Hundreds of Victims of Trump's Child Separation Policy Still Haven't Been Reunited with their Parents
The government deported the parents without making any provision for reuniting them with their children.
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Trump Humiliates Jeff Sessions One Last Time
Plus: White House drops student deportation plans, Breonna Taylor protesters arrested, Josh Hawley's fake rescue mission, and more...
Criminal Immigrant Prosecutions Declined Sharply After Jeff Sessions Left Office
Plus: navel-gazing student protesters, the new emblem of the culture war, and more...
The Daily Northwestern Apologizes to Students for Reporting News That Triggered Them
A newspaper staffed by the country's most famous journalism school says it shouldn't have covered a Jeff Sessions event.
Reminder: Jeff Sessions Is a Drug War Dinosaur and Should Be Nowhere Near Government Power
Sessions has spent his career fighting to maintain draconian drug sentences.
Federal Court Demands Answers From DEA on Stonewalled Research Cannabis Applications
After nearly three years of ghosting research cannabis applicants, the DEA has 30 days to explain its inaction.
Jeff Sessions Deals One More Blow to Criminal Justice Reform on His Way Out the Door
The former Attorney General has made it much for difficult for the DOJ to crack down on police departments accused of civil rights violations.
John Kelly Blames Jeff Sessions for Family Separations That Kelly Touted As a Deterrent to Illegal Immigration
Kelly was talking about seizing children as a way of discouraging unauthorized border crossing a year before Sessions announced "zero tolerance."
Hello, FIRST STEP Act! Goodbye, Jeff Sessions! The Year in Criminal Justice Reform
2018 was a mixed bag, but that means there was still a lot of good news.
If Chris Christie Becomes Attorney General, Pot Advocacy Could be Set Ablaze
Chris Christie is a notorious pot prohibitionist.
As His Final Move in Office, Jeff Sessions Limits Use of Court Settlements to Reform Rotten Police Departments
Sessions was a staunch critic of consent decrees that forced police departments to reform unconstitutional practices.
Jeff Sessions Is Out, 2020 Speculation Is In: Reason Roundup
For Democrats-and bookmakers-the 2020 election is already underway.
Remember When Lindsey Graham Warned, 'If Jeff Sessions Is Fired, There Will Be Holy Hell to Pay'?
In the space of a year, Graham went from Trump critic, warning about impeachment, to Trump backer, taking the president's side on Jeff Sessions.
Jeff Sessions Was a Terrible Attorney General. His Successor Will Do More of the Same.
Maybe Trump should nominate Kim Kardashian West.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Steps Down at Trump's Request
He'll be replaced, at least for the time being, by his chief of staff.
Trump Is Angry at Jeff Sessions for the Wrong Reasons
"I don't have an attorney general," Trump says.
The House Judiciary Committee Just Told Jeff Sessions to Stop Obstructing Cannabis Research
Will the Medical Cannabis Research Act make it to the House floor?
Jeff Sessions Tells Immigration Judges: Don't Let 'Sympathy' Stop You From Kicking People Out of the Country
"Your job is to apply the law-even in tough cases," the attorney general said.
Republican Members of Congress Just Sent Jeff Sessions Yet Another Letter Asking Him To Stop Holding Up Marijuana Research
Two years after the DEA announced it would approve new manufacturers of research cannabis, Sessions refuses to explain why he's sitting on the applications.
Regulators Want to Know: Are Social Media Companies 'Intentionally Stifling' Conservatives?
The Department of Justice plans to look into whether social media platforms are "hurting competition and intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas."
Trump Claims He's 'Never' Called Anyone 'Mentally Retarded.' Wrong.
You know, it's not hard to check the record.
Maybe Social Media 'Outrage' Is Just a Lazy Partisan Ritual: Podcast
Before demanding censure or intervention, take a step back from the Twitter machine and ask yourself whether anyone really cares about this stuff.
Jeff Sessions Backs Asian Americans' Discrimination Lawsuit Against Harvard
"Evidence indicates that a driving factor in Harvard's admissions process... may be infected with racial bias against Asian Americans."
