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Any early federal sentencing thoughts on Eric Holder, the next U.S. Attorney General?

By Douglas A. Berman

The AP has this latest report on the buzz surrounding President-Elect Obama's choice for attorney general: "A source close to the process of selecting Barack Obama's attorney general says the president-elect has 'informally' offered the post to Washington lawyer Eric Holder, who has accepted."  On this latest word, I am prepared to declare this a done deal.  I am also prepared to predict that Holder will get confirmed by the Senate, notwithstanding all the hold-over Clinton Administration DOJ scandals that necessarily will be a cause for media discussion and pundit critiques in the days and weeks ahead. Many folks will use the Holder selection as an excuse to rehash lots of old Clinton Administration stories ? involving once-semi-(in)famous figures ranging from Elian Gonzales to Marc Rich...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 19, 2008 (boomark / email).