A lawsuit in the 1990s had Alabama poised to fund poor black school districts as fairly as wealthy white schools. As state attorney general, Sessions fought the effort passionately. – By Ryan Gabrielson – ProPublica – In the early 1990s, children across Alabama’s large rural stretches still attended faltering public schools, some with exposed wiring…
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Senate Democrats Delay Jeff Sessions’ Confirmation as Trump’s Attorney General
UPDATE: After this story was published, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Tuesday to confirm Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general of the United States, sending President Donald Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer to the full Senate for a final vote. By Lauren McCauley – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats…
Charges Dropped Against Protesters Opposed to Jeff Sessions Appointment as Trump’s Attorney General
VIDEO – Leaders of the state and national NAACP and other groups protest and get arrested again – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — After hearing the news in municipal court Monday morning that the city was not going to press charges against NAACP protesters for staging a sit-in January 3 at Republican Senator…
Why Jeff Sessions Would Be Unjust at the Justice Department
President-Elect Donald Trump Ends ‘Thank You’ Tour in Mobile
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — Television celebrity president-elect Donald J. Trump ended his “victory tour” or “thank you tour” where his campaign took off 16 months ago, before an adoring crowd of average, working class “conservative” Republicans at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in the home town of Senator Jeff Sessions. When Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home…
Senator Jeff Sessions Risks Party’s Future in Supreme Court Hearings
Republican Jeff Sessions of Alabama, little known to the country, will lead the charge against Obama’s Hispanic nominee, Sonia Sotomayor of New York Editor’s Note: I would like to thank the Huffington Post investigative fund for partial funding for this story. by Glynn Wilson When the Senate Judiciary Committee convenes Monday, July 13 to begin…