When President-elect Donald Trump nominated Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to be the next attorney general, the institutional outcry came nearly immediately. The New York Times editorial board called the pick “an insult to justice.” The NAACP declared him unfit to be the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. And it wasn’t just civil rights leaders—civil libertarians expressed a few fears of their own.

There were immediate fears also raised by those who advocate for cannabis legalization, and those who count themselves among the 122,814 Americans who work in the legal cannabis industry. The Obama administration allowed the adult-use laws in Colorado and Washington state to proceed, based on the 2013 Cole memo. But that memo was just a memo. It interpreted the law and established policy. It did not establish federal legality.

Jeff Sessions is no friend of cannabis, legal or otherwise. He famously declared, during a Senate hearing in April 2016, that “good people don’t smoke marijuana.” He added: “We need grownups in Washington to say marijuana is not the kind of thing that ought to be legalized, it ought not to be minimized, that it is in fact a very real danger.”

Supporting Sessions is, of course, President-elect Trump, along with nearly all of his Republican colleagues. A large number of law enforcement organizations have also endorsed Sessions. That, according to Politico, makes him a lock for confirmation. And unless some bombshell evidence emerges over the next two days of Senate confirmation hearings, Sessions is, indeed, very likely to be confirmed.

If you’re reading Leafly, you’re probably interested in the Sessions hearings for their cannabis-related content. But you can’t sit through two days of testimony to get it. Allow us to be your eyes and ears. Deputy Editor Bruce Barcott and Associate Editor Ben Adlin will be monitoring the hearings, posting regular updates, and highlighting whatever cannabis content may emerge.

Honestly, we’re not expecting much. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s ranking member, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), has a strong track record of supporting reasonable cannabis legal reform. But Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has long opposed what he sees as all this nonsense about marijuana. For years, Grassley has blocked any move to reform banking laws that keep the legal cannabis industry largely a cash-only business. And Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the committee’s high-ranking California Democrat, has for years opposed the will of her state’s citizens and stood against both medical and adult-use legalization.

Check back with us over the coming two days. We’ll keep rolling updates, newest first.

10:27 — Another gallery shouter. Another pause and sip. Could be a lot of hydration going on this morning.

10:26 — Sessions is interrupted by a gallery shouter. “No Trump, no KKK!” Security takes care of it. Sessions calmly pauses, takes a sip of water.

10:21 — Sessions begins by introducing his family. His microphone is not working. A senate staff audio-visual technician is about to get fired.

10:20 — Jeff Sessions arrives for his opening statement. You’ve seen him. The man looks like a delightful elvin grandfather. He’s rocking a beautiful gray suit, a red tie, and snowy white hair.

10:15 — Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) takes the baton from Shelby. She likes Sessions “as a trusted collegue, and personally as a good friend.” Vouches for him as “a person of integrity, a principled leader, and a dedicated public servant.”

10:01 — Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby formally introduces Sessions. Tells his hometown story. It’s heartwarming.

9:55 — Feinstein makes first mention of the Marion Three case. Much more of that to come later in the day. Good backgrounder on the case in The Nation.

9:50 — Sen. Dianne Feinstein expresses many reservations. “The attorney general must put aside loyalty to the President;. He must assure that the law and the Constitution comes first and foremost, period.”

9:31am EST — Sen. Chuck Grassley, rocking his inimitable 1920s parson style, gets the party started. The committee chairman assures everyone that there is no set closing time.“I’m prepared to stay here as long as members have questions they’d like to ask,” he says. Not sure if this is reassuring or ominous.

Grassley makes it clear that he’s a friend of Jeff Sessions, and intends to move him through the confirmation hearing quickly and cleanly. “We’re here today to review the character and the qualifications of a colleague who has served alongside us in the Senate for twenty years. We know him well.” Sessions, says Grassley, “is wonderful to work with. We know him to be a man of his word.”

Grassley makes a point of mentioning Sessions’ role in prosecuting a KKK member for murder. The Atlantic has a good backgrounder on that here.