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6 Jan 2015, 9:11 am by Sean Gallagher
Attkisson and her family have named outgoing US Attorney General Eric Holder, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, and “unknown named agents” of the Department of Justice and US Postal Service as defendants in the suit, seeking damages that could total approximately $35 million. [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 11:25 am by David Kravets
In response, the two lawmakers wrote Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson, maintaining they were "concerned about whether the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have adequately considered the privacy interests" of Americans. [read post]
2 Jan 2015, 3:28 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
EPIC: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have asked Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson several questions about the government’s use of cell site simulators or “Stingray” devices to track cell phones. [read post]
30 Dec 2014, 9:30 pm by Bill Otis
But the problem with the post-Ferguson/Garner critique that was relentlessly plugged by racial inciters, the liberal media and prominent political leaders such as Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder is that it cherry picked two extraordinary and very different incidents and wove it seamlessly into a highly misleading narrative about racism that might have been applicable in Selma, Alabama in 1965 but doesn't reflect the reality of America in 2014. [read post]
The ACLU and Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent a letter today to the Justice Department, calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to conduct an independent and comprehensive investigation into the program, including the role played by senior Bush administration officials who sought to provide the program and its perpetrators with legal cover. [read post]
22 Dec 2014, 8:56 am
  In this post, I want to focus on Attorney General Eric Holder — asking not the abstract philosophical question of what responsibility he might theoretically share, but rather the concrete practical question of what he can do to help prevent such tragedies in the future. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 12:04 pm by Adam M. Hamel
Attorney General Eric Holder issued a memo setting out the Obama Administration’s position that Title VII specifically prohibits discrimination based on transgender status or gender identity per se. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 7:34 am by Joy Waltemath
The Department of Justice will officially take the position in litigation that Title VII protections extend to claims of discrimination based on an individual’s gender identity, including transgender status, according to a memorandum issued by Attorney General Eric Holder. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman Attorney General Eric Holder has issued a memorandum directing the Department of Justice to consider claims of gender identity discrimination, including bias claims based on an individual's transgender status, cognizable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. [read post]
18 Dec 2014, 5:16 pm by Tom Smith
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department is now interpreting federal law to explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination against transgender people, according to a memo released Thursday by Attorney General Eric Holder. [read post]
18 Dec 2014, 11:55 am by Joe Consumer
Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement that the tank conditions at Freedom Industries "were not only grievously unacceptable, but unlawful. [read post]
18 Dec 2014, 8:32 am
" "These employees knew they were producing their medication in an unsafe manner and in insanitary conditions, and authorized it to be shipped out anyway -- with fatal results," Attorney General Eric Holder said. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 7:33 am by Walter James
John Cruden has finally been confirmed as the new Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 11:52 am by Cody Poplin
According to Reuters, US Attorney General Eric Holder will not force New York Times reporter James Risen to identify his source for a story detailing a failed CIA effort to subvert Iran’s nuclear weapons program. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 10:53 am by Cyrus Farivar
In a letter sent Tuesday to Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, 10 Democratic senators and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) posed some of the most direct questions about the digital surveillance devices. [read post]
9 Dec 2014, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Attorney General Eric Holder announced the issuance of new guidelines on profiling by federal law enforcement officials (and local officials participating in federal task forces). [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 2:06 pm by CJLF Staff
  Attorney General Eric Holder has the final say in the death penalty decision. [read post]