Author: Sydney Robinson

Months after the oil began flowing through the Dakota Access Pipeline, a federal judge has at long last sided with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and called for the Trump Administration to conduct additional environmental reviews.  In a lengthy opinion issued this week, a federal judge said that the Trump Administration had failed to adequately study the impact the pipeline could and would have on the surrounding area. Washington, DC District Court Judge James Boasberg sided with the tribes when he argued that the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers did not properly take into account several factors that would...

On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions got to sit in the hot seat and face a bit of what those dragged into the criminal justice system face on a frequent basis. It was a valuable lesson for the Attorney General who is even now seeking special Congressional permission to pursue criminal charges against medical marijuana dispensaries located in legalized states. According to a letter composed in May and made public on Monday, Sessions has implored Congress to allow him special permission in order to undo protections that currently exist for states that have legalized medical marijuana. Sessions is requesting...