TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 29, 2022

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland recently urged a Senate committee to confirm chief prosecutor nominees and give law enforcement additional resources amid fears of rising violent crime, Bloomberg Law reports. Garland said the delay in getting U.S. attorney nominees confirmed is having “a negative effect on our ability to fight violent crime, cyber crime, all of the responsibilities that the United States attorneys and the marshals have.” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, has placed a hold on all Justice Department nominees citing concerns about the department’s handling of Black Lives Matter litigation. Garland also urged senators to approve the administration’s request for an 8.2% boost in spending on law enforcement and $8.2 billion in grants to support state and local policing. Read his full statement.