In the waning days of the Obama administration, the Justice Department released a blistering report on Chicago's bad policing record as a first step in obtaining a consent decree. Emanuel was on board. But then President Donald Trump took office, freeing Chicago of that obligation because new Attorney General Jeff Sessions wasn't interested. Since then, Emanuel has insisted Chicago can fix its problems without a pesky judge watching every move. He's been negotiating a Justice Department agreement that would not involve court supervision, but it's not clear Sessions was even interested in that idea. Now the mayor sounds like he's back on the side of using the courts.