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DOJ to investigate this new Washington law for first amendment violations

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday it will open a civil rights investigation into a newly passed Washington state law. SB 5375, which was signed Friday by Gov. Bob ...
KHQ

Justice Department backs Adams County Sheriff’s Office in Washington immigration enforcement lawsuit

SPOKANE, Wash. — The U.S. Department of Justice is stepping into a legal fight between the State of Washington and Adams County over how local law enforcement works with federal immigration agents.
komonews

Trump's Department of Justice targets Seattle as a sanctuary city, threatens to sue

A 37-year-old woman was killed Friday after being struck by an SUV while crossing a street in Kent, police said. Seattle's minimum wage increase sparks debate on sustainability for local restaurants ...
Yahoo

WA law mandating clergy report child abuse to be investigated by Trump’s Justice Department

President Trump’s Department of Justice is investigating a new Washington state law that makes clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse, arguing it violates the First Amendment. The state legislation ...
Fox 12 Oregon

U.S. Justice Department sues Washington state over law requiring clergy to report child abuse

OLYMPIA, Wash. (KPTV) - The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the state of Washington over a new state law requiring clergy to report child abuse to law enforcement. Washington Governor Bob Ferguson ...
KHQ

U.S. Department of Justice requests voter registration information from Washington state

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The State of Washington Secretary of State released a statement on September 10 saying that the U.S. Department of Justice requested a full copy of the Washington state Voter ...
KUOW

U.S. Justice Department investigating new WA law requiring clergy to report child abuse

The federal Department of Justice is investigating Washington state over a new policy about child abuse. It comes days after Gov. Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, signed a measure into law requiring members ...

US Justice Department slow to respond to appeals after April wave of grant cuts

The U.S. Justice Department faces a backlog of more than 170 appeals filed by law enforcement organizations and crime victim ...
komonews

Advocates call for audit of Washington state agencies to protect immigrant data privacy

Roxana Norouzi, the executive director of OneAmerica, called upon Gov. Bob Ferguson to expand private data protections and withhold it from federal agencies that want to use it for immigration ...

The Trump administration is suing the District of Columbia over its gun laws

The Trump administration is suing the local government of Washington, D.C., over its gun laws, alleging that restrictions on certain semiautomatic weapons run afoul of Second Amendment rights.

Unprecedented errors are eroding the credibility of Trump's Justice Department

In years past, it was relatively rare for a federal court to question the Justice Department's competency or good faith. But ...