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19 Nov 2008, 12:44 am
On June 13, 1997, at age 46, Eric Holder was confirmed by the Senate as Deputy Attorney General under Janet Reno. [read post]
8 Feb 2009, 3:03 pm
AILA has recently published incoming Attorney General Eric Holder’s responses to a number of  written questions from Senator Orrin Hatch submitted in advance of his confirmation last week. [read post]
11 Jul 2010, 8:27 am by Jeralyn
Attorney General Eric Holder was at the Aspen Ideas Festival this week, where he was interviewed by CBS's Bob Schieffer for a segment of CBS Face the Nation that aired today. [read post]
23 Mar 2014, 6:49 am
Both Nixon Administration Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Clinton Administration Attorney General Janet Reno appointed special prosecutors whose integrity was beyond reproach; Eric Holder should do likewise. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm by Maxwell Blum
 Although research has not shown conclusively that such a strategy will in fact lower recidivism rates, Attorney General Eric Holder stated that he will be consulting with State Attorneys General on reforming relevant statutes and that the federal government will be conducting its own review through a Federal Interagency Reentry Council.In conjunction with Holder’s conference speech, the DOJ also launched a “What Works… [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 7:29 am by Glenn Reynolds
“Some Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee were taken aback Wednesday by Attorney General Eric Holder’s refusal to reveal conflicts of interest involving Justice Department lawyers who, before joining the Obama administration, worked on behalf of Guatanamo detainees. [read post]
28 Jun 2012, 2:42 pm by Todd Ruger
The House of Representatives voted to find Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress this afternoon, a controversial and historic move that almost certainly sets up a battle in federal courts between Congressional Republicans and the White House. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 12:37 am
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Delta Sigma Thetas Social Action luncheon in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2013. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 8:52 am
"I seem to have embarked on a spontaneous, disorganized effort to get the new Attorney General, Eric Holder, to review all of the pending federal death penalty cases," he said. [read post]
29 Apr 2009, 11:04 am
Attorney General Eric Holder is in Germany today, where he’s slated to give a speech later asking for help from U.S. allies in closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. [read post]
24 Jun 2009, 3:59 pm
"   Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the event, and  his speech can now be accessed at this link. [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 6:39 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] said Friday that Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] will likely be tried in the US military commission [JURIST news archive] system. [read post]
19 Mar 2009, 5:52 am
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] told reporters Wednesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] will consider accepting in the US the 17 Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees [JURIST news archive] who have been cleared for release. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 6:11 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] plans to expand its Civil Rights Division [official website] and more actively enforce anti-discrimination laws, Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] told the New York Times [media website] in an interview [NYT report] published Monday. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 1:23 pm by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
Today, the ACLU, Human Rights Watch and the Juvenile Law Center sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates calling on them to drop the military commissions case against Omar Khadr and either send him home to Canada, or send his case to U.S. federal criminal court. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 2:14 pm by Nathan Koppel
There’s a renewed urgency to the issue, following Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement today that he has ordered a full criminal investigation into the deaths of two prisoners who were interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency in the years following the 9/11 attacks, WSJ reports. [read post]