Department of Justice - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Department of Justice Index / Organizations Transcripts Kēhaulani Lum ...George Bush, his attorney general, the Department of Justice , wrote a brief to the US Supreme Cour... Daniel Shomon ...in politicians or institutions like the Justice Department . I think that there was still ... Richard Nephew ...bodies. Let me separate out the DOJ piece for a minute and just talk abou... ...barred from getting involved in DOJ cases because it's a law enforcemen... ...on the policy side as well as on the DOJ side. That's why they kind of did thei... Valerie Jarrett ...course of 2009. In June of 2009, the Justice Department submitted a brief defending th... ...hard for us to do what is unusual in a Justice Department , and that is not defend th... ...right.” Because we had an independent Justice Department . But he certainly agreed with th... ...went to do two things. Number one, the Justice Department has a team that work at the local leve... ...is such a pattern and practice, the Justice Department uses that as a way of getting the loca... ...ended with the intervention of our Justice Department . Not just in Ferguson, but in citie... ...of my taking action that my Justice Department says is not legal, versus pushing th... Show more... Tina Tchen ...when they see something going on. DOJ [Department of Justice] put out grant... ...when they see something going on. DOJ [ Department of Justice ] put out grants for locals. I remembe... ...that we made available through DOJ to local law enforcement. And the on... ...the Department of Education and the Department of Justice . But then HHS wanted to be involved... Brian Bond ...initially jumps out to me is around the Justice Department , and having issue— [Make... ...both between the White House and the Department of Justice [DOJ], but also between th... ...House and the Department of Justice [ DOJ ], but also between the administratio... ...ultimately, in 2011, we ended up—the Justice Department decided, “We now have a case to mak... ...Counsel's Office. They were talking to DOJ on their own as well. So there was ... ...that meeting? Yes, yes. And I think DOJ had individuals there, as well. ... ...all this, and certainly directly to the DOJ perspective. How do you come out of ... ...mostly talking to Counsel's Office, or DOJ , or various other agencies. I probabl... ...led by the Department of Education, Department of Justice , and HHS—I know I'm forgetting ... Show more... Related Topics go to the Labor Labor go to the Hawaii Hawaii go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa go to the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere