The DOJ has an important mandate to restore faith in justice, the most important component of free government.

Donald Trump’s Department of Justice will have a mighty task at hand as soon as the 47th President is officially sworn in on January 20^th. The department’s mandate will be to restore the rule of law throughout America’s justice system, which has been violated and attacked with shameless disregard for the core principles of justice over the past four years, almost nonstop, by bad faith actors. From Fani Willis in Georgia to Letitia James and Alvin Bragg in New York to Jack Smith in Washington, DC, justice in America has been perhaps irrevocably tarnished by Marxist infiltrators who saw fit to sabotage the cornerstone of American freedom – equal and fair justice – and weaponize it against Donald Trump and his supporters, and really anyone who exercised their fundamental rights, with near-impunity. These actors have been given cover to carry out their nefarious prosecutions all this time by Merrick Garland and a system that protects its own, while exacting some of the most punishing indignities against those who would dare stand for the Constitution – and the principles that made America Great in the past, like speaking freely and due process of law – in a banana republic-like fashion that would have our founding fathers turning in their graves.

At the same time, violent felons – including some of the most ruthless members of criminal organizations that crossed over the US-Mexico border illegally – were not just given a free pass, but encouraged to commit heinous crimes against the American people, such as the murder of Laken Riley by an illegal alien, by a system that used every chance it had to turn a blind eye and ignore the problem. This was a feature, not a bug of the system.

This dark era of American justice observed good law enforcement personnel – defined by their competence and loyalty – from ICE to NYPD officers, being forced into early retirement. At the same time, they were replaced by DEI-hires, who were told explicitly not to carry out their tasks. If they were effective, they were liable to all sorts of punitive measures: cops were denied the ability to execute stop and frisk type measures, putting them at risk of greater injury or death in the field. If they were caught on camera arresting someone with an unacceptable use of force, they could be sentenced to prison for decades. The chilling effect these policies had on law enforcement institutions has been catastrophic, resulting in a proliferation of crime, particularly in cities like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, at record-setting levels. On top of everything else, Biden’s border catastrophe has unleashed tens of millions of illegal aliens into the interior, creating a new class of criminal, that adds further stress to an already overburdened system. Dramatic actions will be needed to reverse the untold damage unleashed by Biden’s lax enforcement policies, and a strong message from the Department of Justice that telegraphs the administration’s commitment to upholding the rule of law, in all that entails, will be a pivotal first step towards undoing so much of the havoc wrought upon society these last four years.

In recent remarks, the President-elect pledged to direct DOJ to “vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters. We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!” This statement was after news broke of Joe Biden’s controversial commutation of the death sentences of 37 federal inmates to life in prison. Since that ridiculous action, many observers have been concerned that Biden would take things a step further, anticipating the next administration’s crackdown on illegal migrants, and propose a nationwide pardon on all twenty million-plus illegals, all of whom committed crimes by crossing the southern border, before he leaves office. Whether or not that happens, it underscores the urgency with which President Trump’s DOJ must act to prosecute dangerous criminals (including violent aliens) – and particularly those, as the President-elect opined on Truth Social, who abuse children and commit rape and murder.

The bottom line is a dramatic change in policy and rhetoric is needed to restore trust in judicial institutions nationwide. If we are to preserve being a country governed by the rule of law, and not of men, we must inculcate a culture of deference and respect for law enforcement. A death penalty imposition for those who commit inhumane crimes is a welcome course correction: it will render true justice upon those who abdicated their duties to the social compact, while also serving as a vigorous deterrent against the commission of future crimes. In the law, talk is cheap. Only talk backed by action proves effective, particularly in dealing with crimes of the worst possible variety. A few examples made of federal death row inmates should send a clear signal across society about what sort of behavior will not be tolerated under any circumstances. This is a necessary condition for the restoration of public confidence in our legal institutions and safety and security in towns and cities nationwide.

