Fights That Eric Holder Should Want
Apparently the Justice Department found that Eric Holder ought to have disclosed to the Senate the fact that he signed onto an amicus brief to the Supreme Court
Jul 31, 2020366.6K Shares5.5M Views
Apparently the Justice Department found that Eric Holder ought to have disclosed to the Senate the fact that he signed onto an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in 2004 for the Jose Padilla case. As a result, Republican senators are up in arms, according to The New York Times. What did Holder advocate that was so offensive?
“„During his Senate confirmation hearings last year, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. failed to disclose that he had signed a brief urging the Supreme Court not to uphold President Bush’s claim that he could imprison an American citizen as an “enemy combatant,” the Justice Department acknowledged on Thursday.
In their inability to fire Holder — who has committed such flagrant acts of liberalism in office as ratifying military commissions — Republican senators are just throwing anything at the wall to see what sticks. But usually you want to do that to portray your opponent as a dangerous radical. Now they’re just highlighting the fact that Holder holds such fundamentally American values as the belief that American citizens have fundamental rights to their liberty. What a boogeyman!
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