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5 Apr 2019, 11:08 am by Ilya Somin
Unfortunately, the impact of these reforms is partly undercut by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions' 2017 revival of the federal "equitable sharing" program, under which state and local asset forfeitures are "adopted" by the federal government, which then shares the proceeds with state law enforcement agencies - even in cases where state law otherwise prevents the latter from profiting from seized assets. [read post]
5 Apr 2019, 11:08 am by Ilya Somin
Unfortunately, the impact of these reforms is partly undercut by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ 2017 revival of the federal “equitable sharing” program, under which state and local asset forfeitures are “adopted” by the federal government, which then shares the proceeds with state law enforcement agencies – even in cases where state law otherwise prevents the latter from profiting from seized assets. [read post]
5 Apr 2019, 5:00 am by Charles Kurzman
Jeff Sessions, who posted the list on his Senate website. [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 9:06 pm by News Desk
Hacala, a 24-year-old Arkansas man, died after drinking tea made from contaminated poppy seeds purchased on Amazon.com in 2016, prompting Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge (R) to contact the FDA and prompting Senator Cotton to ask then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions and DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon to stop the products’ sale. [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 11:51 am by Erin Hustings
To cite one of many examples, in 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned longstanding immigration legal precedent to declare that people no longer qualified for asylum if they were fleeing domestic or gang violence that their home governments could not protect them from. [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 9:13 am by Bill Marler
Hacala, a 24-year-old Arkansas man, died after drinking tea made from contaminated poppy seeds purchased on Amazon.com in 2016, prompting Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge (R) to contact the FDA and prompting Senator Cotton to ask then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions and DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon to stop the products’ sale. [read post]
31 Mar 2019, 8:23 am by INFORRM
It recently hired Sarah Isgur Flores, a spokesperson for former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, to lead its 2020 election coverage. [read post]
29 Mar 2019, 1:49 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
In 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions argued that key portions of Obamacare were unconstitutional following the tax-cut legislation. [read post]
29 Mar 2019, 1:49 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
In 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions argued that key portions of Obamacare were unconstitutional following the tax-cut legislation. [read post]
29 Mar 2019, 8:01 am by Jonathan Spontarelli
Back in Political CrucibleMSN – Charlie Savage, Mark Mazzetti, and Katie Benner (New York Times) | Published: 3/25/2019 Attorney General William Barr’s decision to declare that evidence fell short of proving President Trump illegally obstructed the Russia inquiry was an extraordinary outcome to a narrative that spanned nearly two years. [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 12:51 pm by Scott Bomboy
In June 2018, then Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that the Justice Department opposed two provisions in the Affordable Care Act about mandatory insurance coverage of persons with pre-existing medical conditions, along with the individual mandate. [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 6:43 am by Allan Blutstein
.) -- determining that plaintiff was eligible and entitled to award of fees in connection with requests concerning Attorney General Jeff Sessions and White House Chief of Staff Reince Preibus, but reducing requested award by one-third because of plaintiff’s overstaffing and inefficiencies in case that required no substantive briefing. [read post]
22 Mar 2019, 6:40 pm by David Super
  Several confirmation hearings, notably the one for former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, could have gone quite differently had senators been more adept with follow-up questions. [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Vince Leach invoked a state law that requires the attorney general to investigate allegations by lawmakers of violations of state laws by local officials. [read post]
10 Mar 2019, 8:08 am by Dave Maass
Recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency The cause of government transparency finally broke through to the popular zeitgeist this year. [read post]
8 Mar 2019, 5:26 am by Erik Slobe
However, the DOJ changed position after Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross spoke with Attorney General Jeff Sessions. [read post]
6 Mar 2019, 4:03 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Trump and his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, have been clear about their opposition to some of the division’s work, including investigations of police departments and the enforcement of disabled people’s rights, two areas where the division’s work has slowed to a near standstill. [read post]
6 Mar 2019, 12:30 pm
Bizarrely, Nielsen continued to insist at the hearing that “there is no policy of family separation,” contradicting her department’s own documents, former DHS Secretary and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Trump, and plain reality. [read post]