The Funeral Etiquette of Empire: Podcast
What the reaction to John McCain's death tells us about the values of Washington's political class
Trump Says Pain Pills Are 'So Highly Addictive.' He's Wrong.
The president wants to sue pharmaceutical companies for telling the truth about the addictive potential of their products.
Another Court Rules Against Trump's Threat to Cut Off Funding for Sanctuary Cities
The 9th Circuit says pressuring cities to help the feds enforce immigration law is unconstitutional.
A Supreme Court Decision About Sports Betting May Help Protect Sanctuary Cities from the Feds
A rule covering immigration communications between state and federal officials may be unconstitutional.
Jeff Sessions, Head Federal Prosecutor, Remembers That Due Process Exists
Nice to see that the nation's top law enforcement officer is aware of "innocent until proven guilty."
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Rails Against Campus Bias Response Teams
"Donald Trump doesn't believe anyone can tell him how to speak," said Sessions.
Sessions' Escalating Drug War Causing Cold Feet Over Safe Injection Centers
San Francisco was supposed to have sites up and running this month. It does not.
Defying Congress, Jeff Sessions Keeps Blocking Medical Marijuana Research
Two years after accepting applications, the DEA has yet to grant licenses to growers.
Feds Show Up at ICE Whistleblower's CBS Interview
Former spokesperson James Schwab received a unexpected house call from federal agents after saying ICE forced him to lie about immigration raids in Oakland.
Congress Wants To Give Jeff Sessions Unprecedented New Drug War Powers
The SITSA Act would turn the attorney general into the chief arbiter of what substances Americans can buy, sell, and put in their bodies.
Maybe Snatching Toddlers From Their Asylum-Seeking Parents Is Who We Are: Podcast
Reason editors discuss what anti-immigration fantasy looks like when translated into policy, and how education diversity goals lead to discrimination.
Trump Should Hurt Sessions by Helping Drug Offenders
Commutations for people serving absurdly long sentences would be a great new way to torture the attorney general.
Jeff Sessions' Ruling Denying Asylum to Victims of Domestic Violence Highlights Arbitrary Cruelty of Our Immigration Policy - a Problem that Goes Well Beyond the Current Administration
The decision is legally dubious. But it also highlights the arbitrariness of rules that exclude victims of horrible injustices just as severe as those luck enough to qualify.
Department of Justice Backs Free Speech Lawsuit Against University of Michigan Bias Response Team
"The United States has a significant interest in the vigilant protection of constitutional freedoms in institutions of higher learning."
Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren Introduce Bill Largely Abolishing Federal Ban on Marijuana in States that have Legalized it Under their Own Laws
If it passes, this will be a major victory for both marijuana legalization and federalism.
Would AG Sessions Have Sent Ayaan Hirsi Ali Back to Somalia to be Killed?
He is questioning the legitimacy of private violence against women as valid grounds for asylum
Undocumented Immigrants Make America Safer
Don't believe the falsehoods peddled by Trump and Sessions.
The Lethal Success of Pain Pill Restrictions
A new study provides more evidence that the opioid crackdown is driving people toward deadlier drugs.
Marijuana Memo Makes a Mess
Trump 'absolutely' opposed the federal crackdown his attorney general seems to want.
Jeff Sessions' Latest Lame Excuse for Blocking Medical Marijuana Research
The attorney general claims that approving new producers of cannabis might violate anti-drug treaties.
Mitch McConnell Wants to Take Hemp Off the Controlled Substance List
"We all are so optimistic that industrial hemp can become sometime in the future what tobacco was in Kentucky's past."
Sessions Distorts the Law to Give Trump the Bump Stock Ban He Demanded
The attorney general pretends to discover that the controversial rifle accessories are already illegal.
Sessions 'Strongly Encourages' Federal Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Some Drug Dealers
The Trump administration starts negotiations on drug sentencing with a harsh opening bid.
Jeff Sessions' Immigration Lies
An ICE spokesman resigning because he "didn't feel like fabricating the truth" should be a wake-up call about the White House's factually untethered approach to immigration policy.
