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19 Aug 2015, 1:29 pm by Tom Smith
Trump’s fans—not all, but enough—aren’t turned on by softcore white papers authored by Jeff Sessions, they want the hard stuff (and not only should you trouble believing he Trump has any intention of implementing his white paper, you should have trouble believing he has ever read the thing,). [read post]
4 Feb 2019, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
My piece of two weeks ago for National Review about consent decrees, police, and the Jeff Sessions memo (briefly summarized here) drew a detailed response from Radley Balko in the Washington Post, whose writings on police misconduct I often link here. [read post]
7 Mar 2008, 5:33 am
Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has placed a 'hold' on it, precluding any agreement by unanimous consent as many Senate bills are passed. [read post]
9 Aug 2017, 12:39 pm by Benjamin Wittes, Susan Hennessey
On our new Foreign Policy feed, we puzzled through what to think about Attorney General Jeff Sessions' press conference last week announcing a new Department of Justice effort against leaking. [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 2:59 pm by Elie Mystal
DID AN IMMIGRANT BITE JEFF SESSIONS WHEN HE WAS YOUNG? [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]
14 Nov 2017, 6:33 am
Trump’s statement on Nov. 3, when he said he was disappointed with his beleaguered attorney general, Jeff Sessions, and that longstanding unproven allegations about the Clintons and the Obama administration should be investigated.Any such investigation would raise questions about the independence of federal investigations under Mr. [read post]
25 Jul 2017, 3:17 pm by Robert Chesney, Steve Vladeck
Meanwhile, speculation is mounting that President Trump is eager for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign and that Sessions might be fired if he won’t go of his own accord. [read post]
17 Nov 2018, 12:15 pm by Howard Wasserman
Steve writes at SCOTUSBlog about a motion in a pending cert case asking the Court to decide on the validity of Matthew Whitaker's appointment as AG, in order to figure out who should be substituted (for Jeff Sessions) as respondent in the petition. [read post]
10 Feb 2019, 7:59 am by Matthew Kahn
After the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee assured that he would be allowed to appear voluntarily, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker gave testimony on Friday before the panel on oversight of the department he has led since Jeff Sessions left office in November 2018. [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]
7 Jun 2018, 2:16 pm by Erin McCarthy Holliday
In a judgment [text, pdf] Wednesday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California [official website], Judge Dana Sabraw said that Attorney General Jeff Sessions' "zero tolerance" immigration policy in which the government has been separating minor children from their parents may violate due process. [read post]
23 Mar 2017, 7:58 am by Jonathan Niznansky
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions [official profile]commented [text] on the proceedings earlier this month, saying "[t]his executive order provides a needed pause, so we can carefully review how we scrutinize people coming here from these countries of concern" and further stating, "[t]his Department of Justice will... [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 6:15 am
The June 7 letter, addressed to Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) [official websites], was authored by Stanford Law School [academic website] Dean Larry Kramer [professional profile] and represented the... [read post]