United States Department of Justice

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federal executive department justice ministry

The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.

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Observed surface forms (18)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. Department of Justice	72
Department of Justice	9
Department of Justice Antitrust Division	3
Department of Justice of the United States	3
United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division	3
DOJ	2
United States Department of Justice positions	2
Antitrust Division	1
Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice	1
Bureau of Prisons	1
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	1
U.S. Attorney General’s office	1
U.S. Department of Justice Office of Information Policy	1
U.S. Department of Justice website	1
United States Department of Justice (for criminal provisions)	1
United States Department of Justice Criminal Division for certain matters	1
United States Department of Justice Tax Division	1
United States Department of Justice officials	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal executive department ⓘ justice ministry ⓘ
budgetUnit	United States dollar ⓘ
cabinetLevel	yes ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateFounded	1870-06-22 ⓘ
employs	Assistant United States Attorneys ⓘ FBI special agents ⓘ federal correctional officers ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasType	law enforcement agency ⓘ prosecutorial authority ⓘ
headedBy	United States Attorney General ⓘ
headquartersBuilding	Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis	Judiciary Act of 1870 ⓘ
locatedOn	Pennsylvania Avenue ⓘ
motto	Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
oversees	United States Department of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Antitrust Division Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ⓘ United States Department of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bureau of Prisons Civil Rights Division ⓘ Criminal Division ⓘ Drug Enforcement Administration ⓘ Environment and Natural Resources Division ⓘ Executive Office for United States Attorneys ⓘ Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ National Security Division ⓘ Office of Justice Programs ⓘ Tax Division ⓘ United States Marshals Service ⓘ
partOf	executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
predecessor	Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
reportsTo	President of the United States ⓘ
responsibility	administration of federal prisons ⓘ antitrust enforcement ⓘ civil rights enforcement ⓘ counterintelligence ⓘ counterterrorism ⓘ drug law enforcement ⓘ enforcement of federal law ⓘ ensuring public safety against foreign and domestic threats ⓘ federal law enforcement coordination ⓘ immigration law enforcement ⓘ prosecution of federal crimes ⓘ representation of the United States in legal matters ⓘ
shortName	United States Department of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DOJ
translatedMotto	Who prosecutes on behalf of justice ⓘ
website	https://www.justice.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (334)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reflections of a Radical Moderate → relatedTo → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Attorney General’s office

Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973 → relatedTo → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism → relatedTo → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

United States Watergate Special Prosecutor → relatedTo → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

United States in tax litigation → representedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Department of Justice Tax Division

Seal of the United States Department of Justice → represents → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Justice James C. McReynolds → servedIn → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

subject surface form: James C. McReynolds

United States Department of Justice → shortName → United States Department of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DOJ

United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio → subjectToOversightBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

United States Attorney for the District of Alaska → subordinateTo → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

United States Attorney for the District of Colorado → subordinateTo → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii → subordinateTo → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey → subordinateTo → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico → subordinateTo → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division for certain matters

FBI Cyber Division → subsidiaryOf → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a valid exercise of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause → supportsEnforcementBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

intelligence elements of the Federal Bureau of Investigation → underAuthorityOf → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

FBI Special Agent in Charge → usedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Seal of the United States Department of Justice → usedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

AG → usedInContextOf → United States Department of Justice ⓘ