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A former deputy sheriff with the Dallas County, Alabama, Sheriff’s Office was charged in an indictment unsealed in the Southern District of Alabama for sexually assaulting and kidnapping a woman while he was on duty, and for misleading state investigators.

Ferguson, Missouri’s consent decree will require the police department to transform its operations, subject itself to new oversight, and cede its sovereignty to the federal government.

Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine, himself a political appointee in the Clinton administration, has released his report on the supposed "illegal" political hiring at the Civil Rights Division of George W. Bush's Department of Justice. [Full disclosure: I served four years as a career lawyer in CRD during the Bush era -- apparently to little notice since the report barely mentions me in passing.] Fine issued the report just days before Attorney General nominee Eric Ho...

Tennessee is the only state in the U.S. where its Supreme Court appoints the attorney general. Skrmetti’s term starts on Sept. 1.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that Jonathan Skrmetti has been selected to be the state's next attorney general.

President Biden is announcing three new nominees to serve as U.S. Attorneys across the country, as well as one new nominee to serve as U.S. Marshal. These

The Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) has confirmed the sentence of nine years in prison for the three inspectors of the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF)...

Legal experts are changing their views as to whether there's sufficient evidence for the Justice Department to take the unprecedented step of prosecuting a former president.

The President is announcing five new federal judicial nominees, all of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and