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6 Apr 2009, 3:52 pm
" Attorney General Eric Holder followed up on March 19 with new FOIA guidelines directing all executive branch departments and agencies to apply a presumption of openness when administering FOIA. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 11:17 am by Kate Fort
In December, US attorney general Eric Holder announced a new initiative to “actively identify state-court cases where the US can file briefs opposing the unnecessary and illegal removal of Indian children from their families and their tribal communities. [read post]
27 Dec 2011, 6:50 am by Sam Skolnik
Furious With Holder: Operation Fast and Furious, the botched gun-trafficking probe, was the biggest flap Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. had to deal with in 2011, Mike Scarcella reports. [read post]
28 Jan 2010, 8:02 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
The dramatic turnabout came hours after Mayor Bloomberg said he would "prefer that they did it elsewhere" and then spoke to Attorney General Eric Holder. [read post]
22 Apr 2009, 11:35 am
Don Siegelman (pictured, left), convicted on corruption charges three years ago, 75 former attorneys general earlier this month penned a letter to AG Eric Holder, asking him to investigate the case. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 5:38 am by Jenna Greene
Holder: House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) threatened Tuesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress if the Justice Department did not provide certain documents in response to the committee’s subpoena, Politico reports. [read post]
16 May 2014, 9:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Perry sent this letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder restating his earlier declaration that Texas would not accede to new federal rules. [read post]
8 Nov 2016, 6:10 am by Jane Chong
Four years ago, then Attorney General Eric Holder came under fire for his part in a very different kind of classified-documents saga: Holder kept the FBI’s discovery of then CIA Director David Petraeus’s extramarital affair and improper communications with Paula Broadwell secret from Congress, the White House, and the Director of National Intelligence until the evening of and day after the 2012 presidential election. [read post]
26 Jul 2011, 11:30 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
On Feb. 1, 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis jointly announced the launch of the ACTeam Initiative and the competitive interagency selection process. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 2:59 am
"The workshops, which were first announced by Attorney General Eric Holder and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Aug. 5, 2009, are the first DOJ, USDA joint workshops ever to be held to discuss competition and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry.Attorney General Eric Holder, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Antitrust Division Christine… [read post]
5 Jan 2009, 11:37 am
I have accepted this nomination because it offers me the opportunity, working under the leadership of the President-elect and his nominee for Attorney General, Eric Holder, to help advance this nation's commitment to the rule of law at what I think is a critical time in our history. [read post]
3 Nov 2015, 4:58 am by Jack Goldsmith
 Later, Attorney General Eric Holder – the legal officer charged by statute* and custom with providing legal advice to the President and department heads – backed Krass's legal position only mildly to the President, and only after the President had made his contrary decision. [read post]
31 Oct 2012, 7:22 am by Alan Morrison
Most of the cases in which the United States participated at the Court last Term, either as a party or an amicus, did not challenge the constitutionality of a federal statute, which the Solicitor General will almost always defend (but see Attorney General Eric Holder’s refusal to defend the Defense of Marriage Act). [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 8:08 am by Suzanne Ito
EST, Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to deliver a speech addressing the Obama administration's legal basis for the targeted killing program. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 10:02 am by Mike Scarcella
" Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., a former Covington partner, did not take part in the announcement today at Main Justice. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 10:18 am by Dan Hargrove
 The president also announced that Attorney General Eric Holder has been charge with establishing a special team of federal prosecutors and state attorneys general devoted to investigating abusive mortgage lending and the packaging of risky mortgages that contributed to the financial crisis.My two cents: what has taken them so long. [read post]
4 Jun 2009, 1:36 pm
 This reversal of the right to effective assistance of counsel was accomplished under Matter of Compean, 24 I&N Dec. 710 (A.G., 2009).On 3 June 2009, recognizing that Mukasey's decision did not result in a thorough consideration of rights and concerns involved, Attorney General Eric Holder re-established Matter of Lozada as good precedent, restoring a basic fairness accorded to individuals who are in immigration proceedings, and allowing… [read post]