The Senate Judiciary Committee will continue confirmation proceedings on the nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr., to be Attorney General of the United States on January 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. The hearing will be held in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, and will be webcast live online.
- Committee Questionnaire: Eric H. Holder Jr.
- Volume 1 of 11, Part 1 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications Prior to 1997
- Volume 1 of 11, Part 2 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications Prior to 1997
- Volume 1 of 11, Part 3 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications Prior to 1997
- Volume 2 of 11 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications Prior to 1997
- Volume 3 of 11 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches as Deputy Attorney General
- Volume 4 of 11, Part 1 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications Prior to 1997
- Volume 4 of 11, Part 2 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications Prior to 1997
- Volume 4 of 11, Part 3 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications Prior to 1997
- Volume 5 of 11, Part 1 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications Prior to 1997
- Volume 5 of 11, Part 2 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications Prior to 1997
- Volume 6 of 11, Part 1 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications Prior to 1997
- Volume 6 of 11, Part 2 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications Prior to 1997
- Volume 7 of 11 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications, 2001 to Present
- Volume 8 of 11, Part 1 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications, 2001 to Present
- Volume 8 of 11, Part 2 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications, 2001 to Present
- Volume 8 of 11, Part 3 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Speeches and Publications, 2001 to Present
- Volume 9 of 11, Part 1 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Media Interviews and Press Conferences
- Volume 9 of 11, Part 2 - Publications, Testimony, Speeches and Interviews - Media Interviews and Press Conferences
- Volume 10 of 11, Part 1 - Supreme Court Briefs
- Volume 10 of 11, Part 2 - Supreme Court Briefs
- Volume 11 of 11 - Policy Memos
- January 2, 2009 - Supplemental Submission Cover Letter
- Supplemental Submission for Question 13.D. - Addition 1
- Supplemental Submission for Question 17.B. - Addition 1
- Supplemental Submission for Question 17.B. - Addition 2
- December 19, 2008 - Supplemental Submission Cover Letter
- Supplemental Submission for Question 13.B. - Part 1
- Supplemental Submission for Question 13.B. - Part 2
- Supplemental Submission for Question 13.C. - Part 1
- Supplemental Submission for Question 13.C. - Part 2
- Supplemental Submission for Question 13.D.
- Supplemental Submission for Question 13.E. - Part 1
- Supplemental Submission for Question 13.E. - Part 2
- Supplemental Submission for Question 13.E. - Part 3
- Supplemental Submission for Question 13.E. - Part 4
- Supplemental Submission for Question 14.A.
- Supplemental Submission for Question 17.B.
- Supplemental Submission for Question 18
Letters Received in Connection With the Nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr.:
- January 15, 2009 - Congressional Black Caucus
- January 15, 2009 - Sheila Jackson Lee, Congresswoman, Eighteenth District, Texas
- January 14, 2009 - Retired Generals [General Joseph Hoar, USMC (Ret.), Vice Admiral Lee F. Gunn, USN (Ret.), Lieutenant General Charles Otstott, USA (Ret.), Major General Paul D. Eaton, USA (Ret.), Rear Admiral John D. Hutson, USN (Ret.), Major General William L. Nash, USA (Ret.), Brigadier General James P. Cullen, USA (Ret.), Brigadier General David R. Irvine, USA (Ret.), Brigadier General Murray G. Sagsveen, USA (Ret.), Brigadier General Steven N. Xenakis, USA (Ret.)]
- January 14, 2009 - People for the American Way
- January 14, 2009 - Theodore Olsen, former Solicitor General, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
- January 14, 2009 - National Women's Law Center
- January 14, 2009 - National Partnership for Women & Families
- January 14, 2009 - National Network to End Domestic Violence
- January 14, 2009 - National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
- January 14, 2009 - National Association of Attorneys General
- January 14, 2009 - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- January 14, 2009 - Craig S. Morford, former Acting Deputy Attorney General
- January 14, 2009 - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights [Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, A Network for Ideas & Action, Alliance for Justice, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Americans for Democratic Action, Inc., Americans United for Change, Asian American Justice Center, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Campaign for America's Future, Center for Community Change, Center for Inquiry, Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, Coalition of Labor Union Women, Coalition on Human Needs, Common Cause, Communications Workers of America, DC Vote, Family Equality Council, Feminist Majority, The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, Human Rights Campaign, United Automobile Aerospace & Agriculture Implement Workers of America, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, League of United Latin American Citizens, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, National Abortion Federation, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Association of Human Rights Workers, National Black Justice Coalition, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Center for Transgender Equality, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, National Council of Jewish Women, National Council of La Raza, National Council of Negro Women, National Education Association, National Employment Lawyers Association, National Fair Housing Alliance, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund, National Health Law Program, National Network to End Domestic Violence, National Organization for Women, National Partnership for Women & Families, National Urban League, National Women's Law Center, Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays National, People for the American Way, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Progressive Future, Service Employees International Union, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, USAction, Wider Opportunities for Women, Women Employed]
- January 14, 2009 - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Wade Henderson, President and CEO, Nancy Zirkin, Executive Vice President
- January 14, 2009 - Collection of Over 50 Partners of Color of District of Columbia Area Lawyers
- January 14, 2009 - Dan Bryant, former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy and Office of Legislative Affairs; Chris Wray, former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
- January 14, 2009 - Former American Bar Association Presidents [Jerome Shestack, Martha Barnett, Dennis Archer, Robert Grey, Michael Greco]
- January 13, 2009 - National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women
