President Trump’s administration has undercut the power of the Office of Legal Counsel, speeding up Mr. Trump’s ability to act but creating mounting difficulties for Justice Department lawyers.

Hampton Dellinger, nominated to serve as the assistant attorney general for the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy, appears before a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in ...

The Senate’s legal affairs panel met Tuesday to examine a trio of nominations, including John Sauer, tapped by Trump to become U.S. solicitor general; and Aaron Reitz, appointed to lead the Justice ...

What the Office of Legal Counsel has said A 2008 opinion concludes that the institution is not legally part of the executive branch. Charlie Savage writes about national security and legal policy.

President Joe Biden nominated Hampton Dellinger as assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy. June 18, 2021 at 03:46 PM 3 minute read . Federal ...

However, on Saturday Trump picked Reitz, the current chief of staff to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), to lead the top legal policy office in the DOJ.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday tapped former Boies Schiller Flexner partner Hampton Dellinger to lead the Justice Department's policy office, which advises on nominations for federal judgeships.

Reitz, who since late March has served as assistant attorney general in the agency’s Office of Legal Policy, announced Wednesday evening that he would resign from his post. The former Texas deputy ...