Sentences with phrase «justice official arguing»

And in another case that week, Chavez - Meza v. United States, involving a sentencing issue, «[e] mbattled Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein ``, argued on behalf of the government, as he participated in the tradition of a high - ranking Department of Justice Official arguing a case in front of the Court.

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Depending on what it says, Trump could argue that it provides evidence of deep bias against him at the FBI and use it as a pretext to fire top Justice Department officials he perceives as insufficiently loyal, like Rosenstein.

De Blasio sent a letter to the U.S. Justice Department asserting that NYC was cooperating with immigration officials to the extent required under federal law and that the city should not, as the Justice Department has argued, forfeit a $ 4.3 million federal law enforcement grant.

Mustafa Santiago Ali, a former U.S. EPA official during the Obama administration who is now the senior vice president of climate, environmental justice and community revitalization for the Hip Hop Caucus, argued that a special committee should be created regardless of which party controls Congress.

A new legal opinion, written by two former Justice Department officials from the Antitrust Division, argues that a merger between Bayer and Monsanto would violate the Clayton Act, a law enacted by Congress to curb anti-competitive business practices.

As Denniston also reported when the case was argued in April, a group of former top Justice Department officials, ex-prosecutors at the federal and state levels, and former judges asked the court to keep the Jackson decision intact, saying it had provided a «bright - line rule» that had become «embedded in routine police practice,» just as had the warnings requirement of Miranda v. Arizona.

Justice Department officials, for their part, argue that these gag orders are necessary to protect developing cases and to avoid tipping off potential targets.