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Presidential decrees have evolved into powerful tools that significantly impact American governance, shaping policy decisions ...

Virginia has made enough progress in improving services for people with developmental disabilities that a federal judge ended a Justice Department consent decree the state has been subject to for ...

Yesterday, the City Council voted six to three to reinstate the Seattle Police Department’s ability to use blast balls, a ...

Karl Racine says Cleveland police have implemented key polices mandated in the decree. Now, his team is assessing them in depth, with the edict's future in question.

WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno wants the U.S. Department of Justice to re-examine consent decrees that it has reached over the years to reform police practices in Cleveland and other ...

Since then, numerous cities have been forced into signing “consent decrees” that essentially turn over management of their police to outside “monitors” who too often lack a deep and ...

This will "test the elasticity of the constitutional protections," he says. Officials in the Trump Justice Department have ordered a temporary freeze on any ongoing cases being litigated by the ...

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