Posts Tagged "attorney general"

Progressive nonprofit accuses Orlando of campaign violations

LAS CRUCES — a progressive, nonprofit group has accused Third Judicial District Attorney Amy Orlando of violating campaign finance laws by allegedly failing to add disclaimers to a recent flier and her campaign Web site. Progress Now new Mexico said Thursday it had formally requested the new Mexico Attorney General’s Office to investigate. Phil Sisneros, a spokesman for the Attorney…read more →

Hate Crimes

In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller, a family member of George Zimmerman asked the nation’s top law enforcement officer why he has chosen to not arrest members of the New Black Panther Party for their rhetoric — some of which may fit the federal government’s definition of a hate crime…read more →

Holder Repeats Veiled Threat to Court – By Grace-Marie Turner – The Corner – National Review Online

In a letter released on Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged that the judicial branch indisputably has the power to determine the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress. But he used the letter to reiterate President Obama’s warning to the Supreme Court to uphold the health-care law. Holder’s letter, demanded by a three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of…read more →

Tom Bradley takes over, respectfully, for fired Joe Paterno

Bradley was resolute in steering clear of all questions about the attorney general's probe into allegations that ex-assistant coach Jerry Sandusky had assaulted eight boys. The following is the official release from Penn State athletics naming Tom Bradley as the interim coach. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. November 9, 2011 – As announced by the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees Wednesday…read more →