http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/9309372/War-in-the-White-House-attorney-general-Eric-Holder-and-top-Obama-adviser-David-Axelrod-had-to-be-separated.html Eric Holder, Barack Obama’s attorney general and David Axelrod, his top political adviser had to be separated after squaring up during a furious row over attempts to impose White House operatives in the justice department. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Photo: AFP By Jon Swaine, Washington 6:22PM BST 03 Jun 2012 Eric Holder, who […]
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Appeals court fires back at Obama’s comments on health care case
Apr 3
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504564_162-57408827-504564/appeals-court-fires-back-at-obamas-comments-on-health-care-case/ April 3, 2012 3:42 PM By Jan Crawford Updated 6:55 p.m. ET (CBS News) In the escalating battle between the administration and the judiciary, a federal appeals court apparently is calling the president’s bluff — ordering the Justice Department to answer by Thursday whether the Obama Administration believes that the courts have the right […]
Insight: Top Justice officials connected to mortgage banks
Jan 20
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/us-usa-holder-mortgage-idUSTRE80J0PH20120120 By Scot J. Paltrow Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:31am EST (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Lanny Breuer, head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, were partners for years at a Washington law firm that represented a Who’s Who of big banks and other companies at the center of alleged foreclosure fraud, […]