Another reason to hold Holder

Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 8 January, 2009 | David Codrea

[marktwain]

In addition to all the other reasons we've talked about this week for opposing confirmation of Eric Holder as attorney general, The Heritage Foundation alerts us to his "Sixth Amendment Problem."

Citing an article by Harvey Silvergate in The National Law Journal, we learn:

"...Holder strongly suggested that, when deciding whether to indict a corporation — and indictment can be a death sentence for companies in certain businesses — they consider whether the company has "cooperated" in the investigation. "Cooperation" was partially defined by whether the corporation agreed to waive the legally protected attorney-client and work-product privileges...including corporate counsel's discussions with employees. Another factor, suggested Holder, would be "whether the corporation appears to be protecting its culpable employees and agents" by advancing or paying those individuals' attorney fees. A further sign of possible noncooperation would be whether the corporation kept the employees on the payroll or entered into a joint defense agreement with any of them. Put simply, the Holder Memo suggested that, by facilitating the ability of employees to continue working and to vigorously defend themselves, the company was demonstrating a noncooperative attitude that could get it indicted."

Think about that. Defending yourself through the legal system makes you a special target of the government.

That is flat-out chilling and un-American. Anyone with this mentality presuming to be our nation's top law enforcer is terrifying.

Eric Holder's easy embrace of the tools of the police state morally disqualifies him from our country's top law enforcement position. Regardless of your political persuasion, Republican or Democrat, this should outrage you. Please join me in opposing his confirmation.

Here's how.

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Tuccille on Holder

Civil Liberties Examiner J.D. Tuccille wrote an article on Holder back in November that further proves guns are not the only issue where the nominee is troublesome for civil libertarians. J.D. tells me he'll work up another column, and I'll make sure I link to it when it's up.

[marktwain]

Holder needs to be stopped. This article reminds me of the Justice department's actions after Waco. When the Justice Department was asked why it ordered officers not to write reports of what happened at Waco, because they would likely produce "brady material" (brady material is information that would be exculpatory for the defendants), the department told us that this was "standard prosecutorial proceedure".

In other words, suppressing exculpatory evidence is standard prosecutorial proceedure.

These are real police state tactics.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

If you want the left to denounce that sort of thing, substitute “Cheney” for Holder and email it around. By the time the media realize they’ve been had, it’ll be too late to correct themselves.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Holder belongs in prison.

This clown is the opposite of everything America is supposed to stand for.

What an awful choice for attorney general.

[MarkT]

Holder will be the only AG that will make Janet Reno look good.

[DesertRhino]

Nice! hahaaha

[hermgem]

The Chicago Tribune on 01/09, page 14 just published a whitewash for Holder, who according to “details "who have not been made public until now",” repeatedly has pushed “some” of his subordinates to drop their opposition of conditional clemency to 16 members of two violent Puerto Rican organizations.
Who'd know that Holder actually was opposed to clemency?
Fact: when it actually came to stand up for no clemency, there was nothing there.
This Tribune keeps whitewashing, same as with Obama when publishing his opponents divorce records while running for the Senate.

[hermgem]

The Chicago Tribune on 01/09, page 14 just published a whitewash for Holder, who according to “details "who have not been made public until now",” repeatedly has pushed “some” of his subordinates to drop their opposition of conditional clemency to 16 members of two violent Puerto Rican organizations.
Who'd know that Holder actually was opposed to clemency?
Fact: when it actually came to stand up for no clemency, there was nothing there.
This Tribune keeps whitewashing, same as with Obama when publishing his opponents divorce records while running for the Senate.

[Joe Brower]

Holder is poison. Period.

[TC Rider]

Another factor, suggested Holder, would be "whether the corporation appears to be protecting its culpable employees and agents" by advancing or paying those individuals' attorney fees. A further sign of possible noncooperation would be whether the corporation kept the employees on the payroll or entered into a joint defense agreement with any of them. Put simply, the Holder Memo suggested that, by facilitating the ability of employees to continue working and to vigorously defend themselves, the company was demonstrating a noncooperative attitude that could get it indicted."

Oh, I get it. By acting like the Clinton Whitehouse in the Age of Monica.

[budwiesest]

Lucky for us these people mere nominees. Our statesmen and women representatives will surely get to the bottom of these appointments and defend our constitution. At the end of the day, it’s Country over Party, isn’t it?