Posted on 09/25/2014 8:28:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Rats now control the Senate. Do the forces of evil want to get a replacement in now in case they lose the Senate?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3207783/posts
Federal Court Denies DOJ Motion for Delay, Orders Release of Fast and Furious Documents List to...
Judicial Watch ^ | September 25, 2014
Posted on 9/25/2014 9:14:32 AM by jazusamo
Full title: Federal Court Denies DOJ Motion for Delay, Orders Release of Fast and Furious Documents List to Judicial Watch by October 22
“The government’s arguments for even more time are unconvincing.”
– U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that on September 23, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that by October 22, the Department of Justice (DOJ) must submit a “Vaughn index” listing Fast and Furious materials Judicial Watch sought in its June 2012 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and subsequent September 2012 FOIA lawsuit ( Judicial Watch v. Department of Justice (No. 1:12-cv-01510)). A Vaughn index must: (1) identify each document withheld; (2) state the statutory exemption claimed; and (3) explain how disclosure would damage the interests protected by the claimed exemption.
On July 18, Bates ordered the Department of Justice to produce the documents list by October 1. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates denied a motion by the Obama DOJ that it be given until over an extra month, until November 3, to produce the Vaughn index. Judge Bates noted that the Justice Department’s request showed the Justice Department was, “at best, it means the Department has been slow to react to this Court’s previous [July 18, 2014] Order. At worst, it means the Department has ignored that Order until now.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3207789/posts
The injustice of Eric Holder [Lowest Poll Numbers of any federal official]
Washington Times ^ | 9/16/14 | John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky
Posted on 9/25/2014 9:36:24 AM by SoFloFreeper
....there is no doubt that the American public has also recognized just how politically corrupt Mr. Holder is, given this month’s very embarrassing poll conducted by Hart Research for NBC News and The Wall Street Journal.
The poll asked respondents their opinions about 10 different national political officials, ranging from Bill Clinton to President Obama to Eric Holder, as well as the Democratic and Republican parties. They were given choices of very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, very negative and “don’t know the name.” About a third of respondents didn’t know who Mr. Holder is (37 percent). However, those Americans who knew Mr. Holder gave him the second-lowest “positive” rating of anyone or any organization on the survey at a mere 15 percent.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3207788/posts
Eric Holder Is Leaving Now, Because Obama Thinks The Senate Is Lost
The Hayride ^ | 9-25-2014 | MacAoidh/Scott McKay
Posted on 9/25/2014 9:28:14 AM by smoothsailing
September 25,2014
Eric Holder Is Leaving Now, Because Obama Thinks The Senate Is Lost
by MacAoidh/Scott McKay
It’s busting out on to the wires today. Holder is resigning, effective as soon as his replacement can be confirmed.
He had to do this now, rather than wait until after the midterms, because Holder’s tenure as Attorney General has been marked by a pattern of activist Leftism and constitutional/legal abuse such as has never been seen in American history, and if there is a Republican majority in the Senate next year they’re not going to be able to confirm anyone like him. The current Labor Secretary, Thomas Perez, who used to be the head of the Civil Rights Division within DOJ, would be the first-round draft choice to replace Holder but Perez would never be confirmed by a Republican Senate majority.
But in a Senate Harry Reid controls, sure.
Erick Erickson has this absolutely right…
The only reason Eric Holder would do this now, before the mid-term elections, is if he was pretty sure he’d have to deal with a Republican Senate next year. A nomination and confirmation fight is just another area to be politicized before the 2014 mid-terms when the nation has turned against Barack Obama on a host of issues and Republicans are revving up attacks on both the IRS and Benghazi. It means a potential loss of control on another front when the Democrats are already on defense across the country. That instability does not happen unless the people in positions to control this decision see headwinds against them.
Eric Holder resigning is another sign the Democrats are worried about having to deal with a Republican Senate majority in January.
Understand this – if you had an Attorney General who was interested in faithfully executing his oath of office rather than serving as the palace guard for the Obama administration, you would have special prosecutors investigating the IRS scandal, the NSA, the James Rosen surveillance case, Fast and Furious, Benghazi, the GSA scandal and several others. The corruption within the administration has been covered up by Holder as he focuses his efforts on destroying school choice and stopping states from implementing highly-popular Voter ID laws is absolutely endemic, and it is unpunished because Holder keeps it that way.
This administration simply cannot afford not to have an Attorney General who will continue to hold the line as Holder has. And if it were to lose the Senate before replacing Holder, it would be forced to appoint someone either incapable or less-than-willing to serve as Obama’s protector.
And Holder not sticking it out until after the midterms, as Erickson says, means Obama thinks he’s lost the Senate. Holder goes, they’re going to make a run at appointing Perez or somebody like him and getting them confirmed in the lame-duck session and they’ll hope that’s enough to keep the house of cards from collapsing.
We’ll find out later after Obama is out of office (forced or otherwise) and all the books start coming out about his time in office.
And he's probably afraid he'll have to face Trey Gowdy again.
Put Holder in jail for being in contempt of Congress.
RE: Put Holder in jail for being in contempt of Congress.
He already has been held in contempt of Congress... what penalty does he get? I don’t see anything forthcoming.
Must be something big coming out that Holder couldn’t stonewall.
Devil Patrick from MA.
“Next look for Ginsberg to retire and Harry Reid to drop the nuclear option on Supreme Court nominees.”
RIGHT!! When you are thinking about not voting for a Republican Senate Candidate, remember you are voting to put Holder on the Supreme court.
Good riddance POS
Obama-Holder leaves an indelible shit smear on American history. Good riddance you POS and take your boss with you.
“Good riddance you POS and take your boss with you”.....we wish....
Perhaps, but I remembered him saying he was going to retire sometime ago and looked for the source;
In a feature story for The New Yorker in Feb 17, 2014, Holder told Jeffrey Toobin that he would leave his post in 2014, but would stay 'well into the year'.
Well, bye. I can’t say I look forward to your probable new career on the high-paid college lecture circuit and as a consultant, although I’m sure you’d be a good person to talk to by others who’d like to do what you’ve done and break the laws and trust that you’ve broken.
I’m sure Harvard would hire him tomorrow. He would fit right in.
Once Eric is out of office, he will not have the protections of his position. He can easily be put in jail.
this opens up new career opportunities with the New Black Panthers....
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