Tag: US Department of Justice
Jeff Sessions addresses group representing baker who refused to serve gay...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday delivered a speech to the religious freedom group that is representing a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding...
Jeff Sessions, in his own words, on controversial topics
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. Attorney General is by far the most controversial of his cabinet nominees as he previously failed to pass...
Faith leaders to Senate: Jeff Sessions’ confirmation would be “a mockery”...
Ahead of Tuesday and Wednesday's confirmation hearings for Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, faith-based groups on Monday reasserted their criticisms of the attorney general nominee citing...
Donald Trump’s pick for Justice Dept could influence immigration
As a senator, Jeff Sessions became Congress' leading advocate not only for a cracking down on illegal immigration, but also for slowing all immigration,...
Donald Trump could reshape Justice Department’s civil rights focus
A Donald Trump administration could radically reshape the Justice Department, particularly civil rights efforts that became one of its most pressing and high-profile priorities...
Dept. of Justice opens investigation into conditions of Alabama’s male prisons
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday it has opened a statewide investigation into violence, rape, overcrowding, among other problems and conditions in Alabama’s prisons for men.
Specifically, the investigation...