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20 Jun 2018, 7:08 am by Erik Slobe
The attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia sent a letter [text, PDF] to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen [official websites] on Tuesday calling for the end to the Justice Department's policy of separating children from their parents who cross the US border seeking asylum. [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 4:18 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
The announcement was made by Attorney General Jeff Sessions this afternoon in the case Matter of A-B- 27 I&N Dec. 316 (A.G. 2018), which explained that victims of domestic violence would no longer be eligible to receive asylum in the United States. [read post]
7 Jun 2017, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
My new piece at Cato begins: In a memo dated June 5, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ended the practice by which the Department of Justice earmarks legal settlement funds for non-governmental third-party groups that were neither victims nor parties to the lawsuit. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 11:31 am by Douglas A. Berman
" Here are excerpts: The booming business of legal marijuana was thrown into chaos Thursday on the news that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is planning... [read post]
29 Nov 2017, 2:43 pm by Douglas A. Berman
During a press conference discussing new Justice Department opioid initiatives (noted here), Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke to federal marijuana laws and policies in a manner that suggests a change may be afoot. [read post]
10 Jul 2017, 11:54 am by Tracy Thomas
Maggie Hennefeld, On the Criminalization of Female Laughter On January 10 2017, Desiree Fairooz, a 61-year-old Code Pink protester, was forcibly removed and arrested for laughing at Jeff Sessions during his Attorney General confirmation hearings. [read post]
3 Oct 2018, 11:45 am
It should also resist those seeking to drag them backwards into a past that was less just and more oppressive — including, and especially, the Justice Department of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. [read post]
24 Jan 2018, 5:10 am by Tom Smith
It is long past time for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to appoint a special counsel to investigate the possibility of widespread and systematic corruption, obstruction, leaking, and collusion within America’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies. [read post]
28 Mar 2017, 8:06 am by Matthew Santiago
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions [official profile] said during Monday's White House news briefing [transcript] that cities failing to enforce immigration laws may be cut off from Justice Department [official website] grants. [read post]
28 Dec 2017, 8:15 am
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, on the other hand, decided just before Christmas to rescind a guidance meant to protect low-income Americans. [read post]
5 Sep 2017, 12:15 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
This morning, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration is ending DACA, a program that began under former President Barack Obama, which allowed undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children, the opportunity to obtain employment authorization and be shielded from deportation. [read post]
25 Sep 2017, 11:06 am by [email protected]
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions has pledged a get-tough approach to drug crimes in America that would lead to longer sentences for possession and dealing in drugs. [read post]
25 Sep 2017, 11:06 am by [email protected]
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions has pledged a get-tough approach to drug crimes in America that would lead to longer sentences for possession and dealing in drugs. [read post]
20 Nov 2016, 7:34 pm by Ellen Podgor
Co-blogger Solomon Wisenberg noted here that "[a]nyone who thinks this will be an easy nomination to put through, because Sessions is a sitting Senator, is in for a big surprise. [read post]
19 Mar 2018, 4:30 am by Bob Bauer
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe hours before McCabe’s retirement, as the White House urged Sessions on publicly. [read post]
5 Jan 2018, 3:57 am by SHG
Less than 24 hours ago, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum rescinding the Ogden and Cole memos as superfluous. [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 6:45 am by William Theisen
During a speech [text, video] at the Georgetown University Law Center [press release] on Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Department of Justice will become more involved in the "national recommitment to free speech on campus[es]. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 9:28 am by Andrew M. Ironside
Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as the next attorney general has drug policy reform advocates worried. [read post]
11 Oct 2018, 2:04 pm by Howard Bashman
“Trump Is Mulling Candidates Who Could Replace Jeff Sessions; Potential candidates for attorney general include Alex Azar, Steven Bradbury and Bill Barr”: Michael C. [read post]