Beginning with the latest reporting on the tragic air crash near and profound loss of lives over the Potomac River, including some initial reflection on the appropriate roles of government in supporting and assisting the victim families and pursuing on their behalf a full and revelatory investigation of what happened. There will be more assessment of the rule of law components of those post-event obligations of our agency officials and public representatives in next week’s broadcast.

Followed by an extensive description of the major obstructive changes already underway under the Trump Administration’s Justice Department—including the suspension of important civil rights cases, the reassignment of trial attorneys from their long-standing human rights posts, the firing of prosecutors previously responsible for the criminal cases against Donald Trump for election interference and document theft, and the directive to investigate and charge local and state law enforcement officials who do not support the aggressive immigration policies of the new Administration.

Updating the most recent justice-related actions of our Supreme Court—focusing on arguments about the uses of force by our nation’s police officers and the resurrection of a federal law prohibiting money laundering. Jim also describes the flurry of oral hearings scheduled for February and March on major government issues and doctrines important to all Americans.

Finally, some “Rule of Law Snapshots” on recent in-court events involving the criminal charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, the federal sentencing of former United States Senator Robert Menendez, and the settlement of the multi-million dollar defamation judgment against former senior White House advisor and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Programming Note: In the next Amicus broadcast, more on the outrageous and destructive dismissal of civil servants throughout our country’s key agencies, including Justice Department lawyers and FBI agents responsible for investigating and prosecuting some 1600 January 6 rioter-insurrectionists.

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