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Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson gave one of his potential successors a stamp of approval on Wednesday, saying Rep. Michael McCaul is the strongest member of Congress when it comes to border security. Mr. Johnson and Mr. McCaul were responding to criticisms reported in The Washington Times from advocates for stricter enforcement of immigration laws who said they hoped President-elect Donald Trump picked someone else to be homeland security chief.
Donald Trump's nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., as attorney general could have dire consequences for Washington state's marijuana industry, for the wishes of the public, and for common sense when it comes to federal drug policy. While Trump said during the campaign that, "In terms of marijuana and legalization, I think that should be a state issue, state-by-state," Sessions is an old-school hard-liner when it comes to drug policy.
Weed is winning in the polls, with a solid majority of Americans saying marijuana should be legal. But does that mean the federal government will let dozens of state pot experiments play out? Not by a long shot.
Weed is winning in the polls, with a solid majority of Americans saying marijuana should be legal. But does that mean the federal government will let dozens of state pot experiments play out? Not by a long shot.
The quoted question in the title of this post comes from the headline of this AP article . Because there are a numberof strange and confusing elements to this AP piece, I am not sure it does even a reasonable job trying to answer the question it poses.
New Jersey lawmakers say they're concerned about what President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general could mean for marijuana legalization. But he recently invited Sessions, who opposes legalizing recreational marijuana, to lead the Justice Department.
Gov. Chris Christie said on a radio show this week that he's the only thing standing in the way of legalization of recreational marijuana in New Jersey. Well, maybe not.
In the wake of Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, the battle for the soul of America has begun. It is playing out in boardrooms high above New York City, in off-the-record conversations between the president-elect, news executives and prominent reporters and on-air personalities.
The population of American prisons is likely to rise for the first time in nearly a decade with President-elect Donald Trump's promise to detain and deport millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally and his selection of tough-on-crime Sen. Jeff Sessions to the nation's highest law enforcement post. If so, one of the prime beneficiaries would be the private companies that operate many of the nation's prisons.
Every November, the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies assembles at the Mayflower Hotel in downtown Washington. In even-numbered years, it has become tradition for leading conservative and libertarian lawyers to ponder how the recent election would affect the courts and the Constitution.
On the same day Donald Trump was elected president, four states legalized marijuana for recreational use, while four others legalized or expanded access to medical marijuana. As a result of those ballot initiatives, most states now recognize marijuana as a medicine, and one in five Americans lives in a state that has decided to tolerate cannabis consumption without a doctor's note.
If confirmed as U.S. attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions can make major changes to the nation's immigration system by boosting prosecutions of low-level violations, hiring tough immigration judges and cutting law enforcement funds to cities that don't cooperate. While the Department of Homeland Security vets visas and enforces immigration laws, a handful of obscure offices in the Department of Justice hold vast sway over how immigration cases are heard in court and how quickly migrants can be deported.
Donald Trump's selection of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., as his attorney general poses a threat to the booming marijuana industry. Sessions is a staunch opponent of marijuana, despite legalization of the drug for recreational use in seven states and legalization of the drug for medical use in 27 states.
Middle Eastern countries are intent on advancing their own perceived interests regardless of the possible impact of Trump's victory and appointments on the well-being of their brethren in America. Like Jewish-Americans, Arab-Americans are getting more and more concerned about the way the Trump administration is shaping up.
In a video statement, President-elect Donald Trump claimed that his presidential transition was going smoothly. The Trump transition team has been plagued by reports of internal disarray, and widely criticized for the appointment of Steve Bannon and Sen. Jeff Sessions.
Seven states passed ballot initiatives easing marijuana laws this year, four of them legalizing it for recreational use. But some in the nascent, if growing marijuana industry fear President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general will hinder progress toward legalization.
Law enforcement and protesters are in a new confrontation on the site of the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota. Law enforcement and protesters are in a new confrontation on the site of the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota.