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24 Feb 2017, 4:00 am by Immigration Prof
The Huffington Post reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions yesterday withdrew an Obama-era Justice Department memo aimed at reducing and ultimately ending the Justice Department’s use of private prisons. [read post]
8 May 2018, 7:31 am by Douglas A. Berman
Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, has this notable recent commentary in USA Today under the headline "How anti-marijuana Jeff Sessions became the best thing to happen to pot legalization. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 1:00 pm by Bloomberg
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he has no intention of quitting, despite President Donald Trump excoriating him over his decision to recuse himself from the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. [read post]
5 Jan 2018, 11:45 am
Attorney General Sessions ignores evidence and the will of the American people in targeting marijuana users. [read post]
7 Jan 2017, 6:22 am by Kent Scheidegger
Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. [read post]
7 Jun 2018, 12:50 pm by Commentary:
I fear the relationship between President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is at a breaking point. [read post]
12 Apr 2018, 12:43 pm by Douglas A. Berman
As reported in this new press release, "US Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Kamala Harris (D-CA), both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter today to US Attorney General Jeff Sessions urging the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to cease efforts to slow medical marijuana research, following reports that... [read post]
7 Jan 2017, 2:19 pm by Steve Bainbridge
Michael Krauss: On Jan. 10, Senator Jeff Sessions is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to present his qualifications to replace Loretta Lynch as Attorney-General of the United... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
12 Dec 2017, 4:53 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
From Newsweek, via the NACDL news scan: The legislation that prevents Attorney General Jeff Sessions from using federal law enforcement against medical marijuana in states where it's legal remains up in the air until December 22, the deadline for Congress... [read post]
12 Jan 2018, 3:25 pm by Sam Cole
On January 4th, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded Obama-era policy instructing federal prosecutors not to prioritize prosecutions against violators of federal drug laws in states that had decriminalized marijuana at the state level. [read post]
7 Jun 2018, 12:00 pm
In an interview on Tuesday morning with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Attorney General Jeff Sessions doubled down on his defense of the Trump administration’s practice of tearing apart families seeking refuge in the United States, including those seeking asylum. [read post]
11 Apr 2017, 6:00 am by SHG
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that he was ending the Forensic Science Commission. [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 6:12 am by Steven Wildberger
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday held the second day of confirmation hearing for Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions [official websites], President-elect Donald Trump's proposed attorney general. [read post]
16 Aug 2018, 2:05 pm by Associated Press
President Donald Trump is asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions to file a federal lawsuit against certain companies that supply and manufacture opioids. [read post]