Sally Yates

Sally Yates

Sally Quillian Yates is an American lawyer. From 2010 to 2015, she was United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. In 2015, she was appointed United States Deputy Attorney General by President Barack Obama. Following the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the departure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch at noon on January 20, 2017, Yates served as acting United States Attorney General for 10 days. Trump dismissed Yates for insubordination on January 30, after she instructed the Justice Department not to make legal arguments defending Executive Order 13769, which temporarily banned the admission of refugees and barred travel from certain Muslim-majority countries on the grounds that terrorists were using the U.S. refugee resettlement program to enter the country. The ban was labeled as a "Muslim ban" by both Trump and his campaign's website. Rather than defend it, Yates stated the order was neither defensible in court nor consistent with the Constitution.

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• Entity:  Infobox

• Born:  Sally Caroline Quillian, August 20, 1960, Atlanta, Georgia, U.s.
• Age:  66 Years
• Political party:  Democratic
• Spouse(s):  Comer Yates
• Children:  2
• Education:  University Of Georgia (Ba, Jd)
• President:  Donald Trump
• Deputy:  Herself
• Preceded by:  Loretta Lynch
• Succeeded by:  Channing D. Phillips (Acting)
• Born:  20 August 1960
• Wikidata description:  American Lawyer, 36Th United States Deputy Attorney General
• Wikidata label:  Sally Yates
• Wikidata aliases:  Sally Yates, Sally Quillian Yates, Sally Caroline Quillian Yates, Sally Q. Yates, Sally Caroline Yates

• Related Topics:  University Of Georgia School Of Law Alumni, Georgia (U.s. State) Democrats