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When The U.S. Government Can Kill You, Explained

Mother Jones | Adam Serwer | Posted 05.05.2012

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On Monday, the Obama administration explained when it's allowed to kill you. Speaking to students and faculty at Northwestern University law school...

Holder Defends Opposition To Controversial Voting Laws

AP | Posted 02.28.2012

WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder is defending the Justice Department's opposition to some state laws requiring voters to present photo IDs w...

Issa Battling With Holder Over Key Documents

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 04.03.2012

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder clashed with Republicans at a House committee hearing Thursday over demands that the Justice Departmen...

First Convictions From Fast And Furious Gun Probe

AP | By JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 01.24.2012

PHOENIX -- Two men pleaded guilty to buying guns that were destined to be smuggled into Mexico, the first convictions in the federal government's botc...

Holder Speaks Out On Critical 2012 Issue

AP | PETE YOST and APRIL CASTRO | Posted 02.12.2012

AUSTIN, Texas — Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Tuesday to fully enforce civil rights protections in next year's elections amid a flurry of a...

Holder Speaking On 'Fast And Furious'

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 02.07.2012

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers told Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday to fire some Justice Department subordinates over the flawed arm...

Holder Answers Critics On 'Fast And Furious'

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 12.07.2011

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday that his testimony to Congress about a controversial gun-smuggling probe was truthful and ...

Democrats Want Hardworking Americans to Pay for Everything! Now, the Internet?

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 10.26.2011

The Relentless Conservative

While the Internet may be important, there's no reason why the rest of us paying customers should pay more so that the unemployed and chronic poor get a free ride.

Friday Talking Points -- Obama 2.0?

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.14.2011

Chris Weigant

In the midst of the debt ceiling frenzy, nobody seems to have noticed that Obama is negotiating in a markedly different way than what we've seen from him in the past. He is at the absolute center of the showdown.

Zach Carter

Obama's Fraud Squad Targets Record Oil Price Plunge

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 07.06.2011

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder sent a memo to the federal agencies involved in the president's new Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Gr...

Not Defending DOMA: A Conscientious and Responsible Decision

Peter M. Shane | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter M. Shane

A distinguished fellow law professor, Adam Winkler, has recently argued that the Obama Administration's decision not to defend the constitutionality o...

Justice Probe of CIA Torture Evidence: Another Whitewash?

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrew Kreig

Here's why the Justice Department's halt to a key part of its CIA torture investigation looks like another whitewash. The DOJ compromised its probe ...

Friday Talking Points [144] -- Midterm Home Stretch

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Many Democrats in this election cycle seem to be getting much better at the tactic known as "the attack ad."

Friday Talking Points [143] -- Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Appeal?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

[OK, that was rather a fun title to write, but I have to at least begin with a warning that, while today's column is almost completely Obama-centric i...

U.S. Charges of Alabama Corruption Tainted By Past Federal Misconduct

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrew Kreig

The Justice Department Monday announced arrests of two Alabama gambling kingpins and four legislators in a corruption probe primarily targeting Democratic office-holders and contributors.

Famed Doctor Cyril Wecht: Fight Justice Department Misconduct

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrew Kreig

Forensic medical expert Cyril H. Wecht provides a vitally needed defendant's perspective on the terrible Justice Department misconduct that USA Today ...

New Facts Call Into Question DOJ Investigations Past and Present

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrew Kreig

A question reporters and the public need to pursue is whether a culture of error and cover-up prevailed in the Department of Justice under Bush and continues under President Obama.

DOJ's Holder calls for Historic Era of Antitrust Enforcement in Agriculture

Dave Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Dave Murphy

While many have waited a lifetime to hear government officials address the lack of competition in agriculture and enforce antitrust laws, one question remains: How fast will the wheels of justice turn?

Liz Cheney Group Attacks Eric Holder: 'As If He Doesn't Know We're At War'

Posted 05.25.2011

Liz Cheney's group, Keep America Safe shot back at U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's comments on Tuesday that terrorists in court have the same righ...

Miranda Panders

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

Bob Franken

Political sport has put Attorney General Eric Holder and Obama, on the defensive. They are running in reverse as they once again heed the call of political expedience even when it comes to eroding the 5th Amendment.

"Lawyer Up" First, Flip Gently: How Legal Persuasion Works With Terror Suspects

David Coleman | Posted 05.25.2011

David Coleman

Unlike the use of torture -- which is illegal under domestic and international law, frequently unproductive and a political shot-to-the-foot of our national interests in being seen to adhere to the rule of law -- traditional law enforcement tools for eliciting cooperation of suspects have been long considered lawful.

Mythical Misinformation: Fighting Apocalyptic Apparitions

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Schweitzer

The radical right of the GOP has perfected the art of misinformation, honing the Big Lie to a masterpiece of fiction that makes Dostoevsky look like a hack in comparison.

Eric Holder Responds To Cheney, Giuliani, And Defends 9/11 Civilian Trials

Posted 05.25.2011

On January 11th, a few weeks before his plans for a trial at Foley Square fell apart, Holder flew to Boston, to preside over the installation of a new...

Holder's Baby Step On Medical Marijuana

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.

Eric Holder Defends Harry Reid Over Racial Remarks

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Eric Holder, the nation's first black attorney general, defended Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday over racial remarks th...