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12 Jan 2018, 6:43 am
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made it no secret that he does not approve of state cannabis legalization, and wants to uphold marijuana’s standing as a Schedule I narcotic on the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. [read post]
12 Jan 2018, 4:30 am
It didn't happen in 2017, but Jeff Sessions just announced his plans to start enforcing the law. [read post]
11 Jan 2018, 9:01 pm
Jeff Colyer was widely expected to succeed Brownback and kick off the 2018 legislative session. [read post]
11 Jan 2018, 9:48 am
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has established the “Hezbollah Financing and Narcoterrorism Team” focused on investigating those who provide material support to the Islamic group in Lebanon, Reuters reports. [read post]
11 Jan 2018, 9:35 am
Reuters is reporting today that the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) was caught off guard by Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement last week that the Justice Department was reversing its policy regarding enforcement of federal marijuana laws. [read post]
11 Jan 2018, 7:58 am
His syllogism appears to work like this: Attorney General Jeff Sessions recommended the decision to rescind DACA based on his legal conclusion that it was implemented “without proper statutory authority” and was “an unconstitutional exercise of authority by the Executive Branch”; Alsup determined that Sessions was wrong, and in fact, that DACA was “within the statutory and constitutional powers of the Executive Branch”; Therefore,… [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 9:00 pm
And did Jeff Sessions really try to find 'dirt' on James Comey? [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 6:57 pm
"U.S. to Seek Death Penalty More Often for Violent Crimes; Attorney General Jeff Sessions authorizes federal prosecutors to seek capital punishment in two murder cases and is said to be weighing it in others, including Manhattan terror attack": Nicole Hong and Aruna Viswanatha have this article in today's edition of The Wall Street Journal. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 4:17 pm
In a January 9, 2018 article (here, subscription required), Law 360 author Jeff Sistrunk identifies three of these cases to watch this year. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 3:06 pm
10 Jan 2018, 8:34 am
Robert Mikos (Vanderbilt) has this post on his website, citing to other posts and offering his own critique. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 7:40 am
According to Alsup, Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ conclusion that the program was illegal seemed founded in fallacy and The post Court Tosses Trump Decision and Gives Hope to Dreamers Across the Country appeared first on Legal Reader. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 7:13 am
The January 4 Sessions Action On January 4, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the rescission of the Cole Memoranda, a series of issuances from senior DOJ officials during the Obama era. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 6:05 am
Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicated he would place more discretion in the hands of individual federal prosecutors in enforcing the Controlled Substances Act. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 5:16 am
Kevin Cramer (R-ND) petitioned Jeff Sessions to help prosecute “to the fullest extent of the law any criminal who try to destroy energy infrastructure. [read post]
9 Jan 2018, 2:06 pm
Here is his post, verbatim:On Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that he was rescinding all of the Obama administration's enforcement guidance that had foresworn enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act against marijuana that was legal under state law.There has been plenty of criticism of Sessions's new position, including from my co-bloggers Ilya and Jonathan here. [read post]
9 Jan 2018, 1:46 pm
The answer came today from, among other outlets, the Wall Street Journal:"The Justice Department has agreed to seek the federal death penalty in at least two murder cases, in what officials say is the first sign of a heightened effort under Attorney General Jeff Sessions to use capital punishment to further crack down on violent crime. [read post]
9 Jan 2018, 12:44 pm
I need not remind you that Jeff Sessions heads the DOJ.This will seemingly affect mostly people who have been US citizens for decades, where there is an older, non-digital fingerprint record that may not have been checked - until now.Main takeaways from this story:Old issues can and will come back to haunt you. [read post]
9 Jan 2018, 12:15 pm
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to approve more death penalty cases under the Trump administration in what Sessions has described as a “value tool” in deterring and punishing “heinous crimes. [read post]
9 Jan 2018, 8:36 am
As we begin the second session of the 115th Congress, let’s take a moment to look back at the highs and lows from the first session. [read post]
