swamppolitics.com - 3/28/2009
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by Mark Silva
"Like me, Eric married up,'' President Barack Obama said of Eric Holder, his attorney general, ceremonially installed today.
President George W. Bush used to say the same of himself and Laura Bush and commend others around him for marrying up.
But this is not Bush's ...
npr.org - 4/1/2009
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npr.org —
Nina Totenberg Morning Edition , April 1, 2009
The Justice Department will drop all charges against former...
Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, NPR has learned. A jury convicted Stevens last fall of seven counts of lying on his Senate disclosure form in order ...
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Sources: Ex-Sen. Stevens' Conviction To Be Voided
washingtonpost.com - 4/4/2009
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washingtonpost.com —
By Edward Whelan Sunday, April 5, 2009; B03
Intense controversy has flared in recent years over a...
previously obscure but high-powered office in the Department of Justice -- the Office of Legal Counsel. OLC has traditionally provided the final word ...
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Look Who's Politicizing Justice Now
corner.nationalreview.com - 4/1/2009
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corner.nationalreview.com —
The nomination of hard-Left crusader Dawn Johnsen to
lead the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, the...
Department's top legal adviser, is stalled in the Senate. No matter. Attorney General Eric Holder has simply taken the job of ...
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Politicized Justice Department
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