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Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice

Institutional overview

Formed on June 22nd 1870

July 1, 1870

Jurisdiction of the United States federal government

Robert Kennedy Ministry of Justice Building Headquarters

Washington D.C.

Employees 1 12500+(2005)

The annual budget is $43.5 billion (2007)

Minister of Justice michael mukasey.

Mark Phillips, Deputy Minister of Justice

Website (the host station of the World Wide Web)

www.usdoj.gov

Justice Department Building, Robert Kennedy, Washington, D.C.

Animal rights organizations, see the Ministry of Justice.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is a cabinet department of the U.S. government, which aims to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States in accordance with the law, and ensure that all Americans have access to fair and just justice (see 28 U.S.C. 50 1). DOJ is managed by the United States Attorney General (see 28 U.S.C. 503), who is one of the founding members of the Cabinet.

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* 1 tariff

* 2 History

:: 3 headquarters

:: 4 organizations

O 4. 1 leading office

O 4.2 Division

O 4.3 Law enforcement agencies

O 4.4 Office

O 4.5 Other offices and plans

* 5 Disputes and criticisms

* 6 See also.

* 7 references

* 8 external links

[Editor] Responsibility

1. is responsible for investigating and prosecuting violations of federal laws.

2. Representing the United States in all legal matters, including cases before the Supreme Court.

3. Implement all immigration laws, provide information and process citizens' applications.

4. Maintenance of the federal prison system, halfway houses and community projects

[Edit] History

At first, the Attorney General was a part-time job of one person, which was established by 1789 Judicial Act, but it grew with the development of bureaucracy. At one time, the Attorney General provided legal advice to the US Congress and the President, but this practice was stopped due to the heavy workload.

In 1867, the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Congressman William Lawrence, investigated the establishment of a "legal department" led by the Attorney General and composed of lawyers from various departments and state prosecutors. 1Feb. 9 1868, Lawrence put forward the proposal of establishing the Ministry of Justice in Congress. However, the first bill failed, because Lawrence was too busy impeaching President andrew johnson to ensure the passage of the bill.

Representative Thomas Jencks of Rhode Island submitted the second bill to Congress on February 25th, 1870, which was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. President Ulysses S. Grant subsequently signed the bill into law on June 22nd, 1870. The Ministry of Justice officially started to operate in July 1, 1870.

This bill, called "Act on Establishing the Ministry of Justice", has not changed the duties of the Minister of Justice, and his salary and term of office have remained unchanged. This law does create a new position, that is, the Deputy Attorney General, to supervise and handle the government litigation of the Supreme Court of the United States.

With the passage of 1870 interstate commerce act, the federal government of the United States began to undertake some law enforcement responsibilities, and the justice department was responsible for fulfilling these responsibilities. [ 1]

1872, the control of the federal prison was transferred from the Ministry of the Interior to a new department. New facilities were built, including 1895 leavenworth prison and 1924 women's facility in Alderson, West Virginia. [2]

[editor] headquarters

The U.S. Justice Department Building was designed by Milton Bennett Medary and completed in 1935. After Medary died in 1929, his Philadelphia companies Zantzinger, Borie and other partners of Medary took over the project. It is located in the northwest of Constitution Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, Ninth Street and Tenth Street, covering an area of over one million square feet. Sculptor C. Paul Jennewein served as the overall design consultant of the whole building and contributed more than 50 independent sculpture elements inside and outside.

Various efforts have been made to determine the meaning of the Latin motto Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur appearing on the seal of the Ministry of Justice, but they have not been completely successful. I don't even know when the original DOJ seal was adopted, or when this motto first appeared on the seal. DOJ's most authoritative point of view is that this maxim refers to the Minister of Justice (we call it the Ministry of Justice) "prosecuting on behalf of justice (or female judges)".

The building was renamed in 200 1 to commemorate the former Minister of Justice Robert F. Kennedy. It is sometimes called "main justice". [3]

[edit] organization

[editor] leading office

:: Office of the Attorney General

:: Office of the Deputy Attorney General

:: Office of the Assistant Attorney General

:: Office of the Solicitor General

Division [edit]

:: Anti-monopoly Department

:: Civil Division

* Civil Rights Division

:: Criminal Court

:: Division of Environment and Natural Resources (ENRD)

:: Judicial Administration Division (JMD)

:: National Security Division (NSD)

* Tax authorities

[Editor] Law enforcement agencies

The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies:

:: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

:: Drug Enforcement Administration

:: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

:: Federal Prison Service

O National Correctional Institution

* u. s. marshals service (USMS)

:: Office of the Inspector General (OIG)

[editor] office

:: Immigration Review Executive Office (EOIR)

:: United States Attorney's Executive Office (EOUSA)

:: Executive Office of the United States Trustee

:: Lawyer Recruitment and Management Office

:: Office of the Chief Information Officer

:: Dispute Resolution Office

:: Office of the Federal Custody Trustee (OFDT)

:: Office of Information and Privacy

:: Office of Intelligence Policy and Review (OIPR)

Intergovernmental and public liaison offices

:: Office of the Judicial Programme (OJP)

O bureau of judicial assistance

O bureau of judicial statistics

O community capacity development office

O National Institute of Justice

O Office of Juvenile Justice and Crime Prevention

O Office for Judgment, Monitoring, Arrest, Registration and Tracking of Sex Offenders (SMART)

O crime victims' office

:: Police Force and Law Enforcement Education Office

:: Office of the Legal Counsel (OLC)

:: Office of Legal Policy (OLP)

:: Office of Legal Affairs

:: Office of the Ombudsman

:: Pardon the Attorney's Office

* Office of Professional Responsibility

:: Public Affairs Office

:: Office on Sexual Violence against Children and Crime

:: Tribal Justice Office

:: Office of Violence against Women

:: Professional Responsibility Consulting Office

:: United States Attorney's Office

:: United States Trustee's Office

:: Community-oriented police offices

* Community relations services

[Edit] Other Offices and Plans

:: United States Foreign Claims Settlement Board

Interpol, National Central Bureau of the United States.

