LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson examines Obama’s legacy, the Jeff Sessions confirmation hearings, and more on Brian Lehrer’s POTUS 2017.
AMY GOODMAN: Kyle Barry, you’re policy counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. You authored the report on Jeff Sessions. Why did you find it necessary to write a report on this nomination in particular? ...
LDF President and Director Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill speaks with ABC News’ Arlette Saenz during the first day of confirmation hearings for Senator Jeff Sessions
Sessions Nomination Faces Resistance Joy Reid and her guests detail why many groups are organizing to oppose the confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general of the United States, citing his past litigation related ...
Jeff Sessions is applying to be the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. The People’s Lawyer. If he could not even fill out the government job application for the post he seeks accurately and truthfully, how ...
Md. Must Do Better to Keep Troubled Kids In Class The Sun investigation “Girls receive stiffer punishment” (Dec. 18) details the inequitable treatment that African-American girls face at the hands of Maryland’s juvenile justice system. ...
Congressional Resistance to Trump Begins Now The Judiciary Committee’s ranking Democrat, Senator Dianne Feinstein, has already asked committee chair Senator Chuck Grassley to postpone the Sessions hearing, which is set for January 10. Grassley said ...
