campaignspot.nationalreview.com - 11/20/2008
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The forcible removal of Elian Gonzalez from his relatives in Miami gives us another great moment in Eric Holder's history, of giving straight, truthfu... . . .
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:
salon.com - 11/19/2008
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salon.com —
(updated below - Update II) Even before there
has been a single Cabinet selection announced, I'm already
weary from all the gossip and chatter about potential appointees, but, at least for me, the position of Attorney General is different. So much of ...
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Preliminary facts and thoughts about Eric Holder - Glenn ...
campaignspot.nationalreview.com - 11/21/2008
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campaignspot.nationalreview.com —
Back in 1998, when testifying before Congress about
the need for a federal hate crimes law, then
Deputy-Attorney General Eric Holder was asked for amp... . . .
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A Good Question For Eric Holder
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A Bit More on Holder
The Agitator —
... the seizure, Holder appeared again with Russert, who asked, “Why such a dramatic change in position?” “I’m not sure I’d call it a dramatic change,” Holder answered. “We waited ‘til five in the morning, just before dawn.”
It’s one thing to not want to tip your hand about what you’re planning. It’s something else to be retroactively smug about sending armed agents into a private home to pry a kid out his relatives’ arms at gunpoint.
Then there’s this:
Eric Holder, the deputy attorney general, appeared ...
A Bit More on Eric Holder
Hit & Run —
... such a dramatic change in position?” “I’m not sure I’d call it a dramatic change,” Holder answered. “We waited ‘til five in the morning, just before dawn.” It’s one thing to not want to tip your hand about what you’re planning. It’s something else to be retroactively smug about sending armed agents into a private home to pry a kid out his nonviolent relatives’ arms at gunpoint. Then there’s this: Eric Holder, the deputy attorney general, appeared on ...
David Brooks in Fantasyland
The Sundries Shack —
... for the probable attorney general, Eric Holder, despite the business over the Marc Rich pardon. Do they now? Okay, David, I’ll bite. Name two. I’ll stop addressing this post to Brooks now, because there’s no chance he’ll read this and if he does, it’ll only provide fuel for his next column on how mean other conservatives are to kindly old him. Truth is, though, he really is living in a fantasy land. There is no way, given Holder’s opinon of your Second Amendment rights , his apparent ignorance of what happened with Elian Gonzales even though he was deeply involved in ...
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