The death penalty has long been upheld by our legal institutions and remains the most effective deterrent for heinous crime. That liberals would prefer to keep people languishing on death row, at the taxpayer’s expense, all while neutering capital punishment, which gives the signal for criminals to do whatever they want, “makes no sense.” It is also anathema to fundamental principles of justice: a society that is afraid to punish those who deserve punishment is not one seriously committed to the rule of law – and meet the higher duties required to live in a free society in the first place.

Speaking of public duty, the DOJ must use its mandate to hold accountable those who committed some of the most egregious abuses of the rule of law in recent years. Fani Willis and Nathan Wade, who as district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, had a public duty to uphold the Constitution and faithfully execute her responsibilities – must be punished for her grievous violations of the law. That such a travesty of justice was allowed to take place, and for so long, is a great stain on Georgia’s legal institutions. She and her paramour, Wade, effectively stole millions of taxpayer dollars to carry out their disgusting charade, all the while betraying the public trust in doing so. Under no circumstances should rogue prosecutors ever be permitted to press baseless charges against anyone, ever, on the basis of a political disagreement.

That was all that Fani Willis – and in New York, Letitia James and Alvin Bragg’s – hatchet jobs amounted to. Willis abused a RICO statute in order to carry out a political prosecution/persecution, a form of election interference, against the would-be 47^th President of the United States. As a grossly incompetent woman, who clearly does not understand the most basic tenets of America’s judicial system, which includes a presumption of innocence and all that due process guarantees, Willis was allowed to run roughshod and make the lives of President Trump and his allies absolute hell for a nightmarish three-and-a-half-year period. And it’s only because of the President’s victory in the election that her vindictive prosecution was brought to a standstill: had it gone the other way, she in all her shameless audacity, would still be pressing charges like a megalomaniac.

This is a horrible look for America’s judicial systems, and something that must be stopped once and for all. DOJ should work hand-in-glove with US attorneys across the states to coordinate a strategy to put pressure on rogue District Attorneys, Special Counsels, and Attorneys General to end their lawfare — and create a strong precedent so that it never occurs again. Those who committed the worst abuses, like Willis, must be held accountable for their actions to the fullest extent of the law. The punishment must fit the crime, which, in Willis and Bragg’s cases, have wrought monumental damages upon not only the integrity of Georgia’s justice system, but also has destroyed the lives of many great Americans – including Jeff Clark, John Eastman, and Rudy Giuliani, and countless others – all of whom were subject to the inhumane and unjust actions of these prosecutors, and paid a mighty personal and professional price for it – upending their lives and livelihoods for years in many cases.

Among other issues, the DOJ also will have a duty to work in tandem with DHS and other immigration enforcement agencies to ensure a speedy and efficient deportation process. For those migrants entitled to hearings, such hearings must take place with all deliberate speed. Migrants cannot be housed in detention facilities for any protracted period of time, if at all. Such extended detentions are a violation of the migrants’ due process rights, and an awful disservice to the agenda on which President Trump was elected. DOJ must work vigorously with these agencies to process these migrant applicants as swiftly as possible, helping the President make good on arguably his most important campaign pledge: to carry out the largest mass deportation campaign in American history.

The rule of law has been sabotaged by those who recklessly disregard justice, our legal institutions, and Constitutional governance. The federal government is supposed to be limited, by definition. This means the departments subordinate to the Chief Executive, including the DOJ, are to carry out a restrained role in conformance with their constitutional charter, and acting at the behest of the President only. Previous Attorneys General that permitted the commission of special prosecutors to investigate their political opponents violates, in every possible way, the letter and spirit of the Constitution. It abridges with shameless indifference separation of powers principles and runs roughshod over the whole notion of a limited government. The DOJ has a duty to restore faith in justice, the most important component of free government. That will begin with implementing robust changes oriented about making whole those who have been persecuted wrongly and unjustly by the lawfare in recent years, restoring all their rights along the way, while holding true criminals – both on the streets and in positions of power – accountable for their despicable crimes exacted upon society.