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Pardons, politics, race and justice: why Holder should come out swinging

By Douglas A. Berman

President-elect Obama's selection of Eric Holder to be the next U.S. Attorney General is generating more buzz this morning, with this new piece at Politico, headlined "Holder pardon makes Dems squirm," and this new editorial at the Wall Street Journal, titled "Eric Holder's Politics: His years at Clinton Justice don't inspire confidence."  Both pieces effectively highlight how the ugly pardons of the Clinton era provide a basis for questioning Holder's ability to be unduly influenced by political considerations.  There is, of course, some irony in folks attacking Holder primarily for political reasons by questioning if he is too much influenced by politics reasons.  But I am never troubled by a political system acting politically as long as there is transparency...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 04, 2008 (boomark / email).