The fight over restricting early voting in Wisconsin is headed back to federal court.

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Wisconsin judge is holding a hearing on Thursday to consider whether to order Gov. Scott Walker to call special elections to fill two legislative seats vacated by his fellow Republicans in a fight sparked by a national Democratic group led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

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Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is continuing his two-day swing through Wisconsin to help motivate voters to support Rebecca Dallet for state Supreme Court.

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Former Democratic Attorney General Eric Holder is coming to Wisconsin as the group he leads tries to get Rebecca Dallet elected to the state Supreme Court.

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President-elect Donald Trump has selected Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as his pick for attorney general, signaling a sharp break in philosophical direction from the Obama administration's Justice Department.

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison says former Attorney General Eric Holder will speak at a May ceremony for graduating law school students.

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Attorney General Eric Holder is announcing policy change to the federal government's asset forfeiture program as part of an ongoing review.

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Federal prosecutors are changing the way drug defendants are charged and punished, Attorney General Eric Holder said this week, unveiling statistics that show sentences are increasingly being based less on rigid formulas and more on the circumstances of each crime.

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced the immediate termination of “equitable sharing,” a civil-asset forfeiture program run by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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The federal government will recognize same-sex marriages in seven more states and extend federal benefits to those couples, the Justice Department reported Friday.

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Eric Holder, who served as the public face of the Obama administration's legal fight against terrorism and pushed to make the criminal justice system more even-handed, is resigning after six years on the job. He is the nation's first black attorney general.

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As the Justice Department probes the police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old in Missouri, history suggests there's no guarantee of a criminal prosecution, let alone a conviction.

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A Wisconsin appeals court on Monday shot down a Delavan head shop’s continued attempt to recover $110,000 worth of seized incense products that contained synthetic marijuana.

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The Justice Department on Wednesday sided with challengers of voting laws in Wisconsin and Ohio, saying in court filings that measures in those states unfairly affect minority voters.

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Attorney General Eric Holder was hospitalized for several hours Thursday and treated for an elevated heart rate after experiencing lightheadedness and shortness of breath, the Justice Department said.

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When job announcements have trickled out from offices of the United States Attorney around the country in recent months, they have often included listings for “special” assistant U.S. attorneys.

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In an assertion of same-sex marriage rights, Attorney General Eric Holder is applying a landmark Supreme Court ruling to the Justice Department, announcing Saturday that same-sex spouses cannot be compelled to testify against each other, should be eligible to file for bankruptcy jointly and are entitled to the same rights and privileges as federal prison inmates in opposite-sex marriages.

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The Obama administration on Wednesday pressed the nation's schools to abandon what it called overly zealous discipline policies that send students to court instead of the principal's office.

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An unusual alliance of tea party enthusiasts and liberal leaders in Congress is pursuing major changes in the country's mandatory sentencing laws.

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Some ex-offenders here report to federal court twice a month so that judges can gauge their progress, from drug testing and parenting classes to education and job training.

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On Day Two of the federal government shutdown, federal courthouses continue to run.

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A federal judge in Iowa has sharply criticized the U.S. Department of Justice for creating massive drug sentencing disparities by failing to have a policy, until recently, advising prosecutors on when to double the prison time for repeat offenders.

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With the U.S. facing massive overcrowding in its prisons, Attorney General Eric Holder called Monday for major changes to the nation's criminal justice system that would scale back the use of harsh sentences for certain drug-related crimes.

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If the Obama administration tries for the death penalty against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, it could face a long, difficult legal battle in a state that hasn't seen an execution in nearly 70 years.

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A federal court on Thursday rejected a Texas law that would require voters to present photo IDs to election officials before being allowed to cast ballots in November.

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Congress is in the midst of a five-week summer recess, but that won’t stop some GOP lawmakers from filing a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder.

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Months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the police’s use of GPS tracking devices on suspects’ cars constitutes a search for Fourth Amendment purposes, law enforcement officials, defense lawyers and lawmakers are trying to define the limits of the ruling.

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The federal government will pay more than $1 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by American Indian tribes over mismanagement of tribal money and trust lands, under a settlement announced Wednesday.

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In a memorandum to a panel of federal judges hearing a challenge to the federal health care law, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder backed comments made recently by President Barack Obama that courts ought to tread lightly when considering challenges to laws passed by Congress.

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U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin is asking the nation's attorney general to make it harder for states to redirect money that comes from mortgage settlements against large banks.

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