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13 Sep 2012, 6:00 am by Mike Scarcella
" Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. put Brown in charge of the DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility in 2009 following the collapse of the public corruption case against Ted Stevens, the late Republican Senator from Alaska. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 10:10 am by Todd Ruger
The House scheduled a vote Thursday on a bill that would reauthorize provisions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has identified as the DOJ's top legislative priority. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 12:27 pm by Gail Heriot and John Eastman
  Indeed, in a recent interview with Columbia University president Lee Bollinger (the named respondent in Grutter), Attorney General Eric Holder argued that affirmative action policies should be generally expanded:   “The question is not when does [affirmative action] end, but when does it begin … When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are entitled? [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 1:01 pm by Mike Scarcella
"Based on the fully developed factual record concerning the two deaths, the Department has declined prosecution because the admissible evidence would not be sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt," Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said in a statement issued this afternoon. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 12:55 pm by Andrew Ramonas
" Issa, an ardent critic of Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., took another jab at him, claiming that the Justice Department's top official is "finding ways not to have the voter rolls clean. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 10:01 am by Mike Scarcella
Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said in a statement this afternoon: “The court’s decision today and the decision earlier this week on the Texas redistricting plans not only reaffirm - but help protect - the vital role the Voting Rights Act plays in our society to ensure that every American has the right to vote and to have that vote counted. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 5:38 am by Todd Ruger
District Judge Amy Berman Jackson took the unusual step of asking Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. to come to her courtroom and explain why the Department of Justice is fighting to keep sealed records about a civil rights photographer from Memphis, The Commercial Appeal reported. [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 8:44 am by Zoe Tillman
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform filed a civil complaint today against Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., just over a month after the House of Representatives voted to find Holder in contempt of Congress for not turning over documents about the botched Operation Fast and Furious gun-smuggling sting operation. [read post]
20 Jul 2012, 5:22 am by Mike Scarcella
Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. recently likened the Texas voter ID law to "poll taxes," a comment that drew fire from conservatives. [read post]
13 Jul 2012, 5:07 am by Mike Scarcella
A dozen Democratic senators said in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. and to financial regulators that "banks and their employees found to have broken the law should face appropriate criminal prosecution and civil action. [read post]
10 Jul 2012, 11:38 am by Eva Arevuo
Just to recap, while the Justice Department defended the marriage law early in the Obama administration, Attorney General Eric Holder has now announced that the administration will continue to enforce the law but it will no  longer defend it in court. [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 1:59 pm by Mike Scarcella
“Agent Terry served his country honorably and made the ultimate sacrifice in trying to protect it from harm, and we will stop at nothing to bring those responsible for his murder to justice,” Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said in a statement. [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 9:39 am by Mike Scarcella
Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has made fighting voter discrimination a hallmark of the department's Civil Rights Division. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 10:59 am by Todd Ruger
Months before the Operation Fast and Furious gun smuggling operation erupted into a partisan scandal, before the House found Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for not producing documents, there was Jason Foster and his fondness for facts. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 10:02 am by Mike Scarcella
" Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., a former Covington partner, did not take part in the announcement today at Main Justice. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 10:02 am by Mike Scarcella
" Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., a former Covington partner, did not take part in the announcement today at Main Justice. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 10:02 am by Mike Scarcella
" Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., a former Covington partner, did not take part in the announcement today at Main Justice. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 1:17 pm by Mike Scarcella
Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. will not face a grand jury investigation into whether he should be charged with criminal contempt of Congress for his role in responding to a congressional subpoena, the Justice Department said in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner. [read post]