Carlos Felipe Uriarte

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Carlos Felipe Uriarte works for the Department of Justice.

Bio

From the Department of Justice website:[1]

"Carlos Felipe Uriarte was sworn in as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) on August 9, 2022, following unanimous confirmation by the Senate. As the leader of the component responsible for managing the Department's relationship with Congress, Mr. Uriarte advocates for the Department’s interests on Capitol Hill, develops and implements strategies to advance the Department's legislative initiatives, and articulates the Department's position on legislation proposed by Congress. Additionally, Mr. Uriarte guides OLA’s facilitation of the appearance of Department witnesses at congressional hearings, manages the interagency clearance process led by the Office of Management and Budget, coordinates the Department's responses to congressional committee requests, and participates in the Senate confirmation process for the Department’s nominees.
Mr. Uriarte has dedicated most of his career to public service. Notably, he served as Associate Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General at the Department and as Senior Counsel in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Interior during the Obama-Biden Administration. Mr. Uriarte also served as Chief Counsel for Investigations on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis under House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, as Counsel to Representative Elijah Cummings on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and as Legislative Counsel to Representative Judy Chu. Mr. Uriarte began his service on Capitol Hill as a law clerk to then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter.
Mr. Uriarte previously served as Vice President and regulatory counsel at Unite Us, a technology company that connects health and social care providers, and as a compliance executive at Capital One.
Mr. Uriarte holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a B.A., magna cum laude, in Economics and American Culture Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. After law school, Mr. Uriarte served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Juan R. Sánchez of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Discrediting the Supreme Court

Carlos Felipe Uriarte responded to members of congress who wanted to reaffirm[2] that so-called Insular Cases[3] from over a century ago were racist.[4]

Portion of the letter from Congress Members dated April 15, 2024:

"A coalition of Members of Congress previously wrote to you about this issue in 2021 (see attached). Since then, the Department has at times seemed to criticize the Insular Cases, while at others, it has actively relied upon and continued defending them. This problematic dynamic will likely continue repeating itself, absent the Department taking clear action to condemn the Insular Cases and their doctrine of territorial incorporation. President Biden has addressed continued discrimination against citizens in U.S. territories by declaring that “there can be no second-class citizens in the United States of America” and that they should have “the opportunity to determine their own political future.”
But the 3.6 million residents of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—98 percent of whom are racial or ethnic minorities—will continue to be denied democracy, equity, and self-determination so long as the Insular Cases define their relationship with the United States. The Department has already taken steps towards turning the page on the Insular Cases. It should now go further, much as it did in 2011 when it condemned the Supreme Court’s infamous decision in Korematsu v. United States. One hundred twenty-five years ago, the United States turned away from the democratic and constitutional principles our nation was founded on to embrace what Justice Gorsuch has characterized as “American colonialism.” Today, the Department of Justice has the opportunity to redress this historic error by unequivocally rejecting the discriminatory and racist doctrine of territorial incorporation established by the Insular Cases."

Signatories

Portion of the response by Justice Department

Portion of the letter from Carlos Felipe Uriarte::"The Department emphatically agrees with you that the racist language and logic of the Insular Cases deserve no place in our law. As your letter notes, the Department has recognized that the Insular Cases contain reasoning and rhetoric that are “obviously anathema”1 and “indefensible and discredited.” In fact, the Department affirmatively emphasized in a recent filing that the “racist stereotypes” invoked in the Insular Cases were “indefensible and repugnant.” The Department unequivocally condemns the racist rhetoric and reasoning of the Insular Cases, and unambiguously shares your view that such reasoning and rhetoric are irreconcilable with foundational American principles of equality, justice, and democracy."

Judy Chu Connection

Carlos Felipe Uriarte worked as a staff member for Judy Chu:[5]

References

  1. ↑ Assistant Attorney General Carlos Felipe Uriarte (accessed on June 3, 2024)
  2. ↑ Letter from Congress Members Dated April 15, 2024 (accessed on June 3, 2024)
  3. ↑ Fitisemanu v. United States, et al. (accessed on June 3, 2024)
  4. ↑ Insular Cases Response (accessed on June 3, 2024)
  5. ↑ Legistorm: Judy Chu (accessed on Aug. 24, 2010)
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