Department of Justice

[moreluck]

Even after Harry Reid changed the Senate’s filibuster rules, they still couldn’t muster the simple majority needed to confirm him.

Via Roll Call:

Seven Senate Democrats joined Republicans to block President Barack Obama’s pick of Debo P. Adegbile to lead the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division amid a controversy over his legal defense of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Adegbile’s nomination needed a simple majority to cut off debate but the chamber voted 47-52 against him.

Democrats Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Chris Coons of Delaware, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and John Walsh of Montana all voted no. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., also voted no in order to preserve his right to reconsider the vote. If Adegbile had mustered just two more votes plus Reid, Vice President Joseph Biden was on hand to cast a possible tie-breaking vote.

 

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[Babagounj]

Justice Department Cuts Off Federal Law Enforcement Grants To Sanctuary Cities

The Republican, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, spurred the Justice Department’s move.
According to guidance issued by the DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs, cities that refuse to honor Section 1373 of the United States Code will no longer be eligible for the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) and the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) grants.

Section 1373 prohibits “government entities and officials from taking action to prohibit or in any way restrict the maintenance or intergovernmental exchange of [immigration status] information, including through written or unwritten policies or practices.”

 

[moreluck]

Lynch refuses to answer 74 times....really?
Deflected & dodged the rest of them.

 

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[Babagounj]

Time to drain this swamp.

 

[oldngray]

Maybe now the Justice department will start doing their jobs.

 

[rickyb]

there are 2 justice systems

1 for the rich
1 for everyone else:

 

[rickyb]

exactly:

 

[rickyb]

enough with the double standards:

 

[rickyb]

john the slime corzine:

 

[rickyb]

more lawlessness:

 

[rickyb]

lotta people dont understand this and probably self delude:

 

[rickyb]

someone asked about this the other day:

 

[rickyb]

from what i recall keith ellison is a good man:

 

[rickyb]

priorities:

 

[rickyb]

no wall street criminals have been arrested either:

 

[rickyb]

trumps a hypocrite:

 

[Babagounj]

rickyb, slow down you're going to break out in a sweat reviving all these dead threads.

 

[rickyb]

rickyb, slow down you're going to break out in a sweat reviving all these dead threads.

well i could create a new one for no reason like everyone else