Eric Holder actually said...

What we're looking for here is Federal jurisdiction that would come into play if there was a demonstrated need.

Holder explains the need for federal involvement in hate crime prosecution.

06/24/2009

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

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

I will pledge to us to maintain it.

Sure. That is the law, as the Supreme Court has given it to me.