Eric Holder actually said...

I made a commitment to make decisions based on the facts and the law, regardless of politics.

Stressing the importance of fact-based decisions in the Department of Justice.

05/05/2010

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Stare decisis would tell the Solicitor General--me--that you have to take into consideration the fact of the Heller decision.

The fact that that initiative exists, that this Committee, that this Congress thought it important enough to devote its attention to it, is ...

Heller is a significant, significant opinion.

I did factor that in to my determination. You had two U.S. Attorneys who weighed in against it. Law enforcement was against it.