Critics say the new directive from Jeff Sessions is the latest in a series of moves designed to limit judicial independece and integrity.

Professor John Fea: “I mean, this is the same argument that Southern slaveholders and the advocates of a Southern way of life made.”

Jeff Sessions issues directive to end asylum grants for victims of domestic violence and gang persecution, a decision expected to affect tens of thousands.
 

Attorney General Jeff Sessions just bared judges from pausing low-priority cases while immigrants await visa applications and criminal conviction appeals.

Erin Shields of Center for Media Justice and Lucia Martinez of Free Press break down what they call the Trump administration’s “war on the poor.”

Racial justice groups pan attorney general as “racist” and frame his comments within the historical context of law enforcement in Black communities.

Municipalities that agreed to help the federal government detain immigrants received special consideration for funding.

From revoking transgender protection to seeking mandatory minimums, the attorney general has been busy this year.

National Center for Transgender Equality: “We’ll see him in court.”

“It speaks volumes that Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department is prioritizing attacking affirmative action at a time when White nationalists are marching openly in the streets.”

Sessions called DACA an “unconstitutional exercise of authority by the executive branch.”

From murder charges to resignations, here’s the latest.

Representative Maxine Waters: “Freddie Gray’s family probably wants to know if officers will protect Trump’s head when he is thrown into the back of a paddy wagon.”

No, really. Vice President Mike Pence, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sean Spicer just might be full of…information.

But the Trump Administration may find other ways to attack sanctuary cities—and the proposed 2018 fiscal year budget might be one of them.

“It is unacceptable to continue ignoring these scandals.”

Activists and advocacy groups say the attorney general’s latest sentencing order fuels the War on Drugs at the expense of communities of color.

The United States attorney general wrote an op-ed for USA Today that lays out his plan for making neighborhoods “safe and peaceful.”

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: “It is not the responsibility of the federal government to manage non-federal law enforcement agencies.”

The attorney general says his agency will withhold funding from cities that don’t cooperate with federal immigration agents.