William Barr

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  12/14/2020
  

  William Barr Is Out as Attorney General

  William Barr disappointed both those who expected him to support the traditional independence of the Justice Department and Donald Trump, who expected him to use the full power of the DOJ to attack Joe Biden and his family. 

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  9/24/2020
  

  How Segregationists Rushed Through The 1968 Rioting Laws DOJ Is Using In 2020

  The Anti-Rioting Act was conceived as a way to suppress civil rights protests in the 1960s and today may be invoked to charge participants in protests with serious federal crimes.  

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• 9/6/2020
  

  Trump Can Use MS-13 as a Prop Because the US Won't Acknowledge a Role in Creating It

  by Roberto Lovato

  Roberto Lovato's new book "Unforgetting: " examines how policing in the United States, including a combined crackdown on immigration and gang activity led by William Barr after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, helped create MS-13 as a transnational criminal gang and a political symbol of fear to be exploited in election years. 

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• 9/6/2020
  

  The Headless Horseman: William Barr and the Attorney General in History (Part 2)

  by James D. Zirin

  In the conclusion of his two-part analysis of William Barr's actions as Attorney General, former prosecutor James Zirin argues that Barr has hitched his office completely to the Trump Train. 

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• 8/30/2020
  

  The Headless Horseman: William Barr and the Attorney General in History (Part 1)

  by James D. Zirin

  Former federal prosecutor James Zirin begins a two-part assessment of William Barr's tenure as Attorney General by explaining how the job was created and how its powers and duties were defined. 

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• SOURCE: WAMU
  7/27/2020
  

  The Justice Department Is Turning 150. Some Agency Veterans Say It Needs A Facelift

  Longtime watchers in government and law said the environment today echoes the most chaotic period in the modern history of the Justice Department. Watergate.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  2/16/20
  

  Legal Historian Jed Shugerman Says William Barr's Actions Are "Remarkably Not Normal"

  In this interview, Shugerman faults Barr for refusing to use special counsels, and calls for structural reforms to ensure greater Justice Department independence in the future.

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• 9/1/19
  

  Restricting Automatic Citizenship to Children Born to Americans Serving Abroad Is Only the Latest Effort by Trump to Dismantle Birthright Citizenship

  by Derek Litvak

  Trump and conservatives are attempting a wholesale constitutional revolution by dismantling birthright citizenship. Here's why birthright citizenship is so historically important. 

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• SOURCE: MSNBC
  3/27/19
  

  Video of the Week: Michael Beschloss on the Mueller Report

  Historian Michael Beschloss discusses the historic conclusion of the Mueller Report and why he says William Barr is 'not exactly coming at this as a neutral broker.'

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/27/19
  

  What Robert Mueller and William Barr need to tell us

  by Philip Zelikow

  Above all, because of its counterintelligence writ, the Mueller report should provide a historical account of a troubling and intensely controversial episode in American history. 

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• 1/22/19
  

  What Does William Barr Have to Do With Iran Contra?

  by Jeffrey J. Matthews

  And what it means for George H.W. Bush's legacy.