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Thu, Jun 10th 2021 9:35am — Mike Masnick Late last year, we covered the story of the DOJ stepping in to take over a defamation case for President Trump. As we noted at the time, the defamation case itself was pretty weak, though it's similar to a series of other defamation cases we've seen in recent times. E. Jean Carroll claimed that Donald Trump had sexually assaulted her many years ago. Trump later denied the claim, saying that it was "totally false" and saying (incorrectly, as it turns out) that he "never met this person in my life." Carroll then sued for defamation based on the denials...

The Justice Department said in a court filing Wednesday that it plans to “vigorously” defend an exemption allowing religious schools to discriminate against LGBTQ students, a surprise announcement with phrasing that worried activists who saw it as promising action even beyond what the law currently requires. It was the latest development in a First-Amendment lawsuit, Hunter v. Department of Education, in which 40 students at religious universities sued the government for providing funding to schools with discriminatory policies. The DOJ filing came in response to a motion from the Council...

Last month we wrote about an absolutely ridiculous situation in which the DOJ sought to insert itself into the long-running defamation...

Garland's Trump defamation lawsuit decision might be legally defensible. It's also wrong. DOJ's course of action is bad for Carroll, obviously, but it’s also bad for efforts to restore people’s faith in our legal system. E. Jean Carroll in the New York State Supreme Court on March 4, 2020.Alec Tabak / Alec Tabak / NY Daily News via Getty Images; MSNBC June 9, 2021, 6:49 PM UTC Simply put, DOJ has chosen a course of action that would extinguish Carroll’s lawsuit without any remedy or effort to uncover the truth. That’s bad for Carroll, obviously, but it’s also bad for efforts to rest...

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Biden's Justice Department follows Trump's lead in E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit