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DOJ nominee pledges to root out 'weaponization,' says civil-rights enforcement will follow law
Summary
Stanley Woodward, the nominee to be associate attorney general, and others told senators they would seek to stop what they described as prior 'weaponization' at the Justice Department and would review litigation priorities; senators also pressed DOJ nominees on cases involving mifepristone, a protester prosecution and Title IX enforcement.
Stanley Woodward, nominated to be associate attorney general, told the Senate Judiciary Committee he would work to identify and end the “weaponization” of the Justice Department and to restore the civil-rights division to broader enforcement if confirmed.
Woodward said he had seen “how the power of government can be used and can be abused” during his legal career and pledged, if confirmed, to “seek justice for all” and to assist the department in organizing its affirmative litigation. He told senators the department should pursue challenges to regulations it deems unconstitutional and that affirmative litigation…
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