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Document: Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel Memo on Designating an Acting Attorney General
On Nov. 14, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel released a memo defending the legality of President Donald Trump’s Nov. 7 designation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general. Read the... -
Document: 2017 FBI Hate Crimes Report
The FBI on Tuesday released its 2017 Hate Crimes Report. The document is below. -
Document: State of Maryland Motions for Judge to Decide Whether Whitaker Is Acting Attorney General
On Tuesday, in litigation related to the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the state of Maryland filed a motion to substitute the acting attorney general for fo... -
Document: Immigration Advocates File Lawsuit Challenging Legality of Asylum Rule and Proclamation
Three immigrant advocacy organizations represented by the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against the president, the Justice Department, Homelan... -
Document: Amended Rule and Presidential Proclamation on Asylum at the Southern Border
On Thursday, the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security announced an amendment to the rules governing asylum requests rendering ineligible for asylum those who attempt to enter the United States in... -
Document: OLC Opinion on Airstrikes Against the Islamic State
The Department of Justice has released a 2014 Office of Legal Counsel opinion approving airstrikes against the Islamic State under the president's Article II authority as commander-in-chief. The memo is ... -
Document: Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resignation Letter
On Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions submitted his resignation, effective immediately, at the request of President Trump. Media reports say Matthew Whitaker, Session’s chief of staff, will take o... -
Document: Joint Intelligence Community Statement on Election Day Preparations
On Nov. 6, 2018—Election Day—the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a joint statement, along with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the FBI, affirmi... -
Speech of NSA General Counsel Glenn Gerstell to 2018 ABA National Security Law Conference
National Security Agency General Counsel Glenn S. Gerstell made the following keynote address on Nov. 1 at the American Bar Association's Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference. (... -
Summary: New Trove of 9/11 Documents Released
On Oct. 15, J.M. Berger, a prolific author and researcher on extremism, made public on Intelwire a large number of previously unreleased or difficult-to-find materials related to 9/11 that were obtained ... -
Document: Justice Department Charges Chinese and Taiwanese Firms for Economic Espionage
A grand jury in the Northern District of California has returned an indictment against United Microelectronics Corp., a Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer; Fujian Jinhua, a Chinese state-run enterprise... -
Document: Robert Bowers Indictment
On Oct. 31, a grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania returned a 44-count indictment, including hate crimes, against Robert Bowers for the murder of 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in ...
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