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Judicial Oversight

The role of courts in supervising and sanctioning prosecutorial decisions that violate constitutional or statutory norms.

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Jan 18, 2026
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What did survivor advocates and federal prosecutors publicly say about balancing disclosure with victim privacy in the Epstein investigations?

Survivor advocates publicly demanded near-complete disclosure of Justice Department records about Jeffrey Epstein, arguing that partial releases and heavy redactions have frustrated accountability and...

Jan 16, 2026
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What role does Congress play in overseeing the President's use of the Insurrection Act?

Congress wrote and has repeatedly reshaped the legal framework that allows a president to order U.S. forces into American streets, and it retains multiple statutory and political levers to constrain, ...

Jan 18, 2026
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What were the COVID-19 protocols for ICE agents during the 2020 pandemic?

ICE publicly said it adopted CDC COVID-19 guidance and used existing infectious-disease protocols in 2020, including isolating symptomatic or at-risk detainees in airborne-infection isolation rooms an...

Jan 14, 2026

What legal limits exist on ICE's use of ruses, consensual encounters, and warrantless arrests?

Federal immigration officers can and do use consensual encounters, ruses and warrantless arrests, but those powers are bounded by a mix of statutory text, Fourth Amendment limits, agency policy and ag...

Jan 31, 2026

What mechanisms exist in Congress or the DOJ to prevent politicized prosecutions?

and the possess a patchwork of formal and informal tools intended to : internal gatekeeping units and career norms inside DOJ, congressional oversight and hearings, inspector general and professional-...

Jan 30, 2026

What are the rights of someone stopped or approached by ICE on the street?

Someone stopped or approached by on the street retains — notably the right to remain silent, the right to refuse a nonconsensual search absent probable cause or a warrant, and the right to ask whether...