Predicting the Enforcement Priorities of the Biden DOJ

With President Biden’s nomination of D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland for U.S. attorney general proceeding toward confirmation in the Senate, the leader of the nation’s legal department is poised to change enforcement priorities and will seek to shift the public’s perception of federal law enforcement. Garland, who is viewed as politically neutral, will bring to the Department of Justice (DOJ) his decades of experience as both a high-level federal prosecutor and judge. He is known as a...
By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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