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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Emert, Phyllis Raybin.     Subjects     United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General.     Attorneys general -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Justice, Administration of -- United States -- Juvenile literature.     Law enforcement -- United States -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Emert, Phyllis Raybin.       by title:      Attorneys general : ...         MARC Display

Attorneys general : enforcing the law / Phyllis Raybin Emert. by Emert, Phyllis Raybin. Minneapolis, MN : Oliver Press, c2005. Subjects United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General.   Attorneys general -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Justice, Administration of -- United States -- Juvenile literature.   Law enforcement -- United States -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  1881508668 (lib. bdg.) Series:  Richie, Jason, 1966- In the cabinet. Description:  176 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Requests:  0 Summary:  Profiles eight influencial attorneys general and describes their accomplishments, and their term of office. As the nation's chief law enforcement officer, each of these attorneys general dealt with controversial legal issues and political events. William Wirt helped define the role. Edward Bates (the Civil War), A. Mitchell Palmer (the Red Scare), and Francis Biddle (World War II) restricted civil liberties during times of war and unrest, while Herbert Brownell and Robert F. Kennedy advanced civil rights. Edwin Meese brought a conservative agenda to the Justice Department in the 1980s, and Janet Reno made headlines with the Waco and Elian Gonzales cases in the 1990s. An afterword discusses John Ashcroft and the balance of civil liberties with national security.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library YA -- Nonfiction 349.73092 Em Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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