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24 Feb 2011, 5:21 am
Attorney General Eric Holder has concluded that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act violates the Constitution. [read post]
24 Feb 2011, 5:20 am
Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking yesterday at Duquesne University, declined to address the Obama administration's decision to stop defending a federal law banning same-sex marriage. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 10:59 pm
The administration says it reviewed DOMA and believes it unconstitutionally discriminates against gays; Attorney General Eric Holder said that if Congress wishes to enforce the law, it may appoint its own lawyers to do so.Interestingly, a number of Republican lawmakers took time out of slashing the rest of the budget to complain that the government should continue to fund any challenges to the conservative law and some even threatened not to fund challenges to the health care law… [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 10:00 pm
The Second Circuit, however, has no binding precedent on the level of review that should be applied in sexual orientation cases, so the Justice Department for the first time was faced with the necessity of taking an affirmative position on whether heightened scrutiny should apply.In his lengthy letter to Congress, Attorney General Eric Holder wrote in part:The Supreme Court has yet to rule on the appropriate level of scrutiny for classifications based on sexual orientation. … [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 5:32 pm
By Ricardo Carvajal – In a letter directed to Attorney General Eric Holder, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) asked the U.S. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 3:04 pm
Attorney General Eric Holder informed House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday that the president has directed the Justice Department not to defend the constitutionality of a law that prevents the federal government from recognizing gay marriage. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 11:22 am
Attorney General Eric Holder’s letter explaining the decision to Speaker of the House John Boehner appears here.In other marriage-equality-related news, the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) — the organization represented by Ted Olson and Davis Boies inthe Prop 8 litigation — has filed a motion in the Ninth Circuit, asking that court to lift its stay on same-sex marriage in California.Read more at the links below.BREAKING: DOJ Will No Longer Defend… [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 11:20 am
In a letter to Congress, AG Eric Holder elaborates on why the administration believes DOMA Section 3 is unconstitutional. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 11:19 am
Attorney General Eric Holder has said that the Administration no longer intends to defend challenges by legally married same-sex couples against the Defense of Marriage Act, which interprets "marriage" for purposes of federal law as being between one man and one woman. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 11:17 am
Attorney General Eric Holder said President Barack Obama has concluded that the administration cannot defend the federal law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 11:08 am
Politico reports: “After careful consideration, including a review of my recommendation, the president has concluded that given a number of factors, including a documented history of discrimination, classifications based on sexual orientation should be subject to a more heightened standard of scrutiny,” [Attorney General Eric] Holder said in a statement. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 10:52 am
Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States, informed Congress today that "After careful consideration, including review of a recommendation from me, the President of the United States has made the determination that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage... [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 10:41 am
In his statement, Attorney General Eric Holder said: After careful consideration, including a review of my recommendation, the President has concluded that given a number of factors, including a documented history of discrimination, classifications based on sexual orientation should be subject to a more heightened standard of scrutiny. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 10:39 am
President Obama vowed not to abuse the exemption, however, and Attorney General Eric Holder issued new rules ordering agency heads to invoke it only when “genuine and significant harm to national defense or foreign relations is at stake. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 10:10 am
Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] acknowledged that the announcement marks a change in policy for the DOJ and the Obama administration, but... [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 9:46 am
Attorney General Eric H. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 1:59 am
"Two years ago, I wrote to the Department urging a full criminal investigation into this matter," wrote Leahy in his letter to Attorney General Eric Holder. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 6:30 pm
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has written to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to file criminal charges, if appropriate, against Peanut Corporation of America and its president, Stewart Parnell. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 6:30 pm
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has written to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to file criminal charges, if appropriate, against Peanut Corporation of America and its president, Stewart Parnell. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 4:28 pm
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced today that Attorney General Eric Holder has appointed Michael J. [read post]
