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28 Nov 2018, 9:45 pm by Sarah Madigan
Attorney General Jeff Sessions told an audience of immigration officials in April 2017, as he discussed his agenda for criminal immigration cases. [read post]
26 Nov 2018, 4:00 am by David Markus
The founders of our country well understood that the concentration of power threatens individual liberty and established a bulwark against such tyranny by creating a separation of powers among the branches of government. [read post]
13 Nov 2018, 5:13 am by Bob Bauer
With the midterm elections over, the president has proceeded to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replaced him with a critic of the Mueller investigation. [read post]
9 Nov 2018, 3:15 pm
Under almost any other circumstances, the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions would be a moment for dancing in the streets. [read post]
9 Nov 2018, 1:15 pm by George Conway, Benjamin Wittes
Srinivasan next turns to a different issue: the removal provisions of the regulation under which Mueller serves, which Kamenar contends restrict the executive branch’s ability to fire him. [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, 9:51 am by Jeremy Gordon
Whether Congress “by Law vest[ed] the Appointment” of the Special Counsel as an “inferior Officer []” in “Head of the [Justice] Department[ ],” and thus, under the “Excepting Clause,” was unconstitutionally appointed because he was required to be—but was not—appointed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions rather than by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. [read post]
8 Nov 2018, 7:04 am by John E. Bies
President Trump, acting under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA), has appointed Matthew Whitaker, formerly the chief of staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, to serve as acting attorney general. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 7:05 pm by Ilya Somin
Finally, President Trump's abrupt dismissal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions - although unrelated to his championing of the War on Drugs and his many other awful policies - removes the most important opponent of marijuana legalization within the executive branch. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 1:38 pm by Jack Sharman
  And, Jeff Sessions is no doubt relieved to be gone as Attorney General. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 12:44 pm by Scott Bomboy
United States that “the President has the exclusive authority to remove executive branch officials. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 3:45 pm
"The Legislative and Executive branches — of federal and state government — are the constitutionally authorized branches to do these things. [read post]
17 Oct 2018, 5:30 am by Staci Zaretsky
" In other Trump-related news, the president has confirmed that Pat Cipollone will serve as his next White House counsel, and also confirmed that he's still really pissed off at AG Jeff Sessions about the Mueller probe. [read post]
16 Oct 2018, 5:23 am by Joe Patrice
[Huffington Post] * Jeff Sessions tells the Heritage Foundation that he doesn't approve of this idea that courts might consider themselves some kind of "check" or "balance" on the executive branch. [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 5:58 am by Benjamin Wittes
One of the many flaws of the independent counsel statute--quite apart from the appointment process, removing the appointment process from the executive branch and putting it into a special apparatus of the judiciary and putting the judiciary in an very odd, awkward position--is that there is nothing in the regulations that refers to impeachment. [read post]
1 Oct 2018, 11:00 am
They are part of a sub-agency within the Department of Justice, rather than the judicial branch. [read post]
30 Sep 2018, 3:01 pm by Angelo A. Paparelli
  In immigration courts, however, the immigration judge and the “trial attorney,” or counsel for the government, are both Executive-Branch employees. [read post]
30 Sep 2018, 3:01 pm by Angelo A. Paparelli
  In immigration courts, however, the immigration judge and the “trial attorney,” or counsel for the government, are both Executive-Branch employees. [read post]
27 Sep 2018, 10:30 pm by Kate Mancuso
In July, Wyden and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Spotlight Act, which would require non-profits that engage in political activity to disclose the names of their donors to both the IRS and the public. [read post]