How Jeff Sessions is Quietly Transforming Immigration Law to Promote His Anti-Immigrant Agenda

by MJR&L on November 6, 2018April 21, 2019

By Samantha Kulhanek Associate Editor, Vol. 24 The Attorney General’s authority to refer Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decisions to himself for review was established via regulation in 1940,[1] and yet this power appears to be receiving more attention today than it ever has.[2] The appointment of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General prompted a string […]

Without My Consent: The Eradication of Protective Consent Decrees

by MJR&L on February 12, 2018April 30, 2018

By Rasheed Stewart Associate Editor, Volume 23 The 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, passed following the publicly videotaped 1991 beating of African American motorist Rodney King by four LAPD officers and the catastrophic Los Angeles Riots a year later, gave the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice an extraordinary […]

Can They Do That? (Part 2): End Sanctuary Cities

by MJR&L on February 4, 2018April 30, 2018

By John Spangler Associate Editor, Volume 23 It is not just the long election cycle that is a defining feature of Michigan politics today, but also the impact of term limits on who seeks what office. The current incumbent is forced out by that constitutional measure, and the candidate to replace him is himself subject […]

Can They Do That? (Part 1): Shut Down Line 5

by MJR&L on November 12, 2017February 22, 2018

By John Spangler Associate Editor, Volume 23 In the era of the perpetual election cycle, it is no surprise that candidates are already declaring for 2018 races in Michigan. Michigan’s 4-year, off-presidential elections include the state senate, the governor, and the focus of this series, the attorney general. Thus begins our feature, “Can They Do […]

Loretta Lynch vote: Democrat says race and gender ‘a factor’ in Senate delay

by MJR&L on March 21, 2015March 21, 2015

By Luis E. Gomez Associate Editor Vol. 20; Contributing Editor Vol. 21 Democrats have questioned the Republican party’s motives for dragging out unnecessarily the confirmation of Loretta Lynch as attorney general. Some Democrats attribute the delay to race and gender. Lynch was selected by President Obama four months ago to replace sitting attorney general Eric […]

Obama picks NYC prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be next US Attorney General

by MJR&L on November 13, 2014November 13, 2014

By Luis E. Gomez, Associate Editor Vol. 20 President Barack Obama named federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch as his pick to be the next attorney general. The 55-year-old Lynch would be the first African-American woman to serve in the post. She is currently the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, New York. Much has been made of […]