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20 Aug 2017, 12:23 pm by John Floyd
”   The Fourth Circuit’s Maclaren ruling is not only significant but timely given the current policies being pushed by current Attorney General Jeff Sessions that the rule of law takes a backseat to his department’s political agenda. [read post]
17 Aug 2017, 3:33 am by NCC Staff
Earlier this week, California filed its suit in federal court against Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department, making similar arguments found in the two other legal actions. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 1:08 pm by Rebecca Heller
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says that Saturday’s fatal car attack by a white supremacist in Charlottesville could be “a civil rights violation or a hate crime,” reports NBC News. [read post]
15 Aug 2017, 12:43 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has warned sanctuary cities that they must agree to grant federal law enforcement access to local jails and provide 48 hours’ notice before releasing immigrants of interest to federal authorities wanted for immigration violations. [read post]
15 Aug 2017, 9:30 am
But today, under the Trump administration and the guide of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, that freedom is threatened. [read post]
15 Aug 2017, 9:30 am
But today, under the Trump administration and the guide of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, that freedom is threatened. [read post]
15 Aug 2017, 8:15 am
In late June, 10 states — led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — wrote Attorney General Jeff Sessions a letter demanding that the Trump administration agree to end the program. [read post]
15 Aug 2017, 8:15 am
In late June, 10 states — led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — wrote Attorney General Jeff Sessions a letter demanding that the Trump administration agree to end the program. [read post]
14 Aug 2017, 11:41 am by Sam Williams
Among other things, these regulations state that the decision to terminate special counsel must come from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, since Attorney General Jeff Sessions has chosen to recuse himself from this case, and that the termination must be for cause.In response to the recent discussion of firing Robert Mueller as special counsel, the United States Senate has produced two proposed legislative… [read post]
10 Aug 2017, 7:58 am by Rachel Bercovitz
Ben and Susan Hennessey posted excerpts from their Foreign Policy piece weighing Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement that the Justice Department would scale up investigations into intelligence leaks. [read post]
10 Aug 2017, 7:17 am by Alyssa Peters
The original Times article created an uproar from many civil rights activists because it seemed to signal that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was implementing a plan to dial back civil rights protections. [read post]
10 Aug 2017, 4:00 am by Benjamin Wittes
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces a new crackdown on press leaks. [read post]
9 Aug 2017, 12:40 pm by Michael Lowe
Attorney General Announces New DOJ Task Force to Fight Doctors As a direct result of this Commission report, the top federal prosecutor, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, announced the creation of a new “Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit,” designed to fight “opioid health care fraud using data to identify and prosecute individuals that are contributing to this prescription opioid epidemic. [read post]
7 Aug 2017, 11:31 am by Scott Bomboy
Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois about new conditions placed on a Justice Department grant application for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant. [read post]
7 Aug 2017, 9:45 am
At the same time, other administration officials have long opposed DACA — including Attorney General Jeff Sessions. [read post]
7 Aug 2017, 3:33 am by Scott Bomboy
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced that the Justice Department is looking at an expanded policy to subpoena more news organizations who publish classified information. [read post]
4 Aug 2017, 12:56 pm by Alex Potcovaru
In a press conference this morning, Attorney General Jeff Sessions introduced a crackdown on leaks, stating that the Department of Justice is reviewing its policy on subpoenaing reporters regarding the disclosure of classified information, The New York Times reports. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
Rather, it is coming directly from the evangelical lobbyists and interest groups, likely through two members of his team: Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his personal lawyer Jay Sekulow.Sessions has long been antagonistic to LGBTQ, voting in favor of a constitutional amendment that would require marriage to be only between a man and a woman and against adding sexual orientation to the protected classes under the federal civil rights laws. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 10:23 am by Benjamin Wittes
Last week, Jack Goldsmith and I had an exchange over whether the proper response to the President Trump's abuse of law enforcement was for Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to resign in protest or merely to speak up and risk getting fired. [read post]
But below the radar, the Executive Branch is engaging in the same type of infighting—on issues that matter and have the potential to harm LGB people across the country.Attorney General Jeff Sessions filed an unsolicited brief in Zarda v. [read post]