emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 2/3/2009
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We finally have a new Attorney General.
The no votes include (I'll update when the roll call is available):
Barrasso Brownback Burr Coburn Cochran Cornyn Crapo Ensign Kaybee Hutchison Inhofe Johanns McConnell Risch Shelby Thune Wicker
Who's going to prosecute the torture cases?
WWW.samefacts.com 1/27/2009 — You're free to believe that Eric Holder didn't know, when he said flat-out at his confirmation hearing that waterboarding is torture, that doing so would commit him to at least investigating the BushCO waterboarding spree, because of our treaty ...
Specter: Psych! I'll Back Holder
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/27/2009 — It may be time to coin the phrase "pulling a Specter," because Sen. Arlen Specter (PA), the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, just did it again . After making a huge fuss questioning the independence of Eric Holder, Specter just caved and ...
Judiciary Committee Approves Holder, 17-2
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/28/2009 — Attorney General nominee Eric Holder was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning on a 17-2 vote.
The full Senate must sign off on Holder before he can officially join Obama's DoJ, but today's vote effectively removes the political ...
Aide: Holder Has Made No Decisions On Prosecuting Bush Officials
huffingtonpost.com 1/28/2009 — An aide to Eric Holder rejected a report Wednesday suggesting that the Attorney General nominee had pledged not to prosecute members of the Bush administration officials who were complicit in illegal harsh interrogations or torture.
"Eric Holder ...
Judiciary Committee Approves Holder Nomination
corner.nationalreview.com 1/28/2009 — To recap:
ITEM: When Eric Holder was the number 2 official in the Clinton Justice Department, he engineered the pardons of FALN terrorists, a precedent that laid the ground work the next year for President Clinton's pardons of two Weather ...
Eric Holder Confirmed As First Black Attorney General —
The Hollywood Liberal
Eric Holder Confirmed As First Black Attorney General WASHINGTON — Eric Holder won Senate confirmation Monday as the nation's first African-American attorney general, after supporters from both parties touted his dream resume and... Chris Weigant: Democrats Need To Frame The Stimulus Better ...
Eric Holder Expected to Review, Change Bush Policies —
CNSNews.com Headlines
Washington (AP) - Eric Holder has won confirmation as the first African-American attorney general, but he'll have little time to consider his role in history as he decides which Bush administration counterterrorism policies to reverse. Holder was confirmed 75-21 Monday, with all the opposition ...
Holder Confirmed —
Political Animal
Holder Confirmed From the NYT: "The Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday evening to confirm Eric H. Holder Jr. to be the new attorney general of the United States. The vote was 75 to 21, with all the votes against the nomination...
Eric Holder Confirmed as Attorney General —
TalkLeft
It's official. Eric Holder is our Attorney General, having been confirmed by a vote of 75 to 21 . All 21 were Republicans. As I wrote earlier today , I'm not expecting much positive change in our criminal justice system. But, if there are any, I'll be glad to report on them and thank both ...
Eric Holder Confirmed as the first African American AG —
Crooks and Liars
After all the Repubican whining over Holder, he finally was confirmed 75-2 1
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy called the vote historic. He noted that Holder's confirmation hearing was held while America was celebrating the 80th birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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Eric Holder Confirmed —
Daily Kos
After weeks of Republican games , Eric Holder has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be our next Attorney General, by a vote of 75-21. This is definitely change we can believe in: Pledging to run an independent Justice Department free of political taint, Eric H. Holder Jr. said on Thursday ...
Senate to Vote on Holder Confirmation Monday Evening —
News
The full Senate will vote on whether to confirm Eric Holder as attorney general on Monday at 6:15 p.m., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday.
Holder is expected to win confirmation. The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended that his nomination go through by a 17-2 vote, ...
Kit Bond is Full of It —
Daily Kos
That's not exactly what an aide to Eric Holder said today , but it's the gist of it. The aide definitively denied Sen. Kit Bond's (R-MO) claim that Holder had given him "assurances" of avoiding future prosecutions of Bush intelligence officials who engaged in torturous interrogations. "Eric ...
Holder: Not True —
The Latest on Air America
Yesterday, Senator Kit Bond (R-Dittohead) said that Holder had promised not prosecute over illegal wiretapping. Holder's camp calls bull:
"Eric Holder has not made any commitments about who would or would
not be prosecuted," the aide said via e-mail. "He explained ...
Quid Pro Ho —
Eric Holder is a pro at the quid pro quo. Attorney General Nominee gets his pass by passing up prosecutions on wiretapping and torture. Great.
Prosecutorial and investigative judgments must depend on the facts and no one is above the law, Mr. Holder wrote [in response to Republican ...
Arlen Specter now backs Eric Holder —
Crooks and Liars
Just a few weeks ago Arlen Specter came out strong against President Obama's nomination of Eric Holder as the new AG for his administration .
Sen. Arlen Specter, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, has just thrown a wrench into the Eric Holder hearings planned for early January, ...
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