- January 13, 2009 - Judicial Watch
- January 12, 2009 - National Crime Prevention Council
- January 12, 2009 - Charles G. La Bella, former U.S. Attorney
- January 12, 2009 - Center for Neighborhood Enterprise
- January 12, 2009 - Dan Burton, Congressman, Fifth District, Indiana
- January 12, 2009 - Boys & Girls Clubs of America
- January 12, 2009 - American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
- January 9, 2009 - Robert Silva, Mayor, City of Mendota, California
- January 9, 2009 - John Walsh, America's Most Wanted
- January 9, 2009 - National Rifle Association
- January 9, 2009 - National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- January 9, 2009 - Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- January 8, 2009 - Paul McNulty, former Deputy Attorney General, former U.S. Attorney
- January 8, 2009 - Fraternal Order of Police
- January 8, 2009 - Bob Barr, former Congressman, former U.S. Attorney
- January 7, 2009 - Joint Letter: William P. Barr, former Attorney General; Joseph E. diGenova, former United States Attorney for the District of Columbia; Manus M. Cooney, former Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee, Stuart M. Gerson, former Acting Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General of the United States; Makan Delrahim, former Staff Director, Senate Judiciary Committee, for Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Michael J. Madigan, former Federal Prosecutor and Chief Counsel, Senate Special Investigation, Committee on Governmental Affairs; Michael O'Neill, former Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee, former Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission, Victoria Toensing, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, former Chief Counsel, Senate Intelligence Committee; George J. Terwilliger III, former United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, former Deputy Attorney General; Charles R. Work, former Federal Prosecutor, former President, District of Columbia Bar
- January 7, 2009 - State Attorneys General
- January 7, 2009 - National Criminal Justice Association
- January 7, 2009 - Hispanic National Bar Association
- January 7, 2009 - Gun Owners of America
- January 7, 2009 - Judge Louis Freeh, former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- January 6, 2009 - Larry Thompson, former Deputy Attorney General
- January 5, 2009 - National Association of Drug Court Professionals
- January 5, 2009 - Coalition letter from Break the Cycle, Family Violence Prevention Fund, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, Nation Center for Victims of Crime, National Congress of American Indians Task Force on Violence Against Native Women, National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence, National Network to End Domestic Violence, National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, Sacred Circle
- January 2, 2009 - National District Attorneys Association
- December 30, 2008 - National Black Prosecutors Association
- December 29, 2008 - National Bar Association
- December 29, 2008 - National Association of Blacks in Civil Justice
- December 27, 2008 - Carol Lamm, White & Case, LLP, former President, District of Columbia Bar
- December 23, 2008 - National Troopers Coalition
- December 23, 2008 - National Narcotics Officers' Associations' Coalition
- December 23, 2008 - Karen Tandy, former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
- December 23, 2008 - Anti-Defamation League
- December 22, 2008 - The United States Conference of Mayors
- December 22, 2008 - National Sheriffs' Association
- December 22, 2008 - National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys
- December 22, 2008 - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- December 22, 2008 - Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association
- December 22, 2008 - Asa Hutchinson, former Congressman, former U.S. Attorney, former Undersecretary for Homeland Security
- December 19, 2008 - Jesse C. Trentadue
- December 19, 2008 - Southern Poverty Law Center
- December 19, 2008 - National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
- December 19, 2008 - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- December 19, 2008 - James B. Comey, former Deputy Attorney General
- December 19, 2008 - International Association of Chiefs of Police
- December 18, 2008 - The Young Lawyers Section of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- December 18, 2008 - Major Cities Chiefs Association
- December 18, 2008 - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (signatories: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Alliance for Justice, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, American for Democratic Action, Inc., Asian American Justice Center, Center for Inquiry, Feminist Majority, Human Rights Campaign, The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, National Abortion Federation, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., National Council of Jewish Women, National Council of La Raza, National Fair Housing Alliance, National Health Law Program, National Partnership for Women & Families, National Organization for Women, National Urban League, People for the American Way, Planned Parenthood Federation of America)
- December 18, 2008 - International Union of Police Associations
- December 18, 2008 - Carla Hills, former Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; former U.S. Trade Representative
- December 15, 2008 - Asian American Justice Center
- December 12, 2008 - Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)
- December 12, 2008 - John P. Sarcone, Polk County Attorney, Iowa
- December 11, 2008 - National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO)
- December 10, 2008 - National District Attorneys Association
- December 8, 2008 - National Organization for Victim Assistance
- December 8, 2008 - Mario Thomas Gaboury, J.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice, University of New Haven, Ct.
- December 5, 2008 - Partnership for Safety and Justice
- December 5, 2008 - Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc.
- December 5, 2008 - Justice Solutions, NPO
- December 5, 2008 - Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
- December 4, 2008 - The National Center for Victims of Crime
- December 4, 2008 - Dan Levey, National President of Parents of Murdered Children, Inc (POMC), Advisor for Victims to Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano
- December 2, 2008 - The National Organization of Victims of "Juvenile Lifers"
- December 2, 2008 - Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
- December 2, 2008 - Illinois Victims
- December 1, 2008 - Security on Campus
- December 2008 - National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center
- November 30, 2008 - Appriss
- November 26, 2008 - International Organization for Victim Assistance
- November 26, 2008 - American Probation and Parole Association
- November 25, 2008 - Sharon J. English, Homicide Victim Survivor, Crime Victim Services Advocate
- November 25, 2008 - National Leadership Council for Crime Victim Justice
- November 25, 2008 - Anne Seymour, National Crime Victim Advocate
Documents from the Department of Justice: