HOLDER HEARING: former GOP Sen. John Warner Hearts Eric Holder

Shoring up Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-Vt.) claim that Eric Holder’s nomination for attorney general has “bipartisan support,” former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) is speaking on behalf of Holder’s confirmation.

Anticipating the minority’s objections, Warner stressed Holder’s learned from past “misjudgments” and discussed his ample experience, mentioning his appointment by More…

HOLDER HEARING: Opening Statements Preview

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the minority and majority leaders in the Senate Judiciary Committee, have opened the hearings for the confirmation of Eric Holder to attorney general, setting what is an expected tone for the day.

Their opening statements are pretty predictable so far: Leahy More…

Full Witness List for Holder Hearings Released

The complete witness list for Eric Holder’s confirmation hearings this Thursday was just released tonight.

Here it is, after the jump:

Conyers Releases Report on Bush’s “Imperial Presidency”

This might take us a little while to get through — it’s almost 500 pages long — but House Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers’ (D-Mich.)  just-released report (pdf) documenting the “abuses and excesses” of George W. Bush’s presidency and recommending changes to the new administration is a More…

Emails Reveal the True Brad Schlozman

If you’re looking for some insight into who exactly Bradley Schlozman, the Department of Justice official found to be behind the politicization at the agency’s Civil Rights Division, is and how he thinks, you need look no further than his e-mail.

The report released today from the DOJ has some More…

Civil Rights Report Release Timed with Holder Hearings?

Timing is everything.

According to the first page of the Justice Department report released earlier today, the report — which finds that Bradley Schlozman, former U.S. attorney and head of the Civil Rights Division, broke federal law — was completed and referred to the District of Columbia’s U.S. Attorney’s More…

Report: Schlozman Emails Indicate GOP Voter Suppression Strategy

The report released this morning by the Justice Department is a pretty damning account of the tenure of Bradley Schlozman, the infamous U.S. attorney and head of (politicizing) the Civil Rights Division. at the department. The report details email conversations between Schlozman and “voter rights” guru Hans von More…

Report: Schlozman Broke Federal Law; Lied to Congress

An internal Department of Justice report on the politicization of the Civil Rights Division — one of the last of six investigations looking into the politicization of the agency — has found that Bradley Schlozman, a central character in the U.S. attorney firing scandal, broke federal law in considering “political More…

Former Gonzo Deputy Supports Holder for AG

The antagonism to President-elect Barack Obama’s nomination of Eric Holder to attorney general seems to be crumbling, despite Sen. Arlen Specter’s (R-Penn.) best efforts. Today, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, broke ranks with Senate Republicans and announced he will support Holder. Two former More…

Holder’s Blago Omission a Target for GOP Senators

There’s been much made of Eric Holder’s past in both the public and private sectors as impediments to confirmation.

There are the few hot issues that cropped up during his 26 years at the Department of Justice — particularly his ties to the highly controversial Marc Rich and More…