Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) Indian-American lawyer Vanita Gupta has been chosen to lead US justice department’s civil rights division charged with enforcing laws that prevent discrimination and inequitable practices in housing, education and employment. Named Acting Assistant Attorney General Wednesday, ...
Analysis: US Commission on Civil Rights calls for Justice Department investigation regarding voting rights of FloridiansLINDA WERTHEIMER
"This task force has a straightforward mission: To protect families against financial fraud and restore the confidence of consumers in our markets," said Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West. "We will hold accountable not just those responsible for the corporate fraud that cr...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new team of Civil Division lawyers at the Department of Justice will take over handling 2020 census-related cases, a spokeswoman for the agency said on Sunday, a shake-up that came as President Donald Trump pushes to include a contentious citiz...
Alaska Legislature Asks Trump to Retain Denali's Name Instead of Change It to Mount McKinley The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to M...
justice system, but it would send a message, he noted. It is not clear how much pressure the United States will be willing to put on China to address the drug issue. Between the trade war and President Trump's latest threat to impose tariffs on essentially all Chinese impor...
With these hearings held in secret and away from the public gaze, the person said that the tech companies hit by these demands are losing "most of the time." When asked, a spokesperson for the Justice Dept. acknowledged that the department has demanded source code and private encryption keys...
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ofAnita Hill, who had accused Supreme Court nomineeClarence Thomasofsexual harassment, during Thomas’s 1991 confirmation hearing was widely seen as an attempt to assure the appointment of theconservativejustice. During histenureas chairman of the Intelligence Committee (1995–97), Specter wrote ...
and a simple majority of the full Senate is required for confirmation. When the position ofchief justiceis vacant, the president may appoint a chief justice from outside the court or elevate an associate justice to the position. In either case a simple majority of the Senate must approve the...