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  1. impeachment
    House Republican Wants Impeachment of Trump to Include Impeachment of ObamaBradley Byrne, an Alabama Republicans who needs some MAGA magic, is going the extra mile to go after Trump’s hated predecessor.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. gerrymandering
    State Court Tosses GOP’s Gerrymandered Congressional Map in North CarolinaRepublican boasts about partisan motives for maps challenged, as an illegal racial gerrymander backfired.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. just asking questions
    Eric Holder on Rod Rosenstein, Working with Uber, and Prosecuting BankersA conversation with the former attorney general about the Russia investigation, his work with Airbnb and Uber, and his plans for 2020
    By Noah Kulwin
  4. Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Election Is Going To Be A BarnburnerIn a closely divided and intensely partisan state, this judicial election will be among other things a tune-up for November.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. Court Orders Scott Walker to Hold Special Elections Republicans Want to AvoidScott Walker figures the best way to avoid embarrassing special election results is to not hold the elections at all. But a judge disagrees.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. select all
    Eric Holder, Uber Employees to Conduct ‘Independent Review’ of Sexism ClaimsThe company is moving fast following harassment allegations from a former employee.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. early and often
    Obama’s Post-Presidency Plan: Challenge the GOP’s State-Level AdvantageRepublicans did a brilliant job of entrenching themselves in Congress and the states after 2010’s redistricting. Dems are playing catch-up.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. crimes and misdemeanors
    Eric Holder Admits Edward Snowden’s Leaks Were a ‘Public Service’But he still thinks Snowden should face “consequences.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  9. people who shouldn’t be in jail
    Justice Department Will Release 6,000 Nonviolent Drug Convicts Late This MonthGreat news for the many real-life versions of Empire’s Cookie Lyon.
    By Nathan Pemberton
  10. Eric Holder Has Become a ‘Black Political Superhero’His exit is a glimpse into the grief two years from now when the first black family leaves the White House.
    By Chas Danner
  11. bye!
    Eric Holder: ‘I Think We Can Officially Say Now That Eric Holder Is Free’Loretta Lynch gets sworn in next week. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  12. Senate Passes Trafficking Bill After a month of fighting, the bill passed 99–0. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  13. obvious rules
    Holder Reminds Federal Employees That Soliciting Prostitutes Is Illegal“The solicitation of prostitution threatens the core mission of the Department.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  14. very good things
    Cops Can No Longer Just Seize Your MoneyIt’s a thing called “civil forfeiture.”
    By Katie Zavadski
  15. Eric Holder on His Final Battle As Atty General“We protest. We get loud. We disrupt things.”
    By Joy-Ann Reid
  16. cleveland’s finest
    Cleveland Police Will Get an Overseer The Justice Department will be appointing one.
    By Katie Zavadski
  17. What Obama’s AG Pick Could Do in FergusonIn a talk from 2000, U.S. attorney Loretta Lynch outlined her preferred tool for tackling racial injustice in the police force.
    By Robert Kolker
  18. comings and goings
    Meet Loretta Lynch, Obama’s Nominee for U.S. Attorney GeneralThe front-runner to replace Eric Holder would be the first black woman to hold the job.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  19. ferguson
    Justice Department Not at All Pleased With Michael Brown Leaks“An inappropriate effort to influence public opinion about this case.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  20. comings and goings
    Eric Holder Is Just About Done Being Attorney GeneralHe’ll step down as soon as a successor is in place.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  21. crimes and misdemeanors
    Why 46,000 People in Prison for Drugs May Get Out EarlyThe U.S. Sentencing Commission has reduced its recommended sentences retroactively.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  22. the war on drugs
    Eric Holder Backs Plan to Shorten Drug SentencesWhich would cut the federal prison population by 6,550 inmates.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. equal rites
    Justice Dept. to Give Gay Couples Equal RightsThat means the right to decline to testify against a spouse and to file for bankruptcy together.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  24. profiling
    Holder Plans to Expand Limits on Profiling by Federal AgentsOr at least, that’s what he told Mayor De Blasio.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. equal rites
    United States Will Recognize Marriages of Utah’s Same-Sex Newlyweds The state will not.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  26. Some Republicans Will Try to Impeach Eric Holder, But It Won’t WorkTed Yoho’s fifteen minutes.
    By Adam Martin
  27. civil rights
    March on Washington’s 50th Anniversary PhotosEric Holder and other leaders spoke about the continued need to fight for civil rights.
    By Delia Paunescu
  28. Is Today the Beginning of the End of America’s ‘Tough on Crime’ Policies?The key question: How much have we given up?
    By Jennifer Gonnerman
  29. the war on drugs
    Holder Plans to Reform Drug SentencingIn an effort to reduce the prison population.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. crimes and misdemeanors
    U.S. Promises Not to Torture, Kill Edward SnowdenEric Holder wrote a polite letter to Russia.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  31. media
    Reporter Compelled to Testify after DOJ Promises to Back Off ReportersAwkward timing.
    By Adam Martin
  32. zimmerman verdict
    Holder Blasts ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws After Zimmerman VerdictAs civil rights leaders plan a “movement for social justice.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. great moments in cable news
    Fox News Asks the Questions Nobody Else Is Asking Because They’re Dumb QuestionsWho is the bigger threat: Eric Holder or Ayman al-Zawahiri?
    By Dan Amira
  34. the media
    Journalists Become Sources on Off-the-Record DOJ MeetingAfter colleagues boycott the discussion.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. the media
    News Media Unimpressed by DOJ’s Off-the-Record Meeting OfferThe AP and NYT have already said they won’t go.
    By Adam Martin
  36. Eric Holder Once Ordered Investigation of Reporting He Now Wants to DefendThe Attorney General’s relationship with the media gets murkier.
    By John Surico
  37. early and awkward
    Eric Holder Let Darrell Issa Know Just How Much He Hates Him Today“Shameful.”
    By Dan Amira
  38. snark
    Eric Holder Has a Few Words for Rand Paul“It has come to my attention …”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. too big to jail
    Eric Holder Gets Passive-Aggressive With Senators on Too-Big-to-Fail QuestionThe attorney general agrees that banks are too big, but implies it’s Congress’s fault.
    By Kevin Roose
  40. memorials
    Eric Holder Calls Sikh Temple Shooting a Hate Crime at Memorial But stopped short of making a substantive statement on gun control.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  41. Justice Department Won’t Investigate HolderWho could have predicted this?
    By Dan Amira
  42. politics
    House Votes to Hold Eric Holder in ContemptSeventeen Democrats voted in favor, while others walked out.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  43. squabbles
    House Wants to Hold Eric Holder in ContemptHe doesn’t seem super-worried.
    By Noreen Malone
  44. plugging the leaks
    Obama Sticking With Embattled Ambassador NomineeAccording to David Plouffe.
    By Andre Tartar
  45. national security leaks
    Eric Holder Launches National Security Leak Investigation [Updated]To be headed by the D.C. and Maryland U.S. Attorneys.
    By Andre Tartar and Caroline Bankoff
  46. early and awkward
    James O’Keefe Proves That Pointless Form of Voter Fraud Is PossibleWell done.
    By Dan Amira
  47. war on terror
    Obama Administration Justifies Killing Citizens as ACLU’s Jaw DropsAttorney General Eric Holder gave a speech defending the policy today.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  48. news corp. scandal
    Eric Holder Says There’s ‘No Proof’ 9/11 Victims Were HackedSo far, that is.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  49. terrorble
    9/11 Suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Will Get a Military Trial in Gitmo [Updated]Rather than a civilian trial at federal court in Manhattan.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  50. equal rites
    Obama Decides Defense of Marriage Act Is Unconstitutional, Orders Justice Department to Stop Defending It in CourtThis is big.
    By Chris Rovzar
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