nypost.com - 11/18/2008
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Last updated: 3:54 pm November 18, 2008 Posted: 3:15 pm November 18, 2008 WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama's aides have privately asked senators whether Washington attorney Eric Holder would be confirmed as the next attorney general, according to a person involved in ...
blog.newsweek.com - 11/18/2008
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blog.newsweek.com —
President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder
as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer
in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department, according to two legal sources close to the presidential ...
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Powering Up : Obama's Attorney General
volokh.com - 11/21/2008
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volokh.com —
Earlier this year, Eric Holder--along with Janet Reno
and several other former officials from the Clinton Department
of Justice--co-signed an amicus brief in District of Columbia v. Heller. The brief...
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Eric Holder on firearms policy:
blog.newsweek.com - 11/18/2008
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President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder
as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer
in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department, according to two legal sources close to the ...
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Obama's Attorney General
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According to the New York Post president-elect Barack Obama has decided on Eric Holder as his attorney general. ...
OBAMA TO PICK HOLDER AS AG: REPORT
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... Barack Obama has decided on Eric Holder to be attorney general, Newsweek said Tuesday, citing two legal sources close to Obama's transition team. The magazine said on its website that the 57-year-old Holder, who served as deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration, "still has to undergo a formal vetting review" before the selection is final and announced. If the appointment is confirmed, he would be the first African American to head the Justice Department. Read more: http://www.nypost.com/seven/11182008/news/politics/obam... Also saw it on MSNBC just now. ...
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The gang at Reason is concerned about the appointment of Eric Holder as the Attorney General, with both Dave Weigel and Jacob Sullum noting that he’s been a big advocate of harsher penalties for drug offenders, including marijuana users. Sullum’s right that the choice is ...