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Rule of Law · 3 posts
Quote of the Day 7m ago

"We can survive a lot: bad policies, funky elections. There's a bunch of stuff we can overcome. We can't overcome the politicization of the criminal justice system — the awesome power of the state. You can't have a situation in which whoever is in charge of the government starts using that to go after their political enemies or reward their friends."

— Barack Obama
Former President of the United States
in an interview with Stephen Colbert
Source: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert RuleofLawDOJExecutive
Headline of the Day 7h ago

"DOJ to Drop Probe Into Rep. Andy Ogles. Evidence to Be Destroyed."

— WTVF Nashville · May 6, 2026

Source: WTVF Nashville DOJRuleofLaw
Brief 7h ago

DOJ Drops the Andy Ogles Probe. Evidence to Be Destroyed.

The Justice Department is closing its nearly two-year criminal investigation of Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles. Per WTVF, the evidence will be returned or destroyed without FBI review. Whatever you think of Ogles, the precedent matters: investigations into members of Congress now resolve based on whose team you're on, not on what the evidence shows. That is not how an independent justice system works.

Source: WTVF RuleofLawDOJ