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U.S. Reps. Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney, chair and vice chair of the committee investigating the Capitol insurrection, after voting to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt. Alex Wong/Getty Images

October 29, 2021

Steve Bannon is held in criminal contempt of Congress, pushing key question over presidential power to the courts

Jennifer Selin, University of Missouri-Columbia

Donald Trump asked his former presidential aides not to testify before a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection – testing the limits of congressional oversight.

Gwen Carr, Eric Garner’s mother, says the federal government should have filed charges. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

July 18, 2019

Why the federal government isn’t prosecuting the officer who choked Eric Garner

Caren Morrison, Georgia State University

The US legal system often gives the police the benefit of the doubt.

The authorities don’t need a conviction or even for a suspect to be charged with a crime before seizing a car, cash or even a house. Photographee.eu/Shutterstock

July 26, 2019

How the government can steal your stuff: 6 questions about civil asset forfeiture answered

Nora V. Demleitner, Washington and Lee University

Politicians on the left and right object to this practice, which the Trump administration is championing.

October 22, 2014

The Department of Justice must get serious on ‘too big to jail’

Brandon L. Garrett, University of Virginia

“There is no such thing as too big to jail,” Attorney General Eric Holder announced in a sternly worded video message last May, underscoring that no financial institution “should be considered immune from…

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