Attorney General Eric Holder has harsh words for Rep. Darrell Issa during the House Judiciary Committee hearing.
Eric Holder: Citizenship For Illegal Immigrants is a ‘Matter of Civil and Human Rights’
April 27, 2013 | Posted by
During an April 24 address to the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said that “creating a pathway to earned citizenship” is a critical element of any comprehensive immigration reform plan. He added that establishing legal status for the nation’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants is a “matter of civil and human [...]
Holder Defends Right to Order Drone Strike Against US Citizen
March 6, 2013 | Posted by
The Obama administration is struggling to defend itself against criticism for its use of unmanned drones. Attorney General Eric Holder maintains that the administration would be within its constitutional rights to launch a drone attack against an American citizen believed to be working as a terrorist agent, despite the ethical questions raised by the Senate [...]
Haiti Hosts First Caricom Meeting of 2013 For Caribbean Leaders
February 18, 2013 | Posted by
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will attend a conference for the leaders of the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) regional bloc this week in Haiti. Haitian President Michel Martelly, the chairman of the group, has made Haiti’s participation in regional and international affairs a priority, despite years of diminished involvement. It has been just over a [...]
Atty. Gen. Eric Holder to Address Clark Atlanta University
February 1, 2013 | Posted by
Clark Atlanta University will welcome United States Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. as the orator for its inaugural president’s lecture series Feb. 7, at 11:30 a.m., in Davage Auditorium in Haven-Warren Hall on the main campus, 223 James P. Brawley Drive, S.W., Atlanta. Holder will speak on “Rights and the American Polis – Prospects for [...]
Eric Holder Proposes National Regulation for Voter Registration
December 12, 2012 | Posted by
Facilitating the voting process has been a hot topic in Washington following the close of the election. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has been in the discussion for months, combating the rise of the voter identification laws that he deems as an infringing upon the constitution. While speaking at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Holder [...]
White House: Atty Gen Eric Holder Will Not Be Prosecuted
June 30, 2012 | Posted by
Justice Department won’t prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt. While Republicans were gleefully congratulating themselves in their right-wing echo chamber about successfully pushing a contempt vote through Congress on Thursday, the White House was curtly dismissal that anything would ever come from the Congressional vote. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air [...]
Mass. Sen. Brown Calls on Atty Gen Holder to Resign
June 28, 2012 | Posted by
The heated Senatorial race in Massachusetts veered into the political theater currently going on in the House, as Senator Scott Brown called on Attorney General Eric Holder to resign, calling him a “distraction,” while Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren blasted Brown for taking part in the theatrics. Brown made his comments during a one-person debate [...]
Eric Holder Contempt Vote Goes Before House Thursday
June 27, 2012 | Posted by
There appears to be no options for Attorney General Eric Holder. House Speaker John Boehner confirmed that a vote will be held Thursday to recommend that Holder be cited for contempt over his refusal to release documents related to the “Fast and Furious” weapons operation. No sitting Attorney General has ever been recommended for contempt [...]
NRA Pressuring Some Dems to Vote Atty Gen Holder in Contempt
June 27, 2012 | Posted by
As Republicans continue to push the bizarre conspiracy theory that the Obama administration allowed the ATF to conduct the Fast and Furious Operation as a way of building public support for gun control measures, now the National Rifle Association has weighed in and is reportedly pressuring southern and rural Democrats in the House to go [...]
