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3 Feb 2017, 12:02 pm by Andrew Kent
Bray notes that liberal attorneys general and other plaintiffs tended to challenge Bush administration policies in the more liberal federal courts of California, while conservative litigants often chose to challenge Obama policies before the more conservative district and circuit judges of Texas. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 9:30 pm by Justin Daniel
Sally Yates, who was serving as acting Attorney General at the time, directed the U.S. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 9:53 am by Kevin LaCroix
  Before ascending to the federal bench, Judge Gorsuch worked for a year as the Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General of the Department of Justice in the administration of George W. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 9:53 am by Kevin LaCroix
  Before ascending to the federal bench, Judge Gorsuch worked for a year as the Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General of the Department of Justice in the administration of George W. [read post]
1 Feb 2017, 9:00 pm by Dean Falvy
The second step is a trial on those charges, conducted not by a court, but by the Senate (albeit with the Chief Justice of the United States presiding). [read post]
1 Feb 2017, 5:43 am by Mark Walsh
Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the nominee for attorney general whose committee vote was delayed today by Democrats, does not appear to be here. [read post]
1 Feb 2017, 5:03 am by Heather Douglas
Below is the full text of the White House statement The acting Attorney General, Sally Yates, has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 6:15 pm by Amy Howe
Pryor reportedly had the support of Senator Jeff Sessions, Trump’s nominee to serve as the U.S. attorney general, but a possible Pryor nomination could have drawn the ire of both the left and the right: Although Pryor has referred to the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 1:03 pm by Bill Otis
I was never Deputy Attorney General or Acting Attorney General or anything close. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 10:54 am by Jordan Brunner
Quinta flagged former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates’ letter announcing that the Justice Department would not be enforcing Trump’s refugee ban. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 10:50 am by CJLF Staff
  Edward DeMarche of Fox News reports that shortly after acting Attorney General Sally Yates was fired, Dane Boente, U.S. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 10:31 am by Kent Scheidegger
On Monday evening, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates announced that under her leadership, the Justice Department would not defend President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration. [read post]
Yates, but as the top Senate-confirmed official at the Justice Department, she is the only one authorized to sign foreign surveillance warrants, an essential function at the department. [read post]
30 Jan 2017, 7:27 pm by Michael Froomkin
Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates this evening–as the President has the right to do–and issued a statement: The acting Attorney General, Sally Yates, has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States. [read post]
30 Jan 2017, 4:18 pm by Quinta Jurecic
Acting Attorney General Sally Yates has announced in a letter to Department of Justice staff that the Department will not be enforcing President Trump's executive order excluding immigrants and refugees from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from the United States. [read post]
30 Jan 2017, 10:08 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
Circuit by the Democratic Attorneys General of 16 states and the District of Columbia. [read post]