On February 2, 2009, Eric Holder, Jr. was confirmed by a 75-21 Senate vote to become the 82nd United States Attorney General.  The Senate received the nomination after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved it in a 17-2 vote, with most Republicans voting in favor and only two voting against it.  Although Holder is new to this position, Holder is not new to the Department of Justice having served previously as the number two person, Deputy Attorney General, during Bill Clinton’s second term in office.  He was a senior legal advisor to President Barack Obama’s election campaign. Read the full story

The presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, on January 20, is one that will go down in history. The election of a black man to the highest public office in the United States is an event that few of those present – and likely many Americans in general – ever thought they would see in their lifetimes. Read the full story

The economy is bad.  We have heard that plenty already.  The housing crisis was the first sign that the economy was in trouble.  Then came the financial sector, followed by the auto industry desperate need of money. Read the full story

The current economic correction period is more than a simple business cycle downturn. We are experiencing the painful burst of an economic bubble. An economic “bubble” is “trade in high volumes at prices that are considerably at variance with intrinsic values.” Read the full story

In 2008, there was a political transformation in this country.  Four years ago, congress was made up of Republicans and George W. Bush was comfortably reelected to a second term.  In 2009, Congress is now made up of a Democratic majority, which has increased in size in this last election, and Democrat Barack Obama was sworn yesterday as the 44th President of the United States, after winning the 2008 election by a wide margin.  Read the full story

There exist varied and strong connections between the study and practice of law and the American political arena. Read the full story

Throughout his campaign, Barack Obama made commitments to engage in a careful, methodic withdrawal of military forces from Iraq.  But as President Obama takes the reigns of American foreign policy, will his promise for withdrawal include the legions of private contractors working at the government’s behest? Read the full story