May 22, 2013

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Which senator wrote the amendment that gave military leaders the right to "quell...civil disturbances" without presidential approval? Answer.

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Entries in Eric Holder (16)

Thursday
Feb282013

TTV report: Turnout up sharply in Georgia, home of strictest Voter ID law

Updated on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 2:21PM by Registered CommenterKay B. Day, Editor

Please see the followup below this article for an update. One organization is contesting TTV's basis for comparisons on voter turnout.

As President Barack Obama and the Democrats resort to political war over the sequester, it’s useful to remember a sizable expense for the administration’s Justice Dept. last year. DOJ used taxpayer money to fight states that enacted Voter ID laws. Most, if not all, of those laws still stand.

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Friday
Jan182013

DOJ still blocking information on Fast and Furious; JW files brief

Customs and Border Patrol units on watch near the southern part of the Rio Grande in Texas. Illegal weapons pose a threat to officers. (Photo: James Tourtellotte, CBP/U.S. Government)U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and President Barack Obama have been reluctant to divulge details about Operation Fast and Furious. F&F was a botched gun-running operation government agencies conducted in hopes of curtailing the weapons flow to cartels in Mexico.

The latest obstruction will not surprise unbiased political observers. After all, the Obama administration is less transparent than that of Republican President George W. Bush.

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Friday
Sep072012

Pentagon appears unconcerned about military vote problems

Map shown on video at the Military Voter Protection Project reflects lower numbers of absentee ballots for 2012. (Screen snip from MVP)President Barack Obama’s Dept. of Justice has been unusually aggressive about fighting voter ID laws states have enacted. However, one voting bloc the Obama administration appears unconcerned about comprises the men and women putting their lives on the line daily—the U.S. military.

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Thursday
Aug232012

Politics of Justice: No hate crime label for alleged shooter at Christian headquarters

Right now it’s no secret the U.S Dept. of Justice swings hard Left.

The recent shooting at a Christian group’s headquarters is a perfect example of why our country should never have passed what we loosely call hate crime legislation.

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Thursday
Apr122012

Distortions in Martin case illustrate Democrats’ war on America

Members of the New Black Panther Party, one holding a billy club, at a precinct on Election Day in November, 2008. (Photo: screen snip from video)

Aside from the obvious implications within the justice system, the case of Trayvon Martin is a study in media influence as well as race opportunism.

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Monday
Apr092012

How easy is it to vote in the U.S.? Just ask AG Holder.

A new Project Veritas video showed how easy it would be to cast a vote as 'Eric H. Holder, Jr.' (screen snip from video)

James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas has published a new video in a series showing how easy it is to cast someone else’s vote in the United States.

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Friday
Mar162012

Holder ups defense of healthcare diktat with shift to ‘Necessary and Proper’ clause

Attorney General Eric Holder isn’t exactly viewed as a champion of individual rights for all. His latest attempt to defend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—commonly called ObamaCare because it is, after all, the president’s signature cause—is to turn to the ‘Necessary and Proper’ clause in the U.S. Constitution.

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