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Revision as of 06:37, 15 December 2024
| Ypourgeío Dikaiosýnis ton Inoménon Politeión (Greek) Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών (Greek) | |
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| Department overview | |
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| Type | Executive department |
| Jurisdiction | U.S. federal government |
| Motto | "Citadel of Justice, Guardian of Freedom" (English) "Ἀκρόπολις Δίκης, Φρουρὸς Ἐλευθερίας" (Greek) |
| Department executive | |
| Website | doj.gov.use |
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department is a federal executive department of the U.S. government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justice. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department is headed by the Secretary of Justice, who reports directly to the President of the United States and is a member of the President's Cabinet. The Justice Department contains the highest number of federal law enforcement agencies, however the Department of the Interior is very similar in numbers. The DOJ does not have a specific mandate over what agencies it carries, that being determined by Congress. For example, the FPS is under the Department of the Interior while the FFS is under the Department of Justice. Since the 1970's, there have been calls for the Department of the Interior to be reformed and all federal law enforcement agencies to be moved under the DOJ, however, Congress has refused to authorize such reforms.
The DOJ also handles federal prosecutions, in addition to state prosecutions in federal court where applicable, through the U.S. Attorneys' Offices in each of the X U.S. federal judicial districts. Prosecutions by the DOJ are led, overseen and managed by the Federal Prosecutor General, who is elected every three years as of 2028. They have eight divisions of lawyers who represent the federal government in litigation: the Criminal, Civil, Antitrust, Tax, Civil Rights, Environment and Natural Resources, National Security, and Justice Management Divisions.