Just Say No to Jeff Sessions
by Ron Paul Attorney General Jeff Sessions kicked off the New Year by reversing the Obama-era guidance for federal prosecutors to limit their enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. In what is...
Jeff Sessions Endorses Theft
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently ordered the Justice Department to increase the use of civil asset forfeiture, thus once again endorsing an unconstitutional, authoritarian, and increasingly unpopular policy. Civil asset forfeiture, which should be called civil...
States Can Thwart New DOJ Asset Forfeiture Policy
Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to ramp up federal asset forfeiture. State action – – or more accurately inaction – – can stop him. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a policy directive on federal asset forfeiture...