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18 Mar 2011, 5:25 am
On March 15, 2011, US Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius and Inspector General Daniel Levinson visited Detroit to participate in the fifth regional health care fraud prevention summit. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 10:47 am by Jaclyn Belczyk
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] pledged Tuesday to enforce civil rights [speech] during next year's elections. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 11:15 am by Glenn Reynolds
ERIC HOLDER: Pay No Attention To My Boss; He Doesn’t Know Anything About This Stuff. “Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged Wednesday that the ‘courts have final say,’ and said his department would respond formally to an appeals court order to explain whether the Obama administration believes judges in fact have the power to overturn federal laws.” Now, what about those impeachment threats? [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 8:26 am by Wells Bennett
 It begins: Eric Holder Jr., the nation’s first black U.S. attorney general, is preparing to announce his resignation Thursday after a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, reforms to the criminal justice system and 5 1/2 years of fights with Republicans in Congress. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 5:23 am
Holder moves to reduce sentencing disparities between crack, cocaine offenders - The Denver PostWASHINGTON — Thousands of federal prisoners could be released beginning later this year to correct wide disparities in sentences between crack and cocaine offenders under a proposal that won the key support of Attorney General Eric Holder. [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 9:01 am by Carrie Schimizzi
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] said in an interview [NYT report] with the New York Times Sunday that he hopes to hold a civilian trial for accused 9/11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], but that a military tribunal must be considered in the wake of mounting public and political pressure. [read post]
19 Apr 2021, 3:07 pm by Steve Lash
Attorney General Eric Holder bills out at nearly $2,300 per hour. [read post]
24 Jun 2022, 3:32 am by jonathanturley
Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) cited former Attorney General Eric Holder as an example of the ideal of an apolitical and independent Attorney General. [read post]
6 Feb 2011, 7:34 pm by Mike
Will Attorney General Eric Holder order a Hate Crime Task Force to investigate? [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 9:40 am
Attorney General Eric Holder has extended the deadline for States to comply with the Adam Walsh Act to July 2010. [read post]
15 Oct 2010, 5:46 pm by Jeralyn
Attorney General Eric Holder announced today the Justice Department will continue to prosecute marijuana offenders in California, even if Proposition 19 passes. [read post]
20 Jun 2009, 4:34 am
day after the Supreme Court ruled defendants have no constitutional right to a review of DNA evidence in post-conviction proceedings, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. underscored the Justice Department position that seeks to expand access to DNA evidence in the courts.The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times : AG Holder: DNA Evidence Can Exonerate the Wrongfully Charged, June 19, 2009. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 8:55 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] on Monday ordered a review of all government claims invoking the state secrets privilege [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 5:13 am by Brian Jackson
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] on Tuesday defended his intention to try suspected terrorists, including accused 9/11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC Profile; JURIST news archive] in civilian criminal court. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 11:49 am by Zach Zagger
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] Wednesday testified [text, PDF] before the US Sentencing Commission (USSC) [official website] calling for the retroactive application of a new law bringing the sentences for crack cocaine more in line for those of powder cocaine. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 4:37 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website; JURIST news archive] visited the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] military prison on Monday as part of a Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] review of the suspended military commission system established to try the detainees. [read post]
11 Jul 2010, 11:59 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] said during an interview [transcript] Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation that no final decision has been reached as to whether accused 9/11 conspirators, such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], will be tried in civilian court or by military tribunal. [read post]
17 Jun 2009, 3:11 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] on Tuesday called for stricter federal hate crime laws [transcript], maintaining that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] is committed to working with Congress to pass such legislation. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 12:23 pm
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] announced Monday that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and four other co-conspirators will be tried before a military commission [statement] for their roles in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. [read post]