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4 Mar 2017, 8:59 am by Tom Smith
Amid Thursday’s over-hyped brouhaha about Jeff Sessions meeting with the Russian ambassador, a curious detail emerged. [read post]
9 Jan 2019, 2:31 pm by Jeff Leach
In addition, Jeff practices at the law firm of Gray Reed & McGraw in Dallas where he serves as outside general counsel for general contractors and various other construction clients, handling everything from litigation and transactions to employment issues, regulatory compliance and taxation. [read post]
17 Nov 2018, 7:28 am by Steve Vladeck
Since the moment President Donald Trump appointed Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General on Wednesday, November 7, the move has been met with significant political and legal criticism, with numerous lawyers and commentators arguing that the president lacked both statutory and constitutional authority to name Whitaker—previously chief of staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions—as Sessions’ interim successor. [read post]
8 Feb 2017, 3:26 am by SHG
The junior senator from Massachusetts sought to read a 30-year-old letter from Coretta Scott King, dating to Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions’ failed effort to be confirmed as an Article III judge. [read post]
7 Oct 2020, 2:47 am by Immigration Prof
It seems fair to say that one of the Trump's most criticized immigration policies was the family separation policy. [read post]
3 May 2018, 8:35 am by Matthew Kolken
“The American people made very clear their desire to secure our borders and prioritize the public safety and national security of our homeland,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 5:15 am by Jordan Rothman
[Politico] * Sources say former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will announce today that he is running for his old Senate seat. [read post]
8 Mar 2018, 6:45 am by Richard
[Photo from wikipedia]Many questions remain concerning the alleged abuses of the FISA court process by top DOJ lawyers and FBI agents during the 2016 presidential campaign and thereafter.For example, will Attorney General Jeff Sessions appoint a special prosecutor to investigate this abuse of power? [read post]
7 Jan 2018, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an earlier Justice Department memo which had prescribed a hands-off approach to enforcing some aspects of the federal ban on marijuana in states that have legalized the drug for medical or recreational use. [read post]
10 Aug 2018, 12:25 pm by Raven Moore
Earlier this week, the American Civil Liberties Union filed [JURIST report] a lawsuit against US Attorney General Jeff Sessions [official website] on behalf of the mother and daughter and other women and children who were denied asylum because of tighter restrictions on asylum eligibility imposed by the attorney general. [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 7:48 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Artist Everest Pipkin created the bot, @Abolish_ICE_Now, on Friday, about two months after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the “zero tolerance” policy that has resulted in U.S. [read post]
4 Jul 2018, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
The investigative piece explores how an ICE raid at an Iowa concrete plant has generated different responses locally from members of different Christian denominations:President Trump’s immigration crackdown has been promoted with biblical righteousness by senior members of his administration, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions. [read post]
28 Jan 2015, 12:55 pm by Bill Otis
My friend Paul Mirengoff at Powerline is live-blogging the confirmation hearing for Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 3:34 pm by Elie Mystal
JEFF SESSIONS OUT: I don't really care what it means for the Mueller investigation. [read post]
8 Nov 2018, 10:27 am by Mikhaila Fogel, Anushka Limaye
Jeff Sessions resigned as attorney general on Wednesday at President Trump’s request, reports the New York Times. [read post]
23 May 2017, 8:46 am by Scott Bomboy
The Justice Department wants a federal judge to drop or amend an injunction against President Trump’s sanctuary city executive order, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made a key change to lessen the policy’s potential impact on states, counties and cities. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 8:56 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
Earlier this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum in which he prohibited DOJ attorneys from entering into settlement agreements on behalf of the United States that require a payment or loan to any non-governmental person or entity that is not a party to the dispute. [read post]