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Sep 23 2020
Analysis
Impeach Bill Barr
After years of attack, Attorney General William Barr and President Donald Trump landed the final blow on congressional oversight on Tuesday, eliminating it as we know it.
The Department of Justice sent a stunning letter to the House Judiciary Committee, refusing to bring the assistant attorney general and Bureau of Prisons director to testify as the committee had requested, because—
Slate
Nov 19 2022
News
Bill Barr: ‘It’s becoming increasingly more likely’ Trump is indicted
Former Attorney General Bill Barr says he thinks the federal government has enough evidence to indict former President Donald Trump.
In an interview with PBS that aired on Friday, Barr told “Firing Line” host Margaret Hoover that the Justice Department “probably have the evidence” to “legitimately” charge the 76-year-old former president with a crime related to sensitive presidential
New York Post (News)
Feb 14 2023
Opinion
Barr and Durham Made a Mockery of the Rules I Wrote
The recent revelations about Special Counsel John H. Durham’s investigation of the origins of Robert Mueller’s Russia inquiry paint a bleak picture — one that’s thoroughly at odds with governing law. Those rules, called the Special Counsel Regulations, contemplate someone independent of the attorney general who can reassure the public that justice is being done.
I drafted those
New York Times (Opinion)
Dec 15 2020
Opinion
Thank You, Bill Barr
The Attorney General was the right man for the job in hyper-partisan times.
William Barr resigned as Attorney General on Monday, effective Dec. 23, and he’s certainly earned the right to leave early. He has been the right man at the right time for that difficult job, with the principles and toughness to make difficult decisions despite bitter Democrats in Congress and a willful
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)
Mar 24 2023
News
House Republicans pass Parents Bill of Rights
House Republicans passed an education bill on Friday that emphasizes parental rights in the classroom, leaning into a hot-button, culture war issue that has gained popularity in GOP politics across the country.
The legislation, titled the Parents Bill of Rights, passed in a 213-208 vote, and it now heads to the Senate for consideration. It is highly unlikely, however, that the
The Hill
Sep 19 2020
Analysis
The stunning hypocrisy of Bill Barr
On Wednesday night, Attorney General Bill Barr gave a speech bemoaning the criminalization of politics, and criticizing some of his own Justice Department prosecutors for using “novel” legal arguments to charge people they disliked for political reasons.
Yet just hours before, news broke that Barr had asked Justice Department prosecutors to explore charging rioters with the rarely
Vox
Mar 23 2023
News
Bill to fight antisemitism revived in Georgia Senate
The bill defines antisemitism so that it would be included under Georgia’s hate crimes law, which allows harsher criminal penalties against those who target victims on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, sex, national origin, religion, or physical or mental disability. House Bill 144 is similar to the previous antisemitism legislation, House Bill 30, which adopts into state law the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mar 25 2023
News
Minnesota 'trans refuge' bill passes first hurdle
A Minnesota bill looking to provide transgender people with refuge from states preventing gender-affirming care has just passed its first hurdle. Minnesota bill 146 passed with a close vote of 68-62 after a legislative hearing on Friday (24 March) to be moved onto the Senate floor. If fully enacted into law, the bill would turn the midwestern state into a “refuge” for trans US citizens who
PinkNews
Mar 17 2023
News
Senate Bill 150: Anti-trans bill draws pushback and calls to action around Kentucky
A bill that has passed through Kentucky's legislature taking aim at health and school policies regarding transgender youths has drawn reactions from across the state – including the threat of a legal challenge. Senate Bill 150 was hurriedly approved Thursday by the state's Republican-supermajority legislature, with provisions that include allowing teachers to misgender trans students and
The Courier-Journal