News in Brief Jeff Sessions Announces Compliance Certification Requirement for DOJ Grants In a move that’s sure to put sanctuary cities on notice, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Monday… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Attorney General Jeff Sessions Recuses Himself From Russia Investigations But many prominent Democrats argue that’s not enough. By Kate Wheeling Jeff Sessions at his confirmation hearing on… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Jeff Sessions Wants to Scale Back on Civil Rights Lawsuits Attorney General Jeff Sessions plans to have the Department of Justice scale back on lawsuits against police departments… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Jeff Sessions Pledges to Crack Down on ‘Trend’ of Increasing Violent Crime In his first major speech as head of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Jeff Sessions cautioned the National… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Private Prisons Are Back in Business A memo from Attorney General Jeff Sessions alludes to a potential federal prison population boom. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief How Jeff Sessions Will Transform the Department of Justice The new attorney general will have a tremendous amount of power in judging how civil rights laws are interpreted and enforced—a fact that could wipe out the progress made under the Obama administration. Jared Keller
News in Brief How the NAACP Hopes to Take Jeff Sessions to Task Over His Alleged History of Racism Protestors staged a sit-in this week at the senator’s office in Alabama. By Brandon Tensley (Photo: Cornell William… Pacific Standard Staff