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Suburban Guerrilla — Via TalkLeft, this pointed reminder about Eric Holder, Obama’s AG nominee: As U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., Eric Holder sought to raise marijuana penalties and restore mandatory minimum penalties for drug crimes.

Eric Holder Nips Marijuana in the Bud and Invents a Time Cover Story
Hit & Run — ... earlier today, Holder pushed for stiffer marijuana penalties when he was the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, and the details are strikingly at odds not only with Obama's signals regarding marijuana but with his opposition to long sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. According to a December 1996 report in The Washington Times excerpted at TalkLeft, Holder wanted "minimum sentences of 18 months for first-time convicted drug dealers, 36 months for the second time and 72 months for every conviction thereafter." He also wanted to ...

Reaction Round-Up: Eric Holder Nomination
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... any mind to that Marc Rich issue.) Spencer Ackerman: Googling around, I see he's sounded many progressive notes about terrorism-related issues. Check out this speech to the American Constitution Society, the liberal answer to the Federalist Society, in June, back when he was helping helm Obama's vice-presidential search committee. Mark Halperin put up an ACS press release giving the highlights. MISGIVINGS Talk Left: As U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., Eric Holder sought to raise marijuana ...

Eric Holder: "Extreme Drug Warrior"
Tennessee Guerilla Women — Eric Holder, Obama's pick for Attorney General is reportedly an "extreme drug warrior" whose rhetoric on marijuana use is "indistinguishable" from "the most zealous Republican drug warrior." Holder has advocated heavy mandatory minimum sentences and harsher penalties for marijuana. This record appears to be from the mid 1990s, so some cling to the hope that Bolder has since changed, but not changed like Obama has changed. In 2004, Obama supported marijuana decriminalization, but then in ...

MORE ON Eric Holder, fierce drug warrior.  Oh, goody.  You’d think that the Obama election would a…
Instapundit — ... MORE ON Eric Holder, fierce drug warrior.  Oh, goody.  You’d think that the Obama election would at least bring some relief on this subject, but noooo. . . . ...

Judging Holder
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings Say what you will about Eric Holder and whether he should or should not be Obama's AG -- and, despite some nagging concerns (e.g., the Mark Rich pardon, his views on mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes), and one major concern (his very Bushie position that Gitmo detainees are not covered by the Geneva Conventions), I tend to see him as suitably progressive (especially on guns, the death penalty, executive authority, and the war on terror) -- at least he ...