The bad blood between Senate Judiciary chair Pat Leahy, and ranking Republican Arlen Specter, over Attorney General nominee Eric Holder, shows no signs of abating.
Eric Holder likely will face a grueling round of questions from Republicans during his confirmation hearings.
As Barack Obama brings an unprecedented level of color to the Oval Office – that is, any at all – many people were hoping his cabinet appointments would reflect his diverse background.
With the Democrats possessing 58 (after the imminent seating of Roland Burris) or 59 (if Al Franken wins the court fight) votes in the Senate, it won't be easy (make that well nigh ...
Like so many of Obama’s cabinet picks, his pick for Attorney General, Eric Holder, indicates he won’t be sticking to his campaign promises.
Attorneys-General who have a past of seeking to undermine the Sixth Amendment right to counsel are no friends of civil liberties.
The efforts by the right-wing to derail the nomination of Eric Holder is an object lesson in how they will press every advantage, use every trick, and enlist every argument to deliver defeats to their ...
It looks like the Republicans threw every name on Obama's roster of cabinet designates into a hat and drew Eric Holder. And so, he'll be the guy they try to block.
SOME QUESTIONS FOR ERIC HOLDER. Also, “A few questions about the Second Amendment wouldn’t be a bad idea either.”
With the circus surrounding the nomination of Roland Burris, it’s easy to forget that the U.S. Senate actually has work to do.
The Legal Times reports that Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.
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