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blog.heritage.org - 1/6/2009
Eric Holder’s Sixth Amendment Problem » The Foundry
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For more than three years, a diverse coalition from all quarters of the legal community has been pushing Congress to help restore Americans’ Sixth Amendment guarantee to assistance of counsel in all criminal prosecutions. This right has been steadily eroded since a Deputy Attorney General issued ...

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latimes.com - 1/9/2009
Eric Holder pushed for controversial clemency - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — Reporting from Washington -- Attorney general nominee Eric H. Holder Jr. repeatedly pushed some of his subordinates at the Clinton Justice Department to drop their opposition to a controversial 1999 grant of clemency to 16 members of two violent ... (more) Eric Holder pushed for controversial clemency - Los ...

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thehill.com - 1/12/2009
Sen. Hatch to back Eric Holder for AG
— thehill.com — 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, ... (more) Sen. Hatch to back Eric Holder for AG

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politico.com - 1/12/2009
Former top Bush officials back Holder
— politico.com — Another two former top Bush Justice Department officials have endorsed Eric Holder for attorney general. (more) Former top Bush officials back Holder

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THE “HOLDER MEMORANDUM” AND Eric Holder’s Sixth Amendment Problem….
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RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... An example of that comes from 1999 when Holder demonstrated that he’s not willing to let that silly little 6th Amendment get in the way of a perfectly good headline-making prosecution. In short, he said that companies pending indictment would receive credit for assisting with an investigation if they stopped providing legal counsel for employees who were under investigation. This directive was ...

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