Day 120

May 19, 2025

3 documented events

  1. Serious Rights Violation Rule of Law

    70% of DOJ Civil Rights Division lawyers have departed

    NPR reported that the mass exodus gutted the division responsible for enforcing federal civil rights laws.

    From: Systematic Attacks on Judicial Independence and Defiance of Court Orders

  2. Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration

    Supreme Court grants emergency stay

    The Supreme Court granted the government's request to stay Judge Chen's order while litigation continued.

    From: Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan Nationals

  3. Serious Rights Violation Rule of Law

    70% of Civil Rights Division lawyers gone

    NPR reports that approximately 250 attorneys — 70% of the division's lawyers — have left or will leave the DOJ Civil Rights Division. Division head Harmeet Dhillon celebrates the departures.

    From: Weaponization of the Department of Justice: Retaliatory Investigations and Prosecutions