This Day in Alaskan History-August 21st, 1914
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Four months of Operation Take Back America results in criminal charges against 39 defendants in Alaska
Charges against defendants include serious drug trafficking, firearm and other offenses. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Michael J. Heyman announced Wednesday the immediate success of Operation Take Back America in Alaska. In just over four months since its inception, the District of Alaska has already criminally charged 39 defendants under Operation Take Back America, a […]
‘Chilling and Unprecedented’: Trump Memo Threatens Law Firms That Cross His Administration
“Good lawyers, regardless of ideology or party, will remain undeterred in the honorable pursuit of our profession,” wrote the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. Legal advocacy groups have issued a sharp rebuke to U.S. President Donald Trump’s directive aimed at holding “accountable” law firms and lawyers that, according to him, “engage […]
‘Unparalleled Attack on the Rule of Law’ by Trump Puts US on Global Watchlist
“The Trump administration seems hellbent on dismantling the system of checks and balances which are the pillars of a democratic society,” said one senior leader with the group CIVICUS. An organization that tracks threats to civic freedoms announced Monday that it has added the United States to its watchlist, citing the Trump administration’s “unprecedented” executive […]