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Eric Holder: Decisions to not defend statutes cannot be based on politics or policy.

On the recordApril 7, 2014
Decisions to not defend statutes cannot be based on politics or policy.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder clarifies the basis for not defending certain laws.

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