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TRACCI: A post-Holder Justice Department worthy of the name

By Robert N. Tracci

Audience members applaud Attorney General Eric Holder, right, and President Barack Obama during an announcement in the State Dining Room of the White House to announce Holder is resigning, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in Washington. Holder, who served as the public face of the Obama administration's legal fight against terrorism and weighed in on issues of racial fairness, is resigning after six years on the job. He is the first black U.S. attorney general. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama waiting for midterm to name attorney general

By NEDRA PICKLER - Associated Press

The Justice Department is seen in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Justice Dept. reaches $38 million settlement with nursing homes over allegations of abuse

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

President Obama stands with former President George W. Bush at the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas on April 25, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

NAPOLITANO: Parallel reconstruction, an edifice of lies at NSA and DOJ

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Attorney General Eric Holder (above, in 2009) exemplified President Obama's racial vision in calling the U.S. a "nation of cowards" for evading racial guilt, says Colin Flaherty. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

Obama aces race, voters learn a lesson

By Colin Flaherty

Gina McCarthy (Associated Press)

EPA to admit it lost agency chief’s text messages

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by ESPN, Anthony Bosch is shown in a car, next to a Drug Enforcement Administration official in Weston, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. The owner of a now-defunct Florida clinic was charged Tuesday with conspiracy to distribute steroids, more than a year after he was accused of providing performance-enhancing drugs to New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and other players. Federal court records show Bosch is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute testosterone. (AP Photo/ESPN Outside the Lines, Andrew Lockett) MANDATORY CREDIT

US agent sued over fake Facebook page

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Illustration on Eric Holder's legacy at the Justice Department by ALexander Hunter/The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Replacing Holder, filling two big left-wing-tip shoes

By Robert Knight

Illustration on a new attorney general as defender of the Constitution by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

RUBIO: Wanted: An attorney general committed to the Constitution

By Marco Rubio

In this Sept. 8, 2014 photo, Irfan Khan, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, discusses his lawsuit against the U.S. government in his Plantation, Fla. office. Khan worked hard to realize the American dream after arriving in the U.S. in 1994. He drove a taxi and operated a limousine company before landing a computer-related job in 2011 that promised a good living. Then Khan was accused of conspiring to send money to the Taliban. He spent 319 days in solitary confinement before federal prosecutors abruptly dropped all charges in June 2012. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Man cleared in Taliban terror case suing US

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian A. Terry, who was fatally shot in 2010 north of the Arizona-Mexico border while trying to catch bandits who target illegal immigrants. (Associated Press/U.S. Customs and Border Protection) ** FILE **

Brian Terry’s sister: Eric Holder’s resignation no coincidence

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Nixon waves goodbye to staff members outside the White House after resigning on Aug. 9, 1974, following revelations of the Watergate and other scandals.

FEIN: Conditioning Senate confirmation of AG Holder’s successor

By Bruce Fein

Audience members applaud Attorney General Eric Holder, right, and President Barack Obama during an announcement in the State Dining Room of the White House to announce Holder is resigning, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in Washington. Holder, who served as the public face of the Obama administration's legal fight against terrorism and weighed in on issues of racial fairness, is resigning after six years on the job. He is the first black U.S. attorney general. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Holder: Mixed record on national security issues

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio speaks at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Prospective Republican presidential candidates are expected to promote religious liberty at home and abroad at a gathering of evangelical conservatives, rebuking an unpopular President Barack Obama while skirting divisive social issues that have tripped up the GOP. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rep. Jim Jordan: ‘Eric Holder can’t go fast enough’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2014, file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Holder is arguing publicly in favor of legal representation for migrant children arriving unaccompanied at the border. At the same time, his department is taking the opposite position in court. Holder said Sept. 12 in a speech to the Hispanic National Bar Association that the government has a moral obligation to ensure counsel for children and youth who&#8217;ve arrived at the border without their parents. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Eric Holder resigns as attorney general

By Jessica Chasmar and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Attorney General Eric Holder, speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, to announce Holder is resigning. Holder, who served as the public face of the Obama administration's legal fight against terrorism and weighed in on issues of racial fairness, is resigning after six years on the job. He is the first black US attorney general. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Eric Holder announces resignation: ‘Pretty good run’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing oversight hearing on the Justice Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Contempt of Congress case against Holder will proceed

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

(AP Photo illustration/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Porn-peeping federal workers rarely face time or attendance fraud charges

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Protesters argue with a Ferguson sergeant who was trying to get them to disperse the area on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson late Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen)

Justice Department investigates Ferguson police

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

This May 8, 2014, file photo shows people touching the engraved name of a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York. The memorial has been visited by nearly 15 million people since it opened three years ago on the footprints of the twin towers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Justice Dept. says 68 percent of victims continue to suffer long after violent crime is committed

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times