Tag: Department of Justice
Posted on Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 09:34:59 PM EST
Tags: Eric Holder, Department of Justice (all tags)
No surprise here. Attorney General nominee Eric Holder passed the Senate Judicary Committee by a vote of 17 to 2 with only Republican Senators John Cornyn and Tom Coburn voting no.
A vote by the full Senate should take place in a few days. Mukasey's term expired on Jan. 20 Bush Deputy AG Mark Filip is <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/21/bush-holdover-takes-the-reigns-awaiting-holder-confirmation/, serving as Acting Attorney General until Holder is confirmed.
Next up after Holder's confirmation: The naming of 93 U.S. Attorneys. Will there be any holdovers? Patrick Fitzgerald is expected to stay as Obama previously said he would keep him. The rest will primarily be chosen through recommendations by the Senators in each district.
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Posted on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 01:01:00 PM EST
Tags: Department of Justice (all tags)
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The Justice Department finally gets around to confirming old news:
Justice Department officials over the last six years illegally used “political or ideological” factors to hire new lawyers into an elite recruitment program, tapping law school graduates with conservative credentials over those with liberal-sounding resumes, a new report found Tuesday.
Remember Monica "I didn't mean to" Goodling?
It's particularly troubling that the Civil Rights Division was filled with lawyers who don't much care about civil rights. [more ...]
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