US Politics in Trump era
Publisher: NYTimes
Author: Charlie Savage
9 Nov 2018
Acting Attorney General Once Declared Courts ‘Inferior’ and Criticized Supreme Court’s Power
Laurence Tribe, a Harvard Law School constitutional law professor, said that Mr. Whitaker’s expressed views of the Constitution and the role of the courts “are extreme and the overall picture he presents would have virtually no scholarly support” and would be “destabilizing” to society if he used the power of the attorney general to advance them.
Publisher: NYTimes
Author: Charlie Savage
22 May 2018
By Demanding an Investigation, Trump Challenged a Constraint on His Power
When President Trump publicly demanded that the Justice Department open an investigation into the F.B.I.’s scrutiny of his campaign contacts with Russia, he inched further toward breaching an established constraint on executive power: The White House does not make decisions about individual law enforcement investigations.
Publisher: NYTimes
Author: Charlie Savage
2 Aug 2017
Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions
The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants, according to a document obtained by The New York Times.
Publisher: NYTimes
Author: Charlie Savage
11 Mar 2017
Trump Abruptly Orders 46 Obama-Era Prosecutors to Resign
The Trump administration moved on Friday to sweep away most of the remaining vestiges of Obama administration prosecutors at the Justice Department, ordering 46 holdover United States attorneys to tender their resignations immediately — including Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan.