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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Nominations and Appointments

Kristen Clarke was Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. Clarke was previously the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. She also formerly served as head of the Civil Rights Bureau at the New York State Attorney General’s office, as a federal prosecutor in the criminal section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, and worked for several years at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.3 She is listed on Demand Justice’s Supreme Court shortlist.4

Clarke’s nomination attracted controversy when Fox News revealed a letter that she had written to The Harvard Crimson in 1994, while an undergraduate at Harvard University and President of the Black Students Association.19

Gupta was narrowly confirmed by the Senate in a 51-49 vote, and her nomination was controversial. Republicans criticized her past partisan rhetoric, which Gupta admitted that she regretted, as well as positions she had previously espoused on decreasing police budgets and drug decriminalization.https://www.npr.org/2024/01/31/1227942534/vanita-gupta-doj

  • “Vanita Gupta.” The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Accessed April 22, 2021. Available at: https://civilrights.org/about/our-staff/vanita-gupta/
  • “Vanita Gupta” Equal Justice Works. September 22, 2020 (accessed via WayBack Machine). Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20200922170529/https://www.equaljusticeworks.org/about/bios/vanita-gupta/
  • “Our Leadership.” StoryCorps. February 11, 2019 (accessed via WayBack Machine). Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20190211043718/https://storycorps.org/leadership/
  • “About Protect the Investigation.” Protect the Investigation. Accessed April 22, 2021. Available at: https://protecttheinvestigation.org/about/
  • “Demand Justice’s Supreme Court Shortlist.” Demand Justice. Accessed April 22, 2021. Available at: https://demandjustice.org/supreme-court-shortlist/#Vanita_Gupta
  • Ronn Blitzer and Marisa Schultz. “Senate Confirms Vanita Gupta for No. 3 Spot at Justice Department in Narrow Vote.” Fox News. April 21, 2021. Available at: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-confirms-biden-doj-nominee-vanita-gupta
  • Vanita Gupta and Ezekiel Edwards. “It’s Time to Discuss Criminal Justice Reform.” HuffPost. November 4, 2012. Available at: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/its-time-to-discuss-criminal-justice_b_1853080
  • Daley, Kevin. “Biden Justice Department Nominee Does About Face on Police Protections, Drug Legalization.” The Washington Free Beacon. March 9, 2021. Available at: https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-justice-department-nominee-does-about-face-on-police-protections-drug-legalization/
  • “Statement of Vanita Gupta, President and CEO The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.” U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Oversight Hearing on Police Use of Force and Community Relations. June 16, 2020. Available at: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Gupta%20Testimony1.pdf
  • Soo Rin Kim and Alexander Mallin. “Biden’s Associate Attorney General Pick Would be Wealthiest Member of Administration.” ABC News. March 7, 2021. Available at: https://abcnews.go.com/US/bidens-associate-attorney-general-pick-wealthiest-member-administration/story?id=76280582
  • “Justice Department Announces Reproductive Rights Task Force.” Department of Justice. July 12, 2022. Available at: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-reproductive-rights-task-force
  • Chuck Ross. “Biden DOJ Official Smears Pregnancy Centers Amid Wave of Attacks.” The Washington Free Beacon. July 27, 2022. Available at: https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-doj-official-smears-pregnancy-centers-amid-wave-of-attacks/
  • “Oppose the Confirmation of David Dugan to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.” The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. July 29, 2020. Available at: http://civilrightsdocs.info/pdf/policy/letters/2020/David-Dugan-Opposition-Letter-SDIL-7.29.20-FINAL.pdf
  • Ashe, Stephanie. “Stanford Law’s Pam Karlan Joins U.S. Department of Justice.” Stanford Law School. February 25, 2021. Available at: https://law.stanford.edu/press/stanford-laws-pam-karlan-joins-u-s-department-of-justice/
  • “Pamela S. Karlan.” Stanford Law School. Accessed December 3, 2020. Available at: https://law.stanford.edu/directory/pamela-s-karlan/
  • “Meet CLC’s Trustees & Advisors.” Campaign Legal Center. Accessed December 3, 2020. Available at: https://campaignlegal.org/about/board
  • “Leadership.” American Constitution Society. Accessed December 3, 2020. Available at: https://www.acslaw.org/about-us/leadership/
  • Democracy Alliance. “Democracy Alliance Spring 2016 Conference.” Posted by Politico. April 2016. Accessed December 3, 2020. Available at: http://static.politico.com/64/47/b971249843558514c9c6aff87765/democracy-alliance-spring-meeting-agenda.pdf
  • “Supreme Court Shortlist.” Demand Justice. Accessed December 3, 2020. Available at: https://demandjustice.org/supreme-court-shortlist/
  • “Pamela S. Karlan.” Stanford Law School. Accessed January 31, 2024. Available at: https://law.stanford.edu/pamela-s-karlan/
  • “President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate 11 Key Administration Leaders on National Security and Law Enforcement.” The White House. April 12, 2021. Available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/12/president-biden-announces-his-intent-to-nominate-11-key-administration-leaders-on-national-security-and-law-enforcement/
  • “Anne M. Milgram.” Lowenstein Sandler. Accessed June 25, 2021. Available at: https://www.lowenstein.com/people/attorneys/anne-milgram
  • “Lisa Monaco.” O’Melveny & Myers. Accessed April 21, 2021. Available at: https://www.omm.com/professionals/lisa-monaco/
  • “Secretary.” Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation. Accessed January 31, 2024. Available at: https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/23dsci/html/msa18540.html
  • “Paul Monteiro.” Howard University. Accessed May 2, 2022. Available at: https://www2.howard.edu/external-affairs/about/staff/paul-monteiro
  • “Former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Christopher H. Schroeder.” U.S. Department of Justice. August 18, 2023. Available at: https://www.justice.gov/archives/olc/staff-profile/former-assistant-attorney-general-office-legal-counsel-christopher-h-schroeder
  • “Christopher H. Schroeder.” Duke University. Accessed November 10, 2021. Available at: https://law.duke.edu/fac/schroeder/
  • “Christopher H. Schroeder.” Center for Progressive Reform. Accessed November 10, 2021. Available at: http://progressivereform.net/SchroederChristopherBio.cfm
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