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Led by the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, the Division's litigation reflects the diversity of government activities, involving, for example, the defense of challenges to presidential actions; national security issues; benefit programs; energy policies; commercial issues such as contract disputes, banking ...
The United States Department of Justice Civil Division (USDOJ) filed a motion to dismiss on October 16, 2017, repeating arguments made in similar motions to dismiss for the related suits Jane Doe v. Trump, Stone v. Trump, and Stockman v. Trump. In the motion to dismiss, USDOJ called the challenge "premature several times over", asserting the ...
The division was established on December 9, 1957, by order of Attorney General William P. Rogers, after the Civil Rights Act of 1957 created the head office of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights (AAG-CR; appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate).
The law allows DOJ to investigate deadly civil rights crimes that occurred on or before Dec. 31, 1979. ... to notify the Cold Case Division at Coldcase.Civilrights@usdoj.gov using the subject line ...
Division Year established (as formal division) Antitrust Division: 1919 [22] Civil Division [a] 1933 [23] Civil Rights Division: 1957 [25] Criminal Division: 1919 [26] Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) [b] 1909 [27] Justice Management Division (JMD) [c] 1945 [28] National Security Division (NSD) 2006 [29] Tax Division: 1933 [30]
Kristen M. Clarke (born 1975) [1] is an American attorney who has served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the United States Department of Justice since May 2021. Clarke previously served as president of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Assistant attorneys general report either to the deputy attorney general (in the case of the Criminal Division, the Justice Management Division and the Offices of Legal Counsel, Legislative Affairs, and Legal Policy) or to the associate attorney general (in the case of the Antitrust, Civil, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, and Tax ...
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has announced a new head of his office's civil division, which handles such issues as lead poisoning, police misconduct and antitrust regulation ...