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9 Feb 2014, 5:49 am by Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-Law
United States Attorney General Eric Holder has announced policy changes in the wake of the landmark Supreme Court case of U.S. v. [read post]
9 Feb 2014, 5:49 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Attorney General Eric Holder, the country's top law enforcement official, said that "[too] many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason." [read post]
9 Feb 2014, 5:32 am by Howard Friedman
Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department will issue a new policy memorandum on Monday to formally instruct all Justice Department employees to give lawful same-sex marriages full and equal recognition in carrying out Justice Department activities in all states.This means that same-sex spouses will be able to refuse to testify against their spouses in federal court proceedings, even in states that do not recognize same-sex marriages. [read post]
8 Feb 2014, 6:37 pm by Lyle Denniston
Using government powers already available, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. [read post]
8 Feb 2014, 5:58 pm by Thomas McAvity
Attorney General, Eric Holder, has just announced that the U.S. government will now recognize same-sex marriages as equal to traditional marriages in all federal legal matters. [read post]
7 Feb 2014, 5:52 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
  Every day, we’re working hard to strengthen partnerships with tribal leaders and confront shared challenges – particularly when it comes to protecting Indian women and girls from the shocking and unacceptably high rates of violence they too often face,” said Attorney General Eric Holder. [read post]
6 Feb 2014, 7:30 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
Here is the abstract: This brief essay comments on Attorney General Eric Holder's much-publicized... [read post]
We cannot overlook the fact that more than 60 percent of federal district court judges agree that existing mandatory minimums for all offenses are too high, and Attorney General Eric Holder has called our current state of widespread incarceration "both ineffective and unsustainable." [read post]
1 Feb 2014, 6:55 am by Yishai Schwartz
Wells linked to the intelligence directors’ rare public testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and noted Attorney General Eric Holder’s testimony at an oversight hearing of the Judiciary Committee. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 7:20 am by Jeff Welty
United States Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the government would seek the death penalty against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, stating that “[t]he nature of the conduct at issue and the resultant harm compel this decision. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 4:15 am by Benjamin Wittes
But there is a senior level official who has played virtually no role in the public defense of activity that deeply implicates the integrity of his department: Attorney General Eric Holder. [read post]
30 Jan 2014, 2:04 pm by Joe Patrice
[New York Times] * As we discussed this morning, Eric Holder had to make a decision on whether or not to pursue the death penalty in the Boston Bomber case. [read post]
30 Jan 2014, 12:04 pm by Jane Chong
Ortiz has also issued a statement regarding Attorney General Eric Holder’s authorization of the death penalty. [read post]
30 Jan 2014, 6:12 am by Staci Zaretsky
* Attorney General Eric Holder has until tomorrow to decide whether the government will seek the death penalty in the case against Dzhokhar Tsaernaev. [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 2:58 pm by Joe Patrice
[Patently-O] * And while it didn’t make the address itself, Attorney General Eric Holder is signaling a new administrative interest in reforming the out of whack sentencing laws. [read post]
27 Jan 2014, 12:14 pm by Page Pate
The initiative began in May 2009 when Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that they would form the joint effort to bolster cooperation targeting fraud and abuse of federal health care programs, especially Medicare and Medicaid. [read post]
24 Jan 2014, 9:50 am by Cyrus Farivar
The White House In a new interview with MSNBC, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that he had not read the new surveillance report from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)—but nonetheless disagreed with its findings. [read post]