judiciary.senate.gov - 1/16/2009
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Continuation of Executive Nomination NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING CONTINUATION The Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on the nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr., to be Attorney General of the United States will continue tomorrow, January 16, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen ...
thehill.com - 1/12/2009
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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, ...
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Sen. Hatch to back Eric Holder for AG
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/15/2009
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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com —
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 ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/22/2009
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Sen. John Cornyn's (R-TX) decision today to force
a week-long delay in Eric Holder's Judiciary Committee confirmation...
vote has opened an unexpected fissure in the GOP. On the one side are Republicans who want Holder to echo President Obama's promise ...
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To Prosecute Torture or Not to Prosecute? Cornyn's ...
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"Waterboarding Is Torture"
Daily Kos —
... the Bush administration admits that they used waterboarding, we clearly aren't talking about mere policy differences. Time will tell. As expected, Republicans questioned him on his role in the pardon of Marc Rich and members of FALN, fundraising by Al Gore, and gun rights, but it is clear that Holder is headed for confirmation, given that he has the support of the Democratic and at least two of the Republican Senators on the committee. The hearing is expected to resume this morning at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
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Holder Makes Lindsey Graham Smile and Civil Libertarians Cringe
Hit & Run —
... that "we are at war" with terrorists. Unless it is simply empty rhetoric, the whole point of that formulation is to justify legal short cuts and limits on civil liberties. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was delighted by Holder's martial metaphor, declaring, "I'm almost ready to vote for you right now." If you worry about perpetual war as an excuse for perpetual constitutional compromises, you may have a different reaction. The hearing continues today.
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