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US DOJ antitrust chief Gail Slater says she is leaving, in a departure viewed as a victory for tech giants over some of MAGA's more populist voices (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/12/justice-antitrust-chief-gail-slateer-resigns

Justice Department antitrust chief resigns
It's being viewed as a victory for big business over some of MAGA's more populist voices.

Justice Department fails in its 3rd attempt to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-department-fails-third-attempt-indict-new-york-attorney-genera-rcna248282
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p99#a251211p99

Anonymisierung von Urteilen:
Neues KI-Tool Jano für die hessische Justiz #teamresopal
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/reg

KI in der Justiz: Projekt Jano beginnt in Hessen
In Hessen wird erstmals ein KI-Tool eingesetzt, mit dem Gerichtsentscheidungen anonymisiert werden können. Was früher mehrere Stunden gedauert hat, soll damit in Sekunden erledigt sein.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are accusing the Justice Department of
covering up the names of co-conspirators of the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
as fallout from the Epstein files grows across the globe.
Millions of pages remain unreleased.
As many prominent U.S. figures evade accountability following mentions in the Epstein files,
a number of European figures have resigned for their relationships with Epstein.
“The most extraordinary and worrying …

Protecting Pedophile Predators: Carole Cadwalladr on Jeffrey Epstein & the Elite’s Veil of Silence
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are accusing the Justice Department of covering up the names of co-conspirators of the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as fallout from the Epstein files grows across the globe. Millions of pages remain unreleased. As many prominent U.S. figures evade accountability following mentions in the Epstein files, a number of European figures have resigned for their relationships with Epstein. “The most extraordinary and worrying thing of what is going on in the United …

‘Major Win For Justice’: Maryland Lawmakers Celebrate Release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
https://washingtoncurrent.substack.com/p/major-win-for-justice-maryland-lawmakers

from my link log —
Majutsu! An Emacs interface for Jujutsu / jj, like Magit.
https://github.com/0WD0/majutsu
saved 2026-02-11 https://dotat.at/:/CR6X5.h…

GitHub - 0WD0/majutsu: Majutsu! Magit for jujutsu
Majutsu! Magit for jujutsu. Contribute to 0WD0/majutsu development by creating an account on GitHub.

It might sound reasonable in theory, but it restores discrimination in practice.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-rule-restores-equal-protection-all-civil-rights-enforcement

Department of Justice Rule Restores Equal Protection for All in Civil Rights Enforcement
Today, the Justice Department issued a final rule updating its regulations under Title VI of the Civil Rights of 1964. This rule ensures that our nation’s federal civil rights laws are firmly grounded in the principle of equal treatment under the law by eliminating disparate-impact liability from its Title VI regulations.

"Die Justiz wird unter Trump gerade zu schamlos zur Waffe gemacht, die nun gegen politische Gegner gerichtet wird.
Teilweise forderte Trump das Justizdepartement sogar öffentlich zu solchen Strafuntersuchungen auf. Auch das jetzige Vorgehen gegen Powell hat den Anschein einer politisch motivierten Strafverfolgung, eines beispiellosen Druckversuchs auf die Zentralbank […]"

Justice Department sues 4 more states for access to detailed voter data (Rebecca Boone/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-voter-registration-states-lawsuit-privacy-6d8a6712b463c7d505cb4f30611a239f
http://www.memeorandum.com/251212/p117#a251212p117

25 years ago today,
five GOP justices who claimed fealty to states’ rights,
and who were skeptical of a broad equal protection clause,
told Florida it could not finish counting ballots
despite the Florida Supreme Court ruling to the contrary
because of an equal protection principle never used before or since.
-- Eric Segall

Eric Segall (@espinsegall.bsky.social)
25 years ago today, five GOP justices who claimed fealty to states’ rights, and who were skeptical of a broad equal protection clause, told Florida it could not finish counting ballots despite the Florida SCT ruling to the contrary b/c of an equal protection principle never used before or since.