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11 May 2011, 9:46 am by Mike Scarcella
Three legal groups are urging Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. to recruit from a national candidate pool in the department's search for a new director for the federal Bureau of Prisons. [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 5:52 am by Howard Friedman
This week, 90 religious, educational, civil rights, labor, LGBT, women’s, and health groups signed a joint letter (full text) to Attorney General Eric Holder asking that the Office of Legal Counsel withdraw the Bush Administration's June 29,  2007 memo allowing faith-based organization that receive federal grant funds to give a preference to co-religionists in hiring. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 5:13 pm
Today, in a significant turnabout, Attorney General Eric Holder signed a final rule extending the compliance deadline on ADA pool lift for 60 days until May 15, 2012. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 3:00 am
Subscription required for online access: More Briefs Missing From Holder Questionnaire "Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. did not list at least six U.S. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 12:44 pm by Jeffrey May
by Jeffrey May While Attorney General Eric Holder spent much of his time at today’s Senate Judiciary Committee Department of Justice Oversight hearing responding to question’s about the “Fast and Furious” law enforcement operation, he also was asked to provide his thoughts on some recent developments at the Antitrust Division. [read post]
24 May 2017, 10:00 am
As attorney general, he has rescinded Eric Holder’s directive to federal prosecutors to reserve the harshest criminal charges for the worst offenders. [read post]
26 Mar 2014, 6:00 am by Whittel & Melton, LLC
We’ve been keeping tabs on the DOJ’s evolving policy on charging federal drug offenses (see past posts, here and here), and it appears that Attorney General Eric Holder is indeed keeping his promise of instituting charging policies that focus on high-level criminals as well as rehabilitation. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 11:45 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
Today's Washington Post tells us that advisors to President Obama are telling him to reverse Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to send the 9/11 defendants to federal criminal court, and send them back to the military commissions system. [read post]
23 Aug 2013, 5:00 am by Steven Eversole
Attorney General Eric Holder has made headlines – and perhaps history – with his recent announcement that federal prosecutors must initiate a different approach to pursuing low-level, non-violent drug offenders. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 11:09 am by Mike Scarcella
Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said this afternoon that a special prosecutor is conducting a criminal investigation of the death of two detainees in United States custody as part of an examination of CIA interrogation abuses. [read post]
12 Dec 2008, 12:31 am
I think a join a good number of people in arguing that Eric Holder, President-elect Obama's choice to be the next Attorney General, is just the sort of competent and experienced legal mind needed to restore the Justice Department to its Clintonian roots as a civil rights watchdog. [read post]
17 Feb 2014, 1:40 pm
Friday, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey had an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal responding to Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent criticism of felon disenfranchisement law. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 5:58 pm by Bill Otis
As I noted this morning, Attorney General Holder completely reversed field and declared that 9-11 mastermind KSM would be tried before a military commission at Gitmo after all. [read post]
20 May 2014, 1:30 pm by CJLF Staff
New York Experiencing Surge in Heroin Sales: At a time when Attorney General Eric Holder is pushing for shorter sentencing for convicted drug dealers, New York City is experiencing what law enforcement officers say is the highest level of heroin trafficking in more than 20 years. [read post]
As Attorney General Eric Holder put it, “We must use every tool at our disposal to tear down the unnecessary barriers to economic opportunities and independence so that formerly incarcerated individuals can serve as productive members of their communities. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 9:53 am
Bush's final Attorney General, Michael Mukasey and the current AG, Eric Holder. [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 8:19 am
On March 19, 2009, United States Attorney General Eric Holder issued memorandum directing an application of a presumption of openness when responding to Freedom of Information Act requests. [read post]