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#department-of-justice

The congressional representatives have written a letter expressing their concerns to Attorney General Pam Bondi, and a coalition of activists has filed a federal lawsuit seeking the restoration of the Community Relations Service, an agency within the DOJ that has provided conflict resolution services around the nation since it was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Community Relations Service staff has been reduced to one.

The Republicans' plan to gerrymander their way to holding on to the House took a blow this week when a three-judge panel struck down Texas's new congressional redistricting map. The map, ordered by President Trump, sought to create five additional congressional seats for the GOP. US District Judge Jeffery Brown-a hardcore Republican appointed by Trump-struck down the map on the grounds that it was racially gerrymandered.

On CNN's The Arena With Kasie Hunt, conservative commentator Jonah Goldberg took the first at-bat reacting to the report. Goldberg called it weird politics and submitted that it shows you what a different time we're in that this is even being considered, especially given the ongoing government shutdown and other corruption allegations against Trump. Then the Times Lulu Garcia-Navarro noted that the cash Trump was seeking was taxpayer money that would be going into the president's pocketbook.

Apple has removed ICEBlock, a controversial app that allowed users to anonymously report sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, following direct pressure from the Trump administration. The removal comes after Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed that the Department of Justice had contacted the tech giant to demand the app's removal. ICEBlock is designed to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs, and violence against law enforcement is an intolerable red line that cannot be crossed, Bondi said in a statement.

The Open Society Foundations unequivocally condemn terrorism and do not fund terrorism. Our activities are peaceful and lawful, and our grantees are expected to abide by human rights principles and comply with the law, it said in a statement. When power is abused to take away the rights of some people, it puts the rights of all people at risk. Our work in the United States is solely dedicated to strengthening democracy and upholding constitutional freedoms.

The firmly worded order out of Manhattan singles out two DOJ officials who retweeted President Donald Trump's televised remarks on Friday and Saturday. "He shot someone in the back as clear as you're looking at me," Trump had said of Mangione in a Fox interview. "He shot him right in the middle of the back - instantly dead. This is a sickness." Trump's remarks, posted on the White House-affiliated X.com account Rapid Response 47, were then reposted by DOJ spokesman Chad Gilmartin and by Brian Nieves, a chief of staff at Main Justice.

The president is fulfilling his promise to restore a Department of Justice that demands accountability. And it is not weaponizing the Department of Justice to demand accountability for those who weaponized the Department of Justice, and nobody knows what that looks like more than President Trump. We are not going to tolerate gaslighting from anyone in the media or from anyone on the other side who is trying to say it is the president who is weaponizing the DoJ.

* Craving another law firm ranking? Of course you are! The Global 200 is here. [ Law.com International] * Trump-appointed judge calls out DOJ for making false claims to deport a bunch of children under the radar. [ Washington Post] * Tennessee Supreme Court suggests dropping the ABA for law school accreditation. Hey, maybe PragerU could step in! [ Law.com] * Law professor suspended over Charlie Kirk comments. [ ABA Journal]

"Freedom of speech is sacred in our country, and we will never impede upon that right," "My intention was to speak about threats of violence that individuals incite against others," "Under President Trump, the Department of Justice will be unabashed in our efforts to root out credible, violent threats. We will investigate organizations that pursue illegal activities, engage in political violence, violate our civil rights, and commit tax or nonprofit fraud."

The Trump administration's settlement proposal to UCLA - which includes a nearly $1.2-billion fine over allegations of antisemitism and civil rights violations - seeks to drastically overhaul campus practices on hiring, admissions, sports, scholarships, discrimination and gender identity, a Times review of the document shows. The 28-page letter - whose full contents have not been made public - also lays out in sweeping detail how it wants the university to enforce new policies that adhere to the president's conservative agenda.

Jill Wine-Banks managed to get a rare Saturday off from her all-consuming job as a Watergate prosecutor to attend a family wedding in New York in late October 1973. When she returned to her hotel around midnight, a desk clerk handed her a handwritten message of a phone call from a colleague back home in Washington, D.C.: "The office has been seized by the FBI. Return immediately."