cato-at-liberty.org - 1/17/2009
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Posted by Tim Lynch Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a confirmation hearing for Eric Holder, Obama’s nominee for Attorney General. Here are some questions for Mr. Holder: 1. You admit you made mistakes with respect to how you handled the pardon for Mark Rich. Why do you think ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/15/2009
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Not that it's likely, but Brad Schlozman may
want to hope that Eric Holder's confirmation somehow gets...
derailed. That's because Holder just told the Senate Judiciary committee that he wants to reconsider the Bush Justice Department's curious ...
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Holder: "I Will Review That Determination" Not To ...
thinkprogress.org - 1/16/2009
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During his confirmation hearing today, Attorey General nominee
Eric Holder unequivocally rejected torture . “No one is...
above the law,” Holder said repeatedly during the hearing. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) could not fathom that an Attorney ...
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Cornyn’s Absurd Hypothetical For Holder: What If ...
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Questions For Eric Holder
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
Courtesy of Tim Lynch . The questions, of course, are all based on Holder's record in public service. Given that record and given the bizarre stances that he has taken--seriously, look at Question No. 6 and ask yourself how it is possible that a nominee for Attorney-General of the United States could try to foster content-based speech restrictions on political opponents of Bill Clinton--the question arises again; why isn't Eric Holder's nomination simply dismissed out of hand? Just imagine what the outcry would have been if a Republican President-elect nominated an ...
Questions For Eric Holder
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Courtesy of Tim Lynch.
The questions, of course, are all based on Holder’s record in public service. Given that record and given the bizarre stances that he has taken–seriously, look at Question No. 6 and ask yourself how it is possible that a nominee for Attorney-General of the United States could try to foster content-based speech restrictions on political opponents of Bill Clinton–the question arises again; why isn’t Eric Holder’s nomination simply dismissed out of hand?
Just imagine what the outcry would have been if a Republican ...
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Judiciary Committee Approves Holder, 17-2
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/28/2009 — Attorney General nominee Eric Holder was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning on a 17-2 vote.
The full Senate must sign off on Holder before he can officially join Obama's DoJ, but today's vote effectively removes the political ...
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cbsnews.com 1/28/2009 — The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved Attorney General nominee Eric Holder on a 17 to 2 vote. Two Republicans voted against Holder in the committee today Sen. John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, ...
Eric Holder: 'Waterboarding is torture'
crooksandliars.com 1/22/2009 — Download | Play Download | Play In a statement certain to send Bill O'Reilly round yet another bend, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder made plain he considered waterboarding to be torture: Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder Jr. ...
Leahy delays Holder hearing
politico.com 12/15/2008 — The Senate Judiciary Committee has decided to delay confirmation hearings for Eric Holder after Republicans protested that the Democrats failed to give them enough time to review the record of Barack Obama's choice for attorney general.
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Freeh: Holder was 'used' in Rich pardon —
CNN.com - Politics 1/16/2009
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh said Friday that Attorney General-designate Eric Holder allowed himself "to be used" by the Clinton White House in the pardon process for then-fugitive financier Marc Rich in January 2001.