online.wsj.com - 12/4/2008
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[Review & Outlook] AP Eric Holder and Barack Obama.
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/10/2008
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latimesblogs.latimes.com —
In his first post-election newspaper interview President-elect Barack
Obama doesn't spill all the beans about his intentions
upon taking office on Jan. 20. But he does reveal some interesting details. He said he's never talked to ...
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Text of Obama's first newspaper interview as president-elect
politico.com - 12/10/2008
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politico.com —
Sen. Arlen Specter, the top Republican on the
Judiciary Committee, has just thrown a wrench into the Eric
Holder hearings planned for early January, saying Holder's involvement in the Marc Rich pardon is a "red flag" and a "very ...
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Specter calls for delay in Holder hearings
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Holder & the Politicized Justice Department
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Top Democrats have scolded us for the last three years about the grave danger to the rule of law posed by the politicization of the Justice Department. The Wall Street Journal 's editors remind us this morning that the Clinton Justice Department was the most politicized in history ... and that Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder Obama's AG nominee was right smack in the middle of some of the worst politicking. ...
Who has the President-elect's foreign policy ear?
The Reaction —
... . A dozen retired generals met with Obama’s top legal advisers Wednesday to urge overturning certain Bush administration terror-fighting ...
So, which disqualifies her the most: racial bigotry, stunning incompetence, or disrespect for the Constitution?
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... of dubious skills to run Treasury. He picked a crook and Clintonista bagman for Attorney General. And so on - a cabinet and administration full of stooges, yes-men, crooks, and thugs. ...
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Eric Holder’s Sixth Amendment Problem » The Foundry
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Eric Holder and the Marc Rich Pardon:
volokh.com 11/24/2008 — I have been unsure whether Eric Holder's role in the controversial pardon of billionaire fugitive Marc Rich should raise concerns about his nomination to be Attorney General. George Lardner, who covered...
Eric Holder's Chickens Come Home to Roost
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Holder's Promises On Prosecution
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 1/29/2009 — An aide to Eric Holder vociferously denies that the AG nominee offered private assurances to Republican senators about whether the Obama administration would prosecute Bush officials for torture. The aide pointed to Holder's response in written Q and ...
Los Angeles Times: Eric Holder pushed for controversial clemency
latimes.com 1/9/2009 — http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-holder9-2009jan09,0,6643509.story Eric Holder pushed for controversial clemency By Josh Meyer and Tom Hamburger January 9, 2009 Reporting from Washington — Attorney general nominee Eric H. ...
Sen. Hatch to back Eric Holder for AG
thehill.com 1/12/2009 — The former Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee will support Eric Holder's nomination for attorney general, giving him a major boost toward confirmation. Sen. Orrin Hatch (Utah), who chaired the panel for a decade beginning in 1995, ...
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