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28 U.S.C. § 515

A federal statute that authorizes the Attorney General to direct Department of Justice attorneys to conduct legal proceedings across district lines.

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Feb 7, 2026

What redactions were made to the unsealed Epstein files and how have courts justified them?

January 2026 release of more than 3 million pages included extensive redactions and itself acknowledged that millions more records were fully withheld, provoking legal challenges and bipartisan outrag...

Feb 7, 2026

What does 8 U.S.C. 1357(g) (287(g)) require for a valid state–federal agreement and how have courts evaluated those agreements?

C. § 1357(g) (commonly called “287(g)”) authorizes the (and now under delegated authority) to designate state or local officers to perform functions of immigration officers, but it conditions that aut...

Feb 3, 2026

What is 28 U.S.C. § 515 and how has it been used to authorize prosecutors to work outside their districts?

C. § 515 is a short, longstanding federal statute that authorizes the (or officials the Attorney General delegates) to direct attorneys — including specially appointed “special assistants” or “” — to ...