Topic: U.S. Department of Justice

Jun 4,

1917

President Wilson, Cabinet Approve Vigilante American Protective League

Apr 27,

1918

Hung Jury: “The Masses” Editors Not Convicted

Aug 31,

1918

DOJ Raids National Civil Liberties Bureau Office, Seizes Records

Sep 3,

1918

“Slacker Raids” in New York Round up 10,000

Mar 1,

1919

National Civil Liberties Bureau Issues Comprehensive Report on WW I Rights Violations

Jul 13,

1919

WWI Over, But U.S. Still Prosecutes Draft Evaders

Nov 7,

1919

Repression! First Palmer Raids Seize Radicals in Twelve Cities

Jan 2,

1920

Red Scare: The Second and Larger “Palmer Raids” Brings Massive Violations of Civil Liberties

May 28,

1920

Prominent Lawyers Issue Report Condemning Palmer Raids

Aug 22,

1922

DOJ Raids Communist Meeting in Bridgman, Michigan

Apr 7,

1924

Harlan Fiske Stone Becomes Attorney General; Ends Justice Department Abuses

Jan 15,

1929

Martin Luther King, Jr. is Born

Apr 4,

1950

Burnita Matthews Confirmed as First Female U.S. District Court Judge

Feb 18,

1954

Cover-up: CIA Not Required to Report Criminal Conduct

Feb 19,

1975

House Creates Pike Committee to Investigate Abuses by the CIA, other Agencies

Oct 7,

1975

John Lennon Can Stay in U.S. – Court Ends Government Deportation Effort

Jan 22,

1976

Supreme Court Rejects Injunctions Against Police Misconduct

Feb 18,

1976

Cover-up Ends: CIA Required to Report Criminal Actions By Agents to DOJ

Mar 11,

1993

Janet Reno Confirmed as First Female Attorney General

Sep 13,

1994

Violence Against Women Act Passed

Sep 13,

1994

Violent Crime Control Act Addresses Police Abuse, Violence Against Women

Apr 16,

1997

Consent Degree to End “Pattern or Practice” of Abuse by Pittsburgh Police

Dec 7,

2006

Bush Administration Fires Seven U.S. Attorneys for Political Reasons

Feb 23,

2011

Obama Administration Stops Defending Defense of Marriage Act

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