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8 Dec 2020, 1:21 pm by Daniel Mach
Under Barr’s leadership, and his predecessor, Jeff Sessions, the Justice Department also has repeatedly taken positions in court cases that undermine the separation of church and state. [read post]
25 May 2018, 4:00 am by Ali Cooper-Ponte
As Jennifer Daskal and Peter Swire described earlier this week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions met with senior European law-enforcement officials on May 22 to discuss a path forward. [read post]
22 Jun 2018, 3:00 am by Christopher Tyner
The practice of separating children from their parents at the southern border of the United States as part of a “zero tolerance immigration prosecution” effort directed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions drew bipartisan condemnation this week that caused President Donald Trump to issue an executive order that possibly will end the practice temporarily. [read post]
15 Nov 2017, 5:59 am by Joy Waltemath
The Texas Attorney General then wrote Attorney General Jeff Sessions, demanding the 2012 DACA Memo be rescinded and Sessions suggested as much to Acting DHS Secretary Elaine Duke. [read post]
27 Jan 2018, 6:43 am by William Ford
United States or permitted by its ruling in Munaf v. [read post]
30 Jun 2017, 8:37 am by Staff Writer
  So who is the new face of crime through the eyes of Attorney General Sessions? [read post]
26 Feb 2020, 8:59 pm by Ilya Somin
In 2017, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions sought to cut Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funds to state and local governments that fail to meet three conditions: 1. [read post]
22 Jul 2019, 10:26 am by Hadley Baker, Mikhaila Fogel
He told advisors that it was the end of his presidency, sought to have Attorney General Jefferson (Jeff) Sessions unrecuse from the Russia investigation and to have the Special Counsel removed, and engaged in efforts to curtail the Special Counsel's investigation and prevent the disclosure of evidence to it, including through public and private contacts with potential witnesses. [read post]
13 Mar 2022, 9:41 am by Dave Maass
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock combine forces to collect horror stories about Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state-level public records requests from journalists and transparency advocates across the United States and beyond. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 9:30 pm by Justin Daniel
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-9 along party lines to confirm Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as Attorney General—a vote that came two days after President Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, and which followed two days of confirmation hearings in which Senator Sessions was questioned on his civil rights record, among other topics. [read post]
22 Dec 2016, 8:00 am by Adam Klein
Another aspect of the encryption challenge are the 15,000 state and local law enforcement agencies in the United States. [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 8:56 am by WIMS
EPA Clean Water Rule: WOTUS Field Hearing #2: Impacts of the Proposed Waters of the United States Rule on State and Local Governments and Stakeholders Field Hearing #1: Impacts of the Proposed Waters of the United States Rule on State and Local Governments and Stakeholders <> Nation's first federal combined solar power purchase … [read post]
20 Jan 2022, 5:01 am by Peter Margulies
According to Roberts, Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke’s account of reasons for rescinding DACA had been cursory, relying on a largely unexplained conclusion by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions that DACA was unlawful. [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 12:04 pm by admin
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, shut down the National Commission on Forensic Science in 2017, effectively also shutting down the idea for a national independent oversight committee. [read post]
14 Jun 2017, 9:06 pm by kate
About a week later, Attorney General Jeff Sessions explained that his department was “stepping up its efforts” “on all leaks” with the goal being to “put some people in jail. [read post]
26 Jun 2017, 1:35 pm by Alex Potcovaru
The diplomat has been closely linked to the investigation into Trump associates’ ties with Russia — he had conversations with former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, which contributed to Flynn’s termination, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, which led to Sessions’ recusal from the Russia investigation. [read post]
19 Dec 2016, 6:16 pm by Kate Tummarello
Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Republican Alabama Sen. [read post]