Some of the lawyers who left the U.S. Depart­ment of Justice’s Civil Rights Division during George W. Bush’s presidency and complained they were the target of ideological warfare have returned during the past two years as part of a wave of hiring.

The hiring decisions signal not only that the department’s leadership is trying to restock its ranks, but that it’s trying to do so with lawyers who have worked for traditional civil rights organizations, like the American Civil Liberties Union or the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

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