Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding a letter issued by the Obama administration that deals with how local courts penalize defendants.
From Conservative Post:
Arguing it was an act of federal overreach, the White House’s top prosecutor is repealing an Obama-era Justice Department letter that called on chief judges and court administrators in every state to refrain from giving poor defendants expensive fees and fines, according to The Washington Post.
Sessions, in a prepared statement, explained he was doing away with “the long-standing abuse of issuing rules by simply publishing a letter or posting a web page.”
Western Journalism reported that Sessions repealed an Obama-era Justice Department letter that called on chief judges and court administrators in every state to refrain from giving poor defendants expensive fees and fines. In doing so, Sessions argued that the letter was an act of federal overreach.
Sessions explained he was doing away with “the long-standing abuse of issuing rules by simply publishing a letter or posting a web page.”
“Congress has provided for a regulatory process in statute, and we are going to follow it,” Sessions stated. “This is good government and prevents confusing the public with improper and wrong advice.”
Sent in March of last year, the Obama administration’s letter was meant to curb law enforcement from issuing fines to citizens as a means of generating revenue. The letter, which was sent to court administrators and chief judges in every state, noted that illegal collection of fees and fines had been receiving a lot of attention, and that the Justice Department had a “strong interest” in ensuring citizens’ rights were protected.
This could be major news, and a massive blow to Obama, who has continued to stick his nose into public policy, even since leaving the White House a year ago. It’s time that he pays for 8 years of misery that we all had to suffer through. Sessions is on the same page, and it looks like there could finally be some justice.
