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Silencing Voices for School Choice

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:22:25 +0000

Attorney General Eric Holder tries to kill a TV ad supporting D.C. school vouchers. by Sheryl Henderson Blunt 10/27/2009 12:00:00 AM

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Obama Honors Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:28:02 +0000

| 1/7 | next | 1/7 | next President Obama made a surprise visit overnight to Dover Air Force Base to witness the return of the bodies of 18 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan. The unscheduled, unannounced trip took place just before 4 a.m. on October 29. Read the TPMDC report here . Obama went ...

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'60 Minutes': Medicare Fraud Raises 'Troubling Questions About Our Government's Ability to Manage a Medical Bureaucracy'

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:59:00 +0000

"60 Minutes" did a fabulous exposé Sunday on Medicare fraud that should be required viewing for all people who support a government run healthcare program in this country. The facts and figures presented by CBS's Steve Kroft were disturbing as were the details concerning how shysters ...

USS Neverdock found this 12 days ago on newsbusters.org

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Culture of Corruption: Obama U.S. Attorney nominee clams up

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:24:00 +0000

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Doug Ross @ Journal found this 8 days ago on michellemalkin.com

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Newsweek: Obama echoes Bush on state secrets

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:03:08 +0000

When Eric Holder invoked the "state secrets" privilege to quash a lawsuit, his department's lawyers sounded a lot like those who worked for President Bush. In fact, they justified the action by filing an affidavit that is nearly identical to one filed by President Bush's intelligence director two years ago.

TPMMuckraker found this 5 days ago on blog.newsweek.com

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Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on Assertion of the State Secrets Privilege in Shubert V. Obama

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 16:30:43 +0000

I authorized this significant step following a careful and thorough review process, and I did so only because I believe there is no way for this case to move forward without jeopardizing ongoing intelligence activities that we rely upon to protect the safety of the American people.

Firedoglake found this 6 days ago on justice.gov

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Attorney General Eric Holder Tries to Kill a TV ad for School Vouchers.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:17:23 +0000

President Obama isn’t taking kindly to a television ad that criticizes his opposition to a popular scholarship program for poor children, and his administration wants the ad pulled.

Instapundit found this 9 days ago on cdobs.com

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Eric Holder's Pretense -- By: Ed Whelan

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:00:09 +0000

Attorney General Eric Holder recently explained that the Obama administration was taking so long to nominate United States Attorneys because, in supposed contrast to the George W. Bush administration, it was looking so hard for the “best people”—“people who are highly qualified, who ...

Articles on National Review Online found this 8 days ago on bench.nationalreview.com

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Attorney General Eric Holder Praises Hate Crimes Law, Lacks Familiarity with Maine Marriage Equality Ballot Measure

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:07:58 +0000

10/28/2009 Attorney General Eric Holder Praises Hate Crimes Law, Lacks Familiarity with Maine Marriage Equality Ballot Measure Holder Guestblogger COREY JOHNSON I just left the signing of the Department of Defense Authorization bill, to which the the inclusive hate-crimes bill was attached. It ...

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan found this 10 days ago on towleroad.com

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Obama Administration Invokes State Secrets Privilege…Again

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:22:07 +0000

The Obama administration invoked the controversial "state secrets" privilege again on Friday, arguing that if U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker were to permit a legal case against the government to proceed, he would be putting national security at risk. Attorney...

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Challenge to the Ban on Compensation for Bone Marrow

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:02:00 +0000

The Institute for Justice — one of the top libertarian public interest law firms — is filing the challenge today. Here are the Complaint and a short video ; and here is the IJ press release: Filed Monday, October 26, 2009, in federal court in Los Angeles, Flynn v. Holder challenges the ...

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan found this 9 days ago on volokh.com

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The Holder Policy Statement on Medical-Cannabis Laws

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:51:20 +0000

By Mark A.R. Kleiman. Mr. Kleiman is professor of public policy at UCLA, editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis , and the author of When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton). His previous books include Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of ...

The Reality-Based Community found this 12 days ago on acslaw.org

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