[Gdsgrl21] U.S. Attorney General
Eric Holder will step down this year...2/11/14
Eric Holder to step down this year: report
Monday, February 10, 2014
The Washington
Times
.S. Attorney
General Eric Holder will step down this year, he said in
an interview with the New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin in the magazine’s Feb. 17 edition.
In a feature article, Mr. Holder said he plans on staying in his position “well into”
the year.
Last November, Mr. Holder, the first black attorney general, told CBS News he
didn’t have “any plans” to step down.
Mr. Holder has made voting rights the test case of
his tenure, the New Yorker reported. He has been a vocal critic of the Supreme Court case that invalidated key parts of the Voting
Rights Act and has supported Congressional action to renew and revise the law.
During his five years as the nation’s top law enforcement officer, Mr. Holder has also weighed in on other controversial Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Holder said he wouldn’t defend the Defense of Marriage Act in
court and over the weekend announced the Department of Justice’s plans to give
same-sex couples the same rights in the federal legal system as married
heterosexual couples, regardless of whether a state recognizes same sex
marriage.
http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/10/eric-holder-step-down-year-report/#ixzz2t1VdIt00
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