:: National Drug Information Center

:: United States Parole Board

* Pornography Prosecution Task Force

In March 2003, the US Immigration and Naturalization Service was abolished and its functions were transferred to the US Department of Homeland Security. The Immigration Review Executive Office and the Immigration Appeals Board review decisions made by government officials under the Immigration and Nationality Law, and they remain under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice. Similarly, the domestic preparation office is separated from the Ministry of Justice and attached to the Department of Homeland Security, but only for administrative purposes. The domestic preparation office is still concentrated in the Ministry of Justice, because its personnel are still officially employed by the Ministry of Justice.

Also in 2003, the Ministry of Justice created the LifeAndLiberty.gov website to support the Patriot Act. [4]LifeAndLiberty.gov is currently promoting the re-enactment of the USA Protection Act before its expiration. This website has been criticized by government monitoring organizations. [5]

[Editor] Controversy and Criticism

As we all know, several current and former US assistant prosecutors are involved in various criminal acts, including collusion with prostitution gangs [6], sexual assault [7], sexual abuse of children [8] and failure to disclose mandatory conflicts of interest [9]. There is an independent professional responsibility office in DOJ, which is responsible for investigating DOJ lawyer employees accused of misconduct or criminal activities in their professional functions as DOJ lawyers.

Former US Attorney General john D ashcroft acknowledged the challenges faced by the Ministry of Justice:

"In the real world with limited resources, we know that we can only find, investigate and prosecute a small number of corrupt officials." [ 10]

"I still firmly believe that in the fight against corruption, the most important thing is to keep the law enforcement and judicial departments clean. 」[ 1 1]

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the U.S. Department of Justice

Ministry of Justice

the U.S. Department of Justice

Institutional summary

Established in

65438+June 22, 0870

1870 July

Belongs to the United States federal government

Washington, DC headquarters

Employees 1 12500+(2005)

The annual budget is $43.5 billion (2007).

Minister of Justice, Director michael mukasey.

Mark Fripp, Deputy Minister of Justice

website

www.usdoj.gov

The U.S. Department of Justice is a department of the U.S. government, and its ministers enjoy cabinet status. The task of the U.S. Department of Justice is to ensure the enforcement of laws, safeguard the legitimate interests of the U.S. government, and ensure that laws are equal to all American citizens. The head of its department is not a minister, but the US Attorney General. The current Attorney General is Michael B. michael mukasey. His appointment was approved by the US Senate on June 8, 2007, and he was sworn in the next day.

[Edit] History

1789, the United States established the post of attorney general. I started as a part-time job, and my task was to provide legal advice to the US Congress and the President. However, with the expansion of American bureaucracy, the workload of this position is also increasing. 18 19, he was no longer able to serve as a legal adviser to the congress and the government. 1870 On June 22nd, the US Congress decided to establish the Ministry of Justice. Our department officially started work in July 1870. The establishment of this department has not changed the task, salary and status of the Attorney General. Under the federal attorney general, there is also a deputy attorney general, whose task is to represent the US government in handling legal disputes in the US Supreme Court. However, in more important legal cases, the Federal Minister of Justice still attended the trial.

[edit] department

:: Anti-monopoly Bureau

:: Asset forfeiture programmes

Bureau of Judicial Statistics (BJS)

:: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

:: Civil Affairs Bureau

Civil rights bureau

:: Community-oriented police services

* Community relations services

:: Criminal Bureau

:: Narcotics Control Board

O diversion control plan

:: Bureau of Environment and Natural Resources

:: Immigration Review Executive Office

:: United States Attorney's Executive Office

:: Executive Office of the United States Trustee

:: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

:: Federal Prison Administration

O national criminal law association

:: United States Foreign Compensation Clearing Committee

Interpol-US National Central Bureau

:: Administration of justice

:: National Drug Intelligence Center

Assistant attorney general's office

:: Office of the Attorney General

:: Lawyer Recruitment and Management Office

:: Office of the Deputy Attorney General

:: Dispute Mediation Office

:: Office of Information and Privacy

:: Office of the Inspector General

:: Office of Intelligence Policy and Review

:: Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

:: Legal Planning Bureau

American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Office

O bureau of judicial assistance

O community dispute resolution

O corrective programme office

O Office of the Drug Court Programme

O weed and seed executive office

O National Criminal Justice Reference Service.

O National Institute of Justice

O domestic preparation office

O Office of Juvenile Justice and Crime Prevention

O crime victims' office

O Office of Women Victims

:: Office of the Legal Counsel

:: Office of Legal Policy

:: Office of Legal Affairs

:: Office of the Ombudsman

:: Pardon the Attorney's Office

* Office of Professional Responsibility

* * * Office of Public Affairs

:: Office of the Attorney General

:: Tribal Justice Office

* Inland Revenue Department

* U.S. attorney, U.S. federal government lawyer.

* u. s. marshals service.

American Parole Board, American Prisoner Parole Board.

* American Trustee Scheme