The DOJ Civil Rights Division Is Decimated
This is what happens when the DOJ is no longer independent of the president. The post The DOJ Civil Rights Division Is Decimated appeared first on Above the Law.
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!
Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, what percentage of attorneys in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division have quit, been reassigned, or accepted a deferred resignation, as the administration has radically shifted the goals and priorities of the division?
Hint: Stacey Young, a former division attorney who left in January, said, “The Civil Rights Division exists to enforce civil rights laws that protect all Americans. It’s not an arm of the White House. It doesn’t exist to enact the president’s own agenda. That’s a perversion of the separation of powers and the role of an independent Justice Department.”
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