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3 Nov 2014, 12:17 pm by David Markus
But even during the second Obama administration, the very modest steps taken by Attorney General Eric Holder to moderate sentences have been met by stiff opposition, some from within his own department. [read post]
31 Oct 2014, 8:16 am
" Today at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a blog post that begins, "While Attorney General Eric Holder is calling for the Senate and the Obama Administration to lay bare the alleged abuse of detainees in Central Intelligence Agency custody, his Justice Department is going to unusual lengths to impose a complete black-out on details about the investigations he supervised into those same incidents. [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 6:05 am by Staci Zaretsky
* Will we have a nominee for Attorney General Eric Holder’s position “shortly after the election”? [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 11:00 pm by Thomas Valenti
Attorney General Eric Holder and Journalists – NYTimes.com – Mozilla Firefox http://ow.ly/Dyc72Filed under: Conflict [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 9:31 am by Lorene Park
Note that marijuana is still a controlled substance under federal law but that Attorney General Eric Holder announced guidelines for prosecutors in states with medical marijuana laws, making it clear that the focus of federal resources is not on individuals whose actions comply with state marijuana laws. [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 7:19 am by J. Bradley Smith, Esq.
Federal laws—still applicable in both states—still criminalized the sale, possession and use of marijuana, but Attorney General Eric Holder announced in 2013 that as long as drug sales did not interfere with federal anti-trafficking priorities, recreational and medicinal pot users and purveyors in the states would not be prosecuted. [read post]
26 Oct 2014, 12:36 pm by William Helbling
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] on Saturday announced [press release] that the federal government will recognize same sex marriage in six additional states. [read post]
26 Oct 2014, 9:03 am by Lyle Denniston
Keeping up with the expanding list of states where same-sex marriages are now being performed, Attorney General Eric Holder nnounced on Saturday that the federal government now officially recognizes such unions in thirty-two states, plus Washington, D.C. [read post]
25 Oct 2014, 12:32 pm
              General Electric Credit Union CEO Richard D. [read post]
25 Oct 2014, 7:12 am
              General Electric Credit Union CEO Richard D. [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 1:45 pm by Kent Scheidegger
Ruemmler to consider succeeding Eric Holder, who announced last month he would step down as attorney general when a replacement is confirmed. [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 9:32 am
"Attorney General Eric Holder is reportedly not pleased about the recent leaks involving the grand jury testimony of Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 7:25 am by Lisa Milam-Perez
For example, when New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced last week that he’d filed a $2 million lawsuit against a Papa John’s franchise for underpaying delivery drivers, Fast Food Forward, an “alt-labor” group behind much of the fast-food dust-up, was offered prime real estate in the attorney general’s official press release, with a quote from the group’s organizing director calling the lawsuit “the… [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 12:00 am
I'm not a fan of the Justice Department, so I ought to be rooting for Kurt Siuzdak, a 17-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who has filed suit against Attorney General Eric Holder. [read post]
And why in one of his last public acts before announcing his resignation, Attorney General Eric Holder submitted a statement of interest supporting the Hurrell-Harring lawsuit, the first ever U.S. [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 12:57 pm by Bill Otis
Attorney General Holder was asked in a CNN interview what his biggest regret was looking back at his tenure in office. [read post]
20 Oct 2014, 7:18 am
"The Left Looks For Another Eric Holder; Progressives, for the most part invigorated by the work of the attorney general, look for a steady hand to take the reins at the Justice Department": Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed has this report. [read post]
18 Oct 2014, 4:02 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
Bill Otis has this post at Crime & Consequences: The Attorney General has directed that appeal waivers in plea agreements should no longer require that defendants waive the right to raise ineffective assistance of counsel claims. [read post]
17 Oct 2014, 8:21 pm by Bill Otis
 The story is covered here on SL&P, and the Deputy Attorney General's memo is here. [read post]