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Joe Biden has inherited a department plagued by scandal, just as Gerald Ford did in 1974.
Law professor at Fordham UniversityThe Atlantic
President Joe Biden is facing problems Gerald Ford would have appreciated. Like Ford in 1974, Biden has come into office following a president accused of criminality. Both Biden and Ford inherited a Department of Justice plagued by scandal and well-grounded charges of politicization. Both had to choose a nominee for attorney general knowing that recent occupants of that office contributed to partisanship and displayed a lack of integrity. And both took office while questions lingered about recent leadership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a component of the DOJ.
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The Man Who Should Be Merrick Garland’s Role Model
The new attorney general has inherited a department plagued by scandal, just as Edward Levi did in 1975.
May 9, 2021
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President Joe Biden is facing problems Gerald Ford would have appreciated. Like Ford in 1974, Biden has come into office following a president accused of criminality. Both Biden and Ford inherited a Department of Justice plagued by scandal and well-grounded charges of politicization. Both had to choose a nominee for attorney general knowing that recent occupants of that office contributed to partisanship and displayed a lack of integrity. And both took office while questions lingered about recent leadership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a component of the DOJ.
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Congressional Update. It was another busy week on Capitol Hill. The U.S. Senate was, of course, preoccupied with the historic second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump. In the U.S. House of Representatives, meanwhile, committees began working on their respective pieces of the reconciliation budget relief package. The House Committee on Education and Labor advanced its portion of the package, which includes a phased-in increase of the minimum wage to $15 per hour (and elimination of the tip credit) but does not include an extension and expansion of the paid leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Of course, there are still many hoops and hurdles to jump through and surmount before any of this becomes final.
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Congressional Update. It was another busy week on Capitol Hill. The U.S. Senate was, of course, preoccupied with the historic second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump. In the U.S. House of Representatives, meanwhile, committees began working on their respective pieces of the reconciliation budget relief package. The House Committee on Education and Labor advanced its portion of the package, which includes a phased-in increase of the minimum wage to $15 per hour (and elimination of the tip credit) but does not include an extension and expansion of the paid leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Of course, there are still many hoops and hurdles to jump through and surmount before any of this becomes final.