Quoting Professor Jonathan Turley, Senator Ted Cruz told a number of CPAC bloggers that “President Obama has become the embodiment of the imperial presidency.” A the briefing Thursday afternoon with about 35 bloggers, Cruz went on to say that “Barack Obama is the
On Thursday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal told CPAC that he would fight President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder’s assault on the American dream, school choice, and religious liberties. Jindal said that Obama’s Department of Justice “wants to stand
Democrats are walking very gingerly around Attorney General Eric Holder’s call to give felons the right to vote once they are out of prison. Notwithstanding the fact that a large percentage of felons are African-American and more likely to vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says Attorney General Eric Holder has been taken to the hospital as a precaution after experiencing faintness and shortness of breath at work. A statement from the department says Holder is “resting comfortably and
On Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden blamed “hatred” as the motivating force behind voter identification laws in states such as North Carolina, Alabama, and Texas. Biden wants new laws to block “former slave holding states in the south” from discrimination
Attorney General Eric Holder has decided that the federal government must intrude in the internal affairs of states on the issue of gay rights. On Monday, he said that the attorney generals of states are free to defend the laws
A group of African-American civil rights leaders and pastors launched an impeachment campaign Feb. 25 against Attorney General Eric Holder for his efforts to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), including his invitation Monday to state attorneys general not
The rising ire of a national coalition of black pastors reached a climax Tuesday as the organization announced a campaign to call for the impeachment of Attorney General Eric Holder on the basis that he has violated his oath of
In an address to the National Association of Attorneys General, Tuesday morning, Eric Holder, the nation’s top law enforcement official, urged state attorneys general to refuse to enforce state bans on same-sex marriage. He had foreshadowed this latest example of the
Conservative Legal experts are slamming U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for his call on Monday to his state counterparts to refuse to enforce state laws that uphold traditional marriage. Holder urged state attorneys general to follow the example of California and
Attorney General Eric Holder flubbed a question from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) that is of vital importance to the rule of law. While the Constitution allows – and sometimes requires – executive action on many matters, President Barack Obama has
The Hill argues that Attorney General Eric Holder is resurgent after a series of scandals seemed to portend his fall. The paper writes that Holder’s new aggressive actions in calling for states to give felons the right to vote and
A federal judge struck down Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage today, an historic ruling with especial resonance on Valentine’s Day. Except the history of the historic ruling isn’t exactly up to par: Judge Arenda Wright Allen claimed the Constitution declares
A Justice Department lawyer who describes himself as a “Voting Rights Gladiator” on Twitter, was in a Kansas court Tuesday, trying to stop Kansas and Arizona from verifying the citizenship of people registering to vote. Via J Christian Adams at PJ
A former Congressman has accused President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder of a racial ulterior motive in a massive early prison release planned for up to 10,000 drug dealers. Ernest Istook, a former U.S. Congressman and writer for
In a blistering letter to Attorney General Eric Holder delivered Wednesday, Kent Terry – the brother of murdered Border Patrol agent Brian Terry – questioned why, years later, the Terry family still does not have the truth about Operation Fast and Furious. “Mr. Holder
The pigskin and politics make strange bedfellows. But efforts this past week by both the White House and National Football League Players Association, as well as Super Bowl sideshow coverage of the legalization of pot in the home states of
On Friday, President Barack Obama, who has admitted that during college he used marijuana and sometimes “a little blow,” told CNN that it is Congress’s job to remove marijuana from the government’s list of serious narcotics. Although the president did
WASHINGTON (AP) — As attorney general, Eric Holder has approved pursuing the death penalty in at least 34 criminal cases, upholding a long-ago pledge to Congress that he would vigorously enforce federal law even though he’s not a proponent of
On January 29th Attorney General Eric Holder said the public would have pushed Congress to support gun control if the photographs of the slain children at Sandy Hook Elementary had been released. According to Main Justice, Holder said December 14,
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) questioning Attorney General Eric Holder on President Obama comment that marijuana was no more dangerous than alcohol at a congressional hearing on Wednesday
Both U.S. Senators from Texas, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, grilled U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday over federal abuses in scrutiny of Tea Party organizations across the U.S. Sen. Cruz focused on the IRS, and Sen. Cornyn focused on
At a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) asked Attorney General Eric Holder to explain the constitutional basis for which President Barack Obama used in his issuance of executive orders: (h/t Washington Examiner)
The U.S. Attorney behind the indictment of conservative author and commentator Dinesh D’Souza, is a politically connected Obama appointee who has been talked about as a potential replacement for Attorney General Eric Holder. Preet Bharara, a former staff member to
Attorney General Eric Holder when questioned by MSNBC’s “The Cycle” co-host Ari Melber about republicans saying voter ID laws are for election integrity.
Judicial Watch recently announced that it reached a settlement in an August 30, 2012 lawsuit against the state of Ohio, which resulted in an agreement with Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted to take or continue to take a series of actions to further
The Department of Justice missed a deadline Wednesday for providing documents relating to “Operation Choke Point” to House oversight committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) but told Breitbart news the agency will respond to Issa in the “near future.” Issa requested the
As the scandal grows involving Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis’ false statements, a new angle is receiving increasing attention. The Democratic candidate for Texas governor made several false statements under oath in federal court. Do they actually rise to the
Former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) labels President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder as racist for their policies on Steve Malzberg’s NewsMaxTV show earlier this week…
Breitbart News contributor and “Covenant of Liberty” author Michael Patrick Leahy appeared on NRA News’ “Cam & Co.” earlier this week. Leahy reported that House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA) has demanded answers from Attorney General Eric Holder
President Obama’s Department of Justice wants to “expand its definition of racial profiling” so that federal agents will no longer be able to consider religion, national origin, or gender/sexual orientation in their investigations. According to The New York Times, this follows
Sarah Palin’s brother said that his father, Chuck Heath, Sr., has been “horribly harassed” by the IRS six times since Palin became the GOP vice presidential nominee in 2008. Chuck Heath, Jr. wrote on Facebook that his father had never
During Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing, President Barack Obama’s nominee to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights refused to answer whether he believes that amnesty is a civil right, which is the belief of the person who may
The U.S. Departments of Education (DOE) and Justice (DOJ) issued a joint release Wednesday of what they have referred to as a “discipline guidance package that will assist states, districts and schools in developing practices and strategies to enhance school
The attorney heading the internal investigation into potential unfair targeting of conservative groups by the IRS is a frequent and significant donor to both the Democratic National Committee and President Obama, Rep. Darrell Issa revealed today, in what he calls
Another gun from the disastrous Fast and Furious gun-walking program has turned up at a shooting in Mexico, authorities report. On December 31, a U.S. official reported that a firearm that turned up in a gunfight at Puerto Peñasco, Mexico–a
John Dodson, the ATF agent who blew the whistle on the the Justice Department’s blood-soaked gun-trafficking operation known as Fast and Furious, told the Arizona Republic in an interview, Thursday, that the FBI played a key role in events leading to
(AP) Memorials mark Lockerbie attack anniversaryBy ERIC TUCKER and SYLVIA HUIAssociated PressARLINGTON, Va.Families of some of the 270 people who died in the bombing of an airliner over Scotland 25 years ago gathered Saturday for memorial services in the U.S.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is remembering the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry with a continued promise to seek justice in his investigation of the Justice Department’s Operation Fast and Furious. Issa, the chairman of the House Committee on
In his attempt to downplay the IRS scandal during his soft-ball interview with Chris Matthews, Thursday, the President of the United States subverted the ongoing DOJ investigation of the scandal. Obama declared that the IRS office in Cincinnati was merely trying