Garland väntar på confirmation i veckan. Han har planer på att förbättra medias frihet. Vilket låter utmärkt. Eran med attacker på media sägs vara över.
DOJ är extremt viktigt så det ska bli intressant att se upplägget på detta. Vilka kommer att rösta jag till detta är frågan. Demokraterna ja så klart, men bland republikanerna är inte saken helt säker.
Garland was special assistant to Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti from 1979 to 1981 så han saknar inte erfarenhet.
Merrick Brian Garland is an American attorney and jurist who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He has served on that court since 1997.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/heres-me...-press-freedom
DOJ är extremt viktigt så det ska bli intressant att se upplägget på detta. Vilka kommer att rösta jag till detta är frågan. Demokraterna ja så klart, men bland republikanerna är inte saken helt säker.
Garland was special assistant to Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti from 1979 to 1981 så han saknar inte erfarenhet.
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https://www.npr.org/2021/03/08/97457...ote-on-garland
The new team President Biden has picked to run the Justice Department will come into focus this week, as Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland awaits a confirmation vote and two more presumptive leaders prepare to face questioning in the Senate.
Merrick Brian Garland is an American attorney and jurist who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He has served on that court since 1997.
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Here’s Merrick Garland’s Orientation Memo for the Trump-Era Hangover on Press Freedom
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When President Biden announced the nomination of Merrick Garland as the next attorney general, Biden criticized incendiary rhetoric against the press as contributing to the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. A new president—and new leadership at the Department of Justice—will mean turning a corner on a strenuous four years, in which the Justice Department was repeatedly drawn into then-President Trump’s attacks on journalists and First Amendment rights.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/heres-me...-press-freedom
