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Jeff Sessions

Leaked Memo Reveals Trump Administration's "Immoral" Plan to "Traumatize" Migrant Children

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D.-Ore.)

Judge Strikes Down Trump DOJ's "Attempt to Obliterate Asylum Protections" for Victims of Domestic and Gang Violence

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

migrant mom and child

"The court saw these policies for what they are: illegal, and incompatible with our values."

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Trump Nominates William Barr, a 'Fanatic Who Believes in Dictatorship of Executive Power,' for Attorney General

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"William Barr has attacked the Mueller investigation and supported...

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Absent Senate's Consent, Maryland Argues Trump Appointment of Acting AG Matthew Whitaker Unlawful

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker

The significant authority of attorney general "calls for the highest levels of...

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Displaying 'Resiliency of Democracy,' Hundreds of Protests in US Cities Small, Medium, and Large Rebuke Trump

Pence, Trump, Sessions

With Final 'Evil' Act, Sessions 'Reminds Everyone Yet Again Why He's Been Worst Attorney General in Modern History'

'This Is Not a Drill': Demonstrations in Over 1,000 US Cities Against Trump's Assault on Democracy, Rule of Law

'Constitutionally Perilous Moment': Nadler Warns Trump White House to Preserve All Documents Related to Sessions' Ouster

'Constitutional Crisis Already Here': With Mueller at Risk and Free Press Attacked, Warnings Trump Era 'Entering Dangerous New Phase'

"Trump just put someone who has openly trashed Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation in charge of it," Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, one of the advocacy groups behind the rapid-response demonstrations, explained in an emergency email Wednesday evening. Protests are planned for 5 PM on Thursday in cities nationwide.

'Red Line Crossed': Protests Declared for Thursday at 5PM After Sessions Fired

Sanders Warns Trump Any Move to Interfere With Mueller Probe Would Be Considered "Impeachable Offense"

'Trump Is Not Above the Law': 400,000+ People Await Word of Rapid-Response Protests as Sessions Firing Sparks Fear Rosenstein, Mueller Next

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Pointing to Past Criticism of Mueller Probe, Schumer Demands New Acting Attorney General Recuse Himself

Sessions Fired Hours After Midterm Elections, With Trump Naming Mueller Investigation Skeptic As Interim Successor

'Instilling Fear in 11th Hour': Experts Warn Trump DOJ Poll Monitors Being Sent to Intimidate, Not Protect Voters

'Despicable': Trump DOJ Argues to Supreme Court It's Not Discrimination to Fire Transgender People Just for Being Transgender

Newswire

Drug Policy Alliance

President Trump to Nominate William Barr as Attorney General

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

National Civil Rights Group Condemns Former AG Jeff Sessions's Memo Restricting Use of Consent Decrees...

Public Citizen

Protest Thursday at the White House Over Trump’s Assault on Mueller Investigation

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Sessions Firing Shows Trump Demands Loyalty, Not Independence, from Attorney General

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

National Civil Rights Group Responds to Resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Credo Action

CREDO released the statement below in response to Donald Trump's firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions...

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Christopher Brauchli

The Empathetic Trump

Tim Lau

William Barr Is Out of Step on Criminal Justice Reform

Ryan Cooper

When Obstruction of Justice Is Glaringly Obvious

Sonali Kolhatkar

Have Democrats Forgotten About This Summer's Immigration Debacle?

Robert Weissman

'Tough on Crime' Jeff Sessions Touts Plummeting Corporate Crime Enforcement Like It's an Achievement

Gus Bova

The Trump Administration's Own Numbers Show "Zero Tolerance" Didn't Work

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg

Trump’s Racism Coils Around Black Children, South American Immigrants

Laura Flanders

Jeff Sessions Sets Back the Clock

Karen Greenberg

A Children’s Gitmo on the Border: Heartless America’s Latest Nightmare

Josh Bell

How the Justice Department's Seizure of a Reporter's Email Records Subverts the Free Press

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