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Cell Tower Surveillance
The Justice Department is currently debating whether to appeal a denial of search warrants that would permit investigators to collect cell site location…
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Scott Ingram
Bucking a Trend
Over the past 40 years the Supreme Court has consistently rejected the Government's broad statutory interpretations. In a recent decision, the Court…
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Scott Ingram
Indicting Abrego Garcia
A new front in the legal battle between the US Government and Kilmar Abrego Garcia opened last week as the Justice Department indicted Garcia for…
Pardon Games Redux
The Justice Department's new Pardon Attorney has been busy. Last week, he presented two pardons to the President and the President granted them. They…
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Scott Ingram

May 2025

Not Just for Alien Enemies Anymore
Over the last few weeks, the Trump Administration has announced an array of domestic criminal investigations. How many will lead to prosecutions?
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Scott Ingram
The Remedy for Rogue Prosecutors
Over 100 years ago, a US Attorney launched a land fraud prosecution against a newly elected Senator from Idaho without the Justice Department's…
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Scott Ingram
Undermining the "Sovereign"
A key element of the court's refusal to grant DoJ a search warrant to obtain members of a Columbia protest group was that AUSAs were not presenting it…
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Scott Ingram
Presidents, Policies, and Prosecutors
Under Pam Bondi, the Justice Department is charting new policy directions. One is its determination to root out anti-semitism from the United States…
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Scott Ingram

April 2025

Justice Strikes Back
On Friday, the federal government arrested a Wisconsin state court judge for obstructing and impeding the federal government. The judge helped an…
The Government Wins
Though many things at the Justice Department have changed, its motto remains the same: "The Government wins its point whenever justice is done one of…
Order Up...
Last week President Trump signed an executive order instructing the Justice Department to investigate two people from his first presidency who have been…
Sorry, I have an appointment...
While the second Trump presidency has received lots of attention for those it has fired, including within the Justice Department, little attention has…
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