Power Plays

The Consent Decree Graveyard: How the Justice Department Buries Its Own Settlements

Episode Summary

The Justice Department spends years negotiating binding reform agreements with police departments, school systems, and institutions — then a new administration walks in and quietly kills them through bureaucratic neglect before the ink is dry. It's not repeal, it's not legislation, it's something far harder to see: death by non-enforcement. This week, we follow the money, the monitors, and the moment these agreements stop meaning anything.