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reason.com - 1/15/2009
Will Attorney General Eric Holder Restrict or Expand Executive Power?
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The Nation 's John Nichols has a good question for Attorney General-designate Eric Holder, who faces Senate confirmation hearings tomorrow: Shortly after the USA Patriot Act was signed into law, at a point when the Bush administration was proposing to further erode barriers to governmental ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/15/2009
Holder: "I Will Review That Determination" Not To Prosecute Schlozman
— 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 ... (more) Holder: "I Will Review That Determination" Not To ...

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Feingold Questions Attorney General Nominee Eric Holder on FISA (video)
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Feingold Questions Attorney General Nominee Eric Holder on FISA (video)
— youtube.com — U.S. Senator Russ Feingold questions Attorney General nominee Eric Holder about FISA during a Senate Judiciary Committee... hearing on January 15, 2009. (more) Feingold Questions Attorney General Nominee Eric Holder ...

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Eric Holder: Waterboarding is Torture (video)
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Eric Holder: Waterboarding is Torture (video)
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