This is certainly big news, Eric Holder, a civil rights champion, a defender of equally rights in the US justice system and one of President Obama's nearest.
SvD reports that the Republicans are jubilant!
"He has restored the civil rights department to its historical mission, and his dedicated defence of everyone's right to vote, in a time when it was under attack, have been extremely important for the United States", said Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Justice Committee, to Politico.
"He is a symbol of justice, the best of the federal government embodied," said John Lewis, Democratic Congressman from Georgia
(N. B. These are not their exact words, since I'm translating from the newspaper Swedish...
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