Epstein Secrets

rule, that where there is a legal right, there is also a legal remedy." Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 1 Cranch 137, 163, 2 L.Ed. 60 (1803) (quoting 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries *23). For that reason, "[w]here legal rights have been invaded, and a federal statute provides for a general right to sue for such i

the crimes against the victims; (3) discovery of records explicating why the U.S. Attorney's Office decided to grant Epstein federal immunity; (4) the Department of Justice's designation of a representative to explain the Office's decision to resolve the Epstein case without any federal prosecution; (5) mandatory CVRA t

ice Department's Office of Legal Counsel ("OLCi. Maj. Op. at 1213-14 n.20. The Justice Department's 2010 OLC opinion, like the change of position by the Justice Department's local U.S. Attorney's Office, came only after Epstein's victims filed this lawsuit. See Mohasco Corp. v. Silver, 447 U.S. 807, 825, 100 S. Ct. 2486,

hat where there is a legal right, there is also a legal remedy." I I Marbuty v. Madison, 5 U.S. (I Cranch) 137, 163, 2 L.Ed. 60 (1803) (quoting 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries *23). I agree with the Majority, however, that the presence of rights- creating language alone does not establish that crime victims

]he right to be treated with fairness," and "the right to petition the Court for relief' if Wild believed her CVRA rights were being violated; (2) "the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal investigative agencies, including the [FBI], must use their best efforts to make sure that these rights are protected"; and (3)

> See, e.g., id. at 17-19 (providing examples of the Justice Department's prosecution of state and local officials). 56 Td

seek review of prosecutors' decisions within the Department of Justice hierarchy, although it also explicitly bars judic

- victims - to prosecute alleged criminal wrongdoing. Redundant charging authority takes other forms as well. In large hierarchical agencies such as the U.S. Department of Justice, internal administrative review of front-line prosecutors’ charging or declination decisions by higher-ups creates a version of redundant enforcement

ntly directed at public wrongs, he did so in the context of a late eighteenth century justice system in which private prosecutions were common. See 4 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book the Fourth 5-6 (1795). 78 See Jacoby, supra note 70, at 23 (concluding that after 1789 “for the first hal