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Withers: Assistant AG takes personal leave

James Withers — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:33:07 +0000

Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox finally decided to suspend Andrew Shirvell, the state employee with an obsession on a college student (see the update below). Shrivell, an assistant(...)

Fla. AG wants to ban gay foster parenting

logointern1 — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:18:20 +0000

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said that gay foster parenting should be illegal.

“I really do not think that we should have homosexuals guiding our children,” he told the Florida(...)

Alaska legislature rejects Palin homophobic AG pick

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:13:36 +0000

(Juneau, Alaska) The Alaska Legislature on Thursday rejected Gov. Sarah Palin’s nominee for state attorney general, the latest of several clashes between lawmakers and the governor since she(...)

Holder confirmed as attorney general

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:07:16 +0000

(Washington) The Senate has voted 75-21 to confirm Eric Holder as the first African-American attorney general.

Holder also is the only African-American currently in President Barack Obama’s(...)

Senate committee OKs holder for AG

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:01:37 +0000

(Washington) Eric Holder’s nomination as the first African-American attorney general moved to the full Senate on Wednesday with broad bipartisan support, as Republicans who earlier criticized(...)

GOP threatens Obama AG pick; Pressure mounts for gay Commerce Sec.

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:55:58 +0000

As one LGBT political group presses for the appointment of a gay man to replace Commerce Secretary-nominee Bill Richardson, another is coming to the defense of Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder Jr.

Attorney Gen pick praised by gay rights org

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:41:25 +0000

(Washington) President-Elect Barack Obama’s choice of Eric Holder as Attorney General of the United States has won praise from the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization.

The Human(...)

Justice Dept.: Aide Broke Law By Rejecting Lesbian Lawyer, Others

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:48:33 +0000

(Washington) A new Justice Department report concludes that politics illegally influenced the hiring of career prosecutors and immigration judges, and largely lays the blame on top aides to former attorney general Alberto Gonzales. Monday’s report singles out the department’s former White House liaison, Monica Goodling, for violating federal law and Justice Department policy by discriminating [...]