The front-runner to oversee the Justice Department’s civil rights division is a former Bush administration official and veteran conservative Washington lawyer who has represented several companies that were sued for discrimination. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lead attorney Barbara Seely at the Supreme Court in 2015. The Supreme Court passed on making a decision in 2016, largely because it was still deadlocked after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. Civil rights advocates said they do not know much about Dreiband’s background. Read more:How Jeff Sessions wants to bring back the war on drugsA month after dismissing federal prosecutors Justice Department does not have any U.S. attorneys in placeSessions orders Justice Department to review all police reform agreements

Source: Washington Post May 05, 2017 19:56 UTC