Eric Holder

When Barack Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States, I personally, believed that he had little chance of winning and as I addressed in my book, “On the Shoulders of Greatness,” he wasn’t my original choice for President. I was and continue to be a big supporter of Hillary Clinton because I believe she is a strong, extremely qualified and extraordinary woman. Her strengths and capabilities have been reflected on so many levels in both her personal life and in her…

On July 31, U.S attorney General Eric Holder spoke about the death penalty review underway at the department of justice and the need for greater transparency in lethal injection methods. President Obama has ordered Attorney general Eric holder to review the application of the death penalty in the U.S following the failed execution of Clayton Locket in Oklahoma on April 29. Justice John…

Eric Garner, an unarmed 43-year-old African-American male, was choked to death on July 17, 2014, by an NYPD police officer after being arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes. Many news reports including NY Daily News stated that Eric Garner yelled “I can’t breathe”, repeatedly after at least 5 NYPD officers took him down in front of a Tompkinsville beauty supply store when he recoiled at being handcuffed. Within only a few moments Garner stopped struggling and appeared unconscious as police…

Government Reform Committee after a six year battle in court over the documents. The Obama administration refused to hand over any documents involving the scandal, which resulted in the House of Representatives holding former former Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress in 2012. “The Department of Justice under my…

example, the ratio of prisoners to officers increases which causes the increase of violence in facilities. In addition, overcrowding causes many problems for prisons because the needed cost of keeping those prisoners healthy and alive are high. Eric Holder, once stated that it cost $35,000 per inmate or $80 billion dollars a year to maintain a prison. Furthermore, people believe that mass incarceration is the answer and is effective but it is the opposite. Moreover, prisoners as well as people…

rights, is becoming a trend in America’s struggle with the stronghold of inequality. Injustice is prevalent and our society needs continual positive reformation until justice becomes a badge we as a country can honorably wear. Attorney General Eric Holder conveyed an influential message to Morgan State University’s Class of 2014 on May 17, 2014; and through the use of distinct historical occurrences and personal references he challenged his audience to conduct their lives in a manner that would…

have represented only three Asians, and one was half black.” It will take you only 5 minutes to read this article — and I would bet you’ll read it again. Then ask yourself, is this something you hear Al Sharpton addressing? Or President Obama, Eric Holder, Jeh Johnson or Jesse Jackson?…

Voting law opponents contend these laws disproportionately affect elderly, minority and low-income groups that tend to vote Democratic. Obtaining photo ID can be costly and burdensome. While many states with strict laws offer a free state ID for people without any other way to vote, these IDs require documents like a birth certificate that can cost up to $25 in some places. According to a study from NYU’s Brennan Center, 11 percent of voting-age citizens lack necessary photo ID while many people…

On the other side you have white southern women being seen as less. Eric Foner writes about Planters controlling and holding the majority of the slaves in the Deep South in our textbook, “Give Me Liberty!” Since ownership of slaves provided an avenue towards wealth, status, and influence, white southern women in the antebellum south married to planters were often times elevated in their status over other women. Planter’s wives, Eric Foner notes, were able to stay within their proper elements…

Prison overpopulation has been a rising issue for over a decade, and many politicians have proposed pathways to solutions to the issue. Today the federal prisons are housing over 200,000 people (Total Federal Inmate Statistics, 2015) and numerous prisons are reaching capacity every day. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, since 1980 the United States prison population has risen by 184,000 people. The prison population is expected to continue to swell over 45 percent of its limit…