4/5/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/MINORITIES/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday [4-5-18], asking a federal court to overturn his December decision to revoke legal guidance designed to protect minorities, the indigent and disabled. City Attorney Dennis Herrera said in a statement that his lawsuit focuses on six of the 25 different legal memos that Sessions rescinded, and accused the Trump administration of ‘trying to gut protections for the poor, people of color and people with disabilities under the guise of regulatory reform.’ A spokesman for Sessions did not have any immediate comment on the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. In December 2017, Sessions announced he was doing away with legal guidance that he deemed to be ‘unnecessary, inconsistent with existing law, or otherwise improper.'”

Sarah N. Lynch, “San Francisco sues U.S. attorney general over repealed civil rights memos,” Reuters, April 5, 2018 10:44 am