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GOP Senator Cornyn demands AG Holder resign, Holder gives epic smack-down response

By on June 13, 2012 in GOPocrisy

Day-um…

Yesterday, during his ninth appearance before Congress regarding the “Fast and Furious” debacle (read more about that HERE), Senator John Cornyn, Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked Attorney General Eric Holder to resign, saying he hoped President Obama would replace him.

AG Holder’s response was epic and a total smack-down of Cornyn. The transcript below is courtesy of Meteor Blades at Daily Kos from his post Sen. Cornyn accuses Eric Holder of perjury, asks him to resign. Gets told to pound sand:

Cornyn: In short, you’ve violated the public trust in my view and, by failing and refusing to perform the duties of your office.…

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Detroit NAACP celebrates its 100-year anniversary with an impressive 57th Annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner

By on May 7, 2012 in Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow, Detroit, Events

Restoring hope for Detroit’s future

Last night, the Detroit NAACP held its 57th Annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner. This was a particularly auspicious event because this is the 100-year anniversary of the Detroit branch of the NAACP.

It is hard to understate the immensity of this event. Upwards of 6,000 people attended this gala event at the Cobo Center in Detroit. There were five podiums set up, ringing the room, each with a long line of seats for dignitaries stretching out on both sides.

The press conference before the event was attended not only by the award winners but such dignitaries as…


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Detroit NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner features Attorney Gen. Holder, Rachel Maddow and MORE!

By on May 3, 2012 in Detroit

Now THAT is an all-star line-up!

This Sunday, May 6, the Detroit NAACP will hold its 57th Annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner. Check out this line-up:

  • Eric Holder, Attorney General, United States of America
  • Rachel Maddow, Host, The Rachel Maddow Show
  • Lifetime Achievement Awardee Rev. Julius Ceasar Hope, National Religious Affairs Director, NAACP
  • Freedom and Justice Awardee Maureen Taylor, State Chairperson, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
  • Great Expectation Awardee Rhonda Walker, News Anchor and Founder, WDIV and The Rhonda Walker Foundation
  • Atty. Nabih Ayad, Founder, Arab American Civil Rights League
  • Charles Ogletree, Professor, Harvard Law School

The event starts at 5:00 p.m.…


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Does Justice Dept’s ruling on SC voter ID law bode well for repeal of Michigan’s Emergency Manager law?

By on December 23, 2011 in Emergency Manager Law, Public Act 4

This could signal an important foreshadowing of the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation of Michigan’s Emergency Manager law and its disparate impact on African Americans.

The U.S. Department of Justice will block the voter ID provisions of an election law passed in South Carolina earlier this year because the state’s own statistics demonstrated that the photo identification requirement would have a much greater impact on non-white residents, DOJ said in a letter to the state on Friday.

The decision places the federal government squarely in opposition to the types of voter ID requirements that have swept through mostly Republican-controlled state legislatures.

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Rep Conyers: US Atty General Holder ALREADY investigating impact of Michigan’s Emergency Manager law

By on December 6, 2011 in Emergency Manager Law, Emergency Managers, Rick Snyder

My, my. THIS is interesting.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is reviewing whether the state of Michigan can legally appoint an emergency manager to oversee the Motor City’s finances, Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, said late today.

Conyers said he spoke to Holder about his request that the government move to block the law.

“(Holder) said, ‘I’ve got my lawyers working on it right now,’ ” Conyers said, adding he spoke to the attorney general about 4 p.m. today. “He’s trying to find out if my allegations of great constitutional concerns are valid. That’s what he’s got several hundred lawyers for.”

This could conceivably be the biggest news yet with regard to Michigan’s anti-democratic, disenfranchising Emergency Manager.…


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Making the case for health insurance reform

By on December 15, 2010 in Uncategorized

In an op-ed in the Washington Post yesterday, U.S. attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and secretary of health and human services Kathleen Sebelius make a compelling case for the Constitutionality of health insurance reform law.

Roughly 20 cases question the new law’s individual responsibility provision, which says that Americans who can afford to must maintain basic health coverage.

Federal courts in Michigan and Virginia have upheld the law as constitutional, but Monday, a federal court in Virginia reached the opposite result. These and other cases will continue through our courts as opponents try to block the law. But these attacks are wrong on the law, and if allowed to succeed, they would have devastating consequences for everyone with health insurance.

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