voting-rights litigation, tried to punish sanctuary cities, cracked down on undocumented immigrants, revoked Obama-era sentencing reforms addressing America’s sky-high incarceration rate and argued that civil-rights laws do not protect gays and lesbians from employment discrimination. On August 1st, another priority was uncovered by the New York Times via a DoJ...Continue reading
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