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11 Sep 2017, 2:40 pm
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats sent a letter to the congressional leadership on Monday calling for a reauthorization of FISA Title VII, including Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act. [read post]
28 Apr 2016, 7:35 pm
21 Jan 2020, 10:28 am
25 Jan 2018, 9:20 am
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has strong feelings about the cannabis industry. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 5:36 am
Here’s a WSJ report, which notes that the prosecution wrapped up its case by playing an audio tape of Jeffs’s sexual encounter with a 12-year-old girl; he is heard on tape calling it a “heavenly session. [read post]
12 May 2017, 8:52 am
Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Elijah Cummings and Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee John Conyers have sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein requesting a report on the role of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' role in the firing of former FBI Director James Comey, citing Sessions' commitment to recuse himself from investigations into "any existing or future investigations of any matters… [read post]
20 Nov 2016, 7:34 pm
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]
12 May 2018, 2:00 pm
“Jeff Sessions Is Waging A Hypocritical War On Federal Judges; The attorney general, like his predecessors, is coming to learn how annoying broad injunctions are; But he’s using them to vilify the judiciary”: Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News has this report. [read post]
30 Jul 2017, 7:50 am
"Jeff Sessions: This Time, It's Personal; Trump's willful misunderstanding of the obligations of an Attorney General reflects a larger flaw in his Presidency and in his character. [read post]
8 Jan 2018, 9:04 am
Perhaps motivated by California’s legalization of recreational marijuana, which just became effective at the beginning of the year, Attorney General and longtime cannabis opponent Jeff Sessions recently issued a brief statement changing the Department of Justice’s approach to marijuana, even as support for marijuana legalization is hitting all-time highs. [read post]
25 Aug 2017, 7:59 am
As noted in this prior post, last month US Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent letters to the leaders of states with recreational marijuana laws detailing troublesome data that, in the words of these letters, raised "serious questions about the efficacy of marijuana 'regulatory structures'. [read post]
20 Jun 2018, 7:08 am
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]
4 Jan 2018, 9:48 am
This new Politico article has a link to this new one-page memo from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to all US Attorneys on the topic of "Marijuana Enforcement. [read post]
2 Mar 2017, 12:20 pm
As reported in this Politico article, a "group of senators is pushing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to uphold the Obama-era policy of allowing states to implement their recreational marijuana laws, after the Trump administration has indicated it could crack down on marijuana. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 1:06 pm
As noted in this prior post, a few weeks ago US Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent letters to the leaders of states with recreational marijuana laws detailing troublesome data that, in the words of these letters, raised "serious questions about the efficacy of marijuana 'regulatory structures'. [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 8:09 pm
The article is headlined "Legal-Weed States Tell Jeff Sessions Their Programs Are Working. [read post]
More notable comments about marijuana and federal enforcement from AG Sessions in new speech and Q&A
15 Mar 2017, 9:29 am
Over at my Sentencing Law & Policy blog, I have this new post highlights various aspects of this extended speech delivered by Attorney General Jeff Sessions today in Richmond, Virginia. [read post]
3 Apr 2017, 7:02 pm
As reported in this Huffington Post piece, "Governors from four states where recreational marijuana is legal for adult use sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday urging them to respect state cannabis laws. [read post]
22 Jul 2017, 5:30 pm
According to the Washington Post: Russia’s ambassador to Washington told his superiors in Moscow that he discussed campaign-related matters, including policy issues important to Moscow, with Jeff Sessions during the 2016 presidential race,... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
4 May 2009, 8:45 pm
Jeff Sessions ranking Republican on Senate Judiciary Committee. [read post]
