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Edwin Meese, ex-Reagan attorney general, raises specter of Obama impeachment
Edwin Meese, former U.S. attorney general under former president Ronald Reagan, has become the latest prominent Republican to raise the specter of President Barack Obama’s impeachment over his...
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Eric Holder urges senators to confront gun violence
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder is urging Congress to confront gun violence by requiring universal background checks, imposing tougher penalties on traffickers and banning high-capacity...
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Eric Holder promises more openness on national security
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder promised the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the Obama administration will share more information with Congress and the American people about...
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Obama’s Kamala Harris ‘best looking’ comment crossed the line
California Attorney General Kamala Harris is brilliant, accomplished, and by all accounts has a very promising political future. President Barack Obama and Attorney General Harris are close personal...
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In defense of Barack Obama’s Kamala Harris ‘best looking’ remark
I have never labeled myself as a feminist, but I wholeheartedly support the parity of the sexes particularly as it relates to justice, and fairness. The values listed are those shared very clearly by...
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Eric Holder wants Voting Rights Act provision upheld by Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death, Attorney General Eric Holder challenged the Supreme Court to uphold a key section of the Voting Rights Act that requires all or...
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Obama apologizes to Kamala Harris for ‘best looking’ comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has apologized to California’s attorney general for commenting on her looks at a Democratic fundraiser. White House press secretary Jay Carney says Obama...
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Attorney General Eric Holder grilled by House Judiciary committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department’s gathering of phone records at The Associated...
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Republicans’ hating on Holder shows depth of their hypocrisy
The right-wing obsession with Attorney General Eric Holder has risen to a fever pitch. Over the weekend, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called for a special prosecutor to look into the...
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Eric Holder determined to remain in office
Despite pressure from Republicans and even some Obama aides, Attorney General Eric Holder is for now signaling he has no intention of stepping down in the wake of a controversy over the Department of...
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Eric Holder: Trayvon Martin death ‘unnecessary shooting’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday the killing of Trayvon Martin was a “tragic, unnecessary shooting” and that the 17-year-old’s death provides an opportunity for the nation to...
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White House: Obama won’t press Justice Department on Zimmerman
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama won’t involve himself in decisions by the Justice Department on whether to pursue civil rights charges against George Zimmerman in the...
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Making federal case against Zimmerman could be tall order
Calling the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin a “tragic, unnecessary shooting,” Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday repeated the Justice Department’s intention to take a fresh look at the...
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Eric Holder: Stand Your Ground laws create ‘more violence than they prevent’
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday strongly criticized stand-your-ground laws that allow a person who believes he is in danger to use deadly force in self-defense. Holder...
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On Trayvon Martin and other racial issues, Holder speaks out in ways Obama...
A day after the Trayvon Martin verdict, President Obama issued a carefully-phrased, 166-word statement expressing his sadness for the Martin family and urging “calm reflection” from people angered by...
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Evidence in Zimmerman case on hold, including gun
The Florida neighborhood watchman who was acquitted in the slaying of an unarmed black teenager will not get his gun back soon because the Department of Justice has placed a hold on all evidence...
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Eric Holder: Justice Dept. will contest Texas redistricting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday the Justice Department is opening a new front in the battle for voting rights in response to a Supreme Court ruling that dealt a major...
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Eric Holder’s bold move on voter ID laws
Eric Holder’s gambit to effectively overrule the U.S. Supreme Court and force Texas to continue getting its voting laws approved by judges or the federal government is his boldest move yet as the...
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Holder to call for major reform of mandatory minimum sentencing
Attorney General Eric Holder will announce in a speech today that the Department of Justice will no longer charge low-level, non-violent drug offenders with crimes that trigger mandatory minimum...
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Eric Holder’s sentencing reforms represent a sea change
This week, Attorney General Holder announced that Federal Prosecutors would have more discretion (i.e. more leeway) in maneuvering around some of this nation’s more draconian sentencing practices...
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