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    You are at:Home»Faculty»Memo to Jeff Sessions: If You Care about Rule of Law, Don’t Resign

    Memo to Jeff Sessions: If You Care about Rule of Law, Don’t Resign

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    By Newsroom on July 25, 2017 Faculty, In the News, Transition to Trump

    Bruce Green was quoted in Reuters about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ ability to work as the nation’s top prosecutor independent of the Trump administration.

    That’s what prosecutors are supposed to do, said Fordham law professor Bruce Green, another expert in prosecutorial ethics. “The whole point of being an independent prosecutor is withstanding pressure. The president’s tweets are a form of pressure,” Green said. “Sessions wouldn’t deserve to be the attorney general if he wasn’t capable of acting independently.”

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