Tag Archives: Attorney General Eric Holder
Voting Reform Ethics
Criticism of reasonable voter validation procedures as voter suppression is inherently suspect, because it doesn’t make sense. Continue reading
Scary Ethics Theater: The Strange Case of the Freedom of DISinformation Act!
This Halloween night we ask the scary question, “When is it ethical to be unethical?” For the chilling answer, we must enter the mysterious lair of Eric Holder’s Justice Department!!! Continue reading
Attorney General Holder, Fast and Furious, and Congressional Perjury
Lying to Congress about a federal operation that has resulted in the deaths of two Americans (so far), however, is infinitely worse than what Roger Clemens did, and the top lawyer in the government deceiving Congress must never be tolerated. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Finis: The New Black Panthers Voter Intimidation Affair”
The Comment of the Day regards official reports that dismiss allegations of government misconduct as “unsupported.” Continue reading
Filed under U.S. Society
Finis: The New Black Panthers Voter Intimidation Affair
The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility, a careful, professional, non-partisan group charged with reviewing allegations of U.S. Government attorney misconduct, released the report on its investigation of the contentious Civil Rights Division handling of the case of two paramilitary-clad members of the New Black Panthers, one carrying a club, who appeared to be at a Philadelphia polling place in November 1008 for the purpose of intimidating voters. Continue reading
Filed under Citizenship, Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions, Race
U.S. Attorney General Ethics, Rule #1: Remember What Your Job Is
No matter how wrong a lawyer thinks his client is, he may not publicly criticize of attack the client, or as in this case, act adversely to his client by trying to build public sentiment in opposition to the client’s stated interests. But Atty. Gen Eric Holder has apparently forgotten what his job is. Continue reading
Unethical Quote of the Week: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
As the Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder is obligated to regard all American citizens as “his people.” Based on his testimony before Congress, he doesn’t. Continue reading
Ethics Observation of the Week: the Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto
James Taranto, as he often does, finds the dishonesty and hypocrisy in some pro-Obama care doubletalk. Continue reading
The Ghailani Verdict Spin
The fact that some jurors are unfit for the duty of enforcing the rule of law is a weakness in our system. Accept it, embrace it, admit it…but don’t lie about it. Continue reading
