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Holder's hearing might be rocky - The Boston Globe
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www.boston.com — Republicans are likely to press Eric Holder about Clinton-era decisions.

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"One truly horrendous confirmation"
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run — ... appointment, but to force a careful review. "No one on our side wants to filibuster or slow down this nominee; that's not the issue," the aide said. [...] Some Republicans and analysts say Holder may also be pressed on his past support for gun control measures. In January 2008, he joined several former Justice Department officials in urging the Supreme Court to uphold Washington's ban on handguns. (The court later struck it down.) Whole thing here. I examined Holder's troubling views on the Second Amendment here. ...

Republicans readying for bruising Holder confirmation
Daily Kos — Oh, goody: The confirmation hearing for Eric Holder, Obama's pick for attorney general, promises to be bruising, with Republicans determined to explore Holder's role in controversial pardons under President Clinton, his views on gun rights, and his involvement in the case of Elian Gonzalez, the 6-year-old Cuban boy returned to his homeland by Clinton's Justice Department.... Republicans have also asked the Justice Department and the Clinton Presidential Library for documents relating to, among other things, Clinton's impeachment, former vice ...

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