Tag: Justice Department

  • Nation & World

    Did Bill Barr ‘corrupt’ the Justice Department?

    CNN legal analyst and HLS alum Elie Honig discusses how former Attorney General William Barr weaponized the Department of Justice to serve President Donald Trump, and harmed the institution in the process.

    16 minutes
    Bill Barr.
  • Nation & World

    Hundreds of experts, scholars back Harvard in admissions suit

    More than 500 social scientists, 16 statisticians and economists, numerous Asian American organizations, Harvard student and alumni groups and coalitions, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund filed briefs in support of the University’s admissions policies on Thursday.

    7 minutes
    Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library
  • Nation & World

    The law before and after 9/11

    Michael Chertoff, former U.S. secretary of Homeland Security, outlines the security paradigm shift in the run-up to 9/11 and the factors to consider when creating a new legal architecture to fight terrorism.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Holder’s mission

    U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on May 6 talked to a Harvard audience about youth exposure to violence as a public health issue — and the need for a public health response.

    4 minutes