The Attorney General is a member of the Cabinet, but the only member whose title is not "Secretary." Congress established the office of Attorney General in 1789.
Eric Holder served as Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton Administration. After graduating from Columbia Law School, Holder joined the Department of Justice Public Integrity Section from 1976 to 1988. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan appointed him Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. In 1993, he stepped down from the bench to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Holder was involved in a controversial 11th hour pardon of Marc Rich, a fugitive and Democratic contributor. He has worked as a corporate attorney since 2001.
Holder was questioned regarding implementing the Second Amendment; he joined an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the 2008 Supreme Court review of D.C. v. Heller, urging the Court to uphold the Washington, D.C. handgun ban. The Court affirmed (5-4) the lower court ruling that the D.C. act was unconstitutional.
Eric Holder served as Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton Administration. After graduating from Columbia Law School, Holder joined the Department of Justice Public Integrity Section from 1976 to 1988. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan appointed him Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. In 1993, he stepped down from the bench to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Holder was involved in a controversial 11th hour pardon of Marc Rich, a fugitive and Democratic contributor. He has worked as a corporate attorney since 2001.
Holder was questioned regarding implementing the Second Amendment; he joined an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the 2008 Supreme Court review of D.C. v. Heller, urging the Court to uphold the Washington, D.C. handgun ban. The Court affirmed (5-4) the lower court ruling that the D.C. act was unconstitutional.