The Department of Injustice 

After only five months in office, Trump has transformed the Department of Justice into an  instrument for voter suppression.

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North Carolina-Trump DOJ Voter Purge Plan Is Illegal, Democrats Warn

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) charged that a North Carolina plan to effectively remove nearly 100,000 registered voters from the rolls would violate federal voting law.

SCOTUS Lets Trump Go Ahead With Gutting Education Department

The Supreme Court lifted a lower court order preventing the Education Department from eliminating around 50% of its workforce.

Texas Used DOJ’s Concerns to Justify Redistricting. Now It Says They’re Off Base.

Days after saying it needed to redistrict because of constitutional concerns raised about its congressional map by the U.S. Department of Justice, Texas argued in a new court filing Saturday that those concerns are in fact…