GOP Senators Accused Merrick Garland of ‘Chilling’ Parents in School Board Memo. The DOJ Memo Doesn’t Mention Parents – By Adam Klasfeld (Law and Crime) / Oct 27 2021
As described by Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, a chill wind has been blowing from the Department of Justice to school boards across the country. GOP senators took turns claiming that parents have been likened to terrorists for dissenting against school boards—or reporting their daughter’s rape.
The source of the parents’ fear, the Republican lawmakers alleged, is a single-page memo by Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice.
“In recent months, there has been a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff who participate in the vital work of running our nation’s public schools,” the document, which bears Garland’s signature, begins.
