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7 Dec 2018, 8:06 am by Robert D. Williams, Preston Lim
Launched in November by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the China Initiative is a broad-based strategy designed to counter Chinese economic espionage and a range of other national security threats. [read post]
25 Nov 2018, 3:52 pm by Ilya Somin
However, asset forfeitures did enjoy the strong support of recently departed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who last year reinstituted a federal policy that helps state and local law enforcement agencies circumvent state limitations on forfeiture and keep a hefty share of the profits for themselves. [read post]
17 Nov 2018, 4:34 am by Anushka Limaye
Robert Litt explored the test of character at the Justice Department that the departure of former attorney general Jeff Sessions and the rise of Matthew Whitaker has caused. [read post]
15 Nov 2018, 10:00 pm by Bobby Chen
The Maryland Attorney General stated that Whitaker’s appointment violates the line of succession specified in the Attorney General Succession Act and that Rosenstein “is the proper successor” to Jeff Sessions, who resigned as Attorney General last week. [read post]
14 Nov 2018, 12:07 pm by Tim Zubizarreta
Whitaker was appointed to the position of Acting Attorney General on November 7 after the resignation of Jeff Sessions who had been confirmed as Attorney General in 2017. [read post]
14 Nov 2018, 11:52 am by Anushka Limaye
Matthew Kahn shared the State of Maryland’s motion to substitute the acting attorney general for former Attorney General Jeff Sessions as a defendant in litigation related to the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. [read post]
14 Nov 2018, 9:47 am by Preston Lim, Rachel Brown
In the week before his departure as attorney general, Jeff Sessions announced a “China Initiative” to support the Department of Justice’s “strategic priority of countering Chinese national security threats. [read post]
13 Nov 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
One week ago, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned at the “request” of President Donald Trump, who wasted no time in designating Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General, pending the nomination and Senate confirmation of a full-time replacement. [read post]
13 Nov 2018, 11:50 am by Anushka Limaye
Matthew Whitaker’s appointment as Acting Attorney General is being challenged in court by the State of Maryland, which argues that the appointment was not lawful and that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is the rightful ascendant to the position, reports the New York Times. [read post]
13 Nov 2018, 10:36 am by Scott Bomboy
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was asked to resign on November 7, President Donald Trump named Whitaker, Sessions’ chief of staff, to serve as Acting Attorney General until Trump’s nominee to replace Sessions is approved by the Senate. [read post]
11 Nov 2018, 10:09 pm by Timothy P. Flynn
Coincidentally, one of the collateral consequences of President Trump’s brusque dismissal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week removes from the USDOJ -at least temporarily- an outspoken opponent of pot legalization. [read post]
9 Nov 2018, 12:00 pm by FM Librarian
Convention Against Torture—No Substitute for Asylum, Putting Refugees at Risk: Fact Sheet (Human Rights First, Nov. 2018) [text]Legacy of (now former) Attorney General Jeff SessionsThe Immigration Crisis Jeff Sessions Leaves Behind (The Marshall Project, Nov. 2018) [text]Jeff Sessions’s Carefully Built Deportation Machine Will Outlast Him (Vox, Nov. 2018) [text]"Jeff Sessions Leaves the Trump… [read post]
9 Nov 2018, 10:33 am by Gene Quinn
Whitaker, the Acting Attorney General of the United States who ascended to the position with the resignation of Jeff Sessions, served on the advisory board of World Patent Marketing. [read post]
9 Nov 2018, 7:00 am
From immigration to transgender rights, Attorney General Jeff Sessions showed contempt for American civil rights and liberties. [read post]
8 Nov 2018, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Trump named as acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker, Sessions’ chief of staff. [read post]