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Apr. 10, 2014

House Republicans formally ask Attorney Gen Eric H Holder Jr to begin a criminal investigation of Lois Lerner, the former Internal Revenue Service official caught up in the scandal over political targeting of Tea Party groups.MORE

Atty Gen Eric H Holder Jr's long-awaited revisions to the Justice Dept's racial profiling rules would expand the definition of prohibited profiling to include not just race, but religion, national origin, gender and sexual orientation; however, they do not change how Federal Bureau of Investigation uses that information for national security purposes.MORE

Atty Gen Eric H Holder Jr makes a high-profile visit to New York City to meet with federal prosecutors who won the conviction of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, former top aide to Osama bin Laden; he forcefully reiterates at a news conference his view that case proves terrorism trials can occur safely in the city.MORE

Editorial applauds Atty Gen Eric Holder Jr's announcement of new requirements for federally financed halfway houses, part of his aggressive push for reform in criminal justice system; submits that even better solution may be to send fewer low-risk offenders to prison in first place.MORE

Attorney General Eric H Holder Jr says that federal government will recognize more than 300 same-sex marriages that were performed in Michigan; announcement caps a period of rapid change and legal uncertainty over status of same-sex marriage in the state.MORE

Atty Gen Eric H Holder Jr is endorsing proposal that would reduce prison sentences for people convicted of dealing drugs, latest sign of Obama administration's retrenchment in the so-called war on drugs; United States Sentencing Commission had proposed changing federal guidelines to lessen average sentence by about one year, to 51 months from 62 months.MORE

Atty Gen Eric H Holder Jr and libertarian-leaning Republicans find common cause on eliminating mandatory minimum prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders.MORE

Justice Department says Atty Gen Eric H Holder Jr was taken to the hospital after experiencing faintness and shortness of breath at a meeting.MORE

Atty Gen Eric H Holder Jr declares that state attorneys general who believe laws banning same-sex marriage are discriminatory are not obligated to defend them; statement prompts criticism from Republicans who say attorneys general have duty to stand behind their state laws, even if they do not agree with them; Holder's highly unusual assertion thrusts Obama administration into center of emotional debate.MORE

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