Guy. It is important that you have someone of color. It is something very important. That is why when Loretta Lynch finally got through i just think that eric holder was the wind behind all of this establishment resistance to actually getting rid of guantanamo and all of the things that after eight years of dreadful bushcheney policy policies now we have this disaster. And i am not one of these rand Paul Ron Paul libertarians. His chief Law Enforcement officer should have enforced it. Host lets leave it there. Thank you for calling in. In 2013, the Voting Rights act was on the table. [video clip] attorney general holder it in validated a part of the Voting Rights act, a cornerstone of American Civil Rights law. I am deeply disappointed with the courts decision in this matter. It is a setback for Voting Rights and will negatively affect millions of americans across the country. Since its passage in 1965, the act has enjoyed broad bipartisan support in congress as well as the executive branch. After hearings, sections four and five of this law were reauthorized, most recently in 2006. Just seven years ago. It had unanimous support of the senate and near unanimous support of the house of representatives. This is a legislative function and responsibility that the constitution gave to congress. The last reauthorization was signed into law by president george w. Bush. Prior reauthorizations had been signed by ford reagan, and next in. And nixon. Host a little bit from eric holder on the voter rights act. His teams balancing act often aligns with police. He has supported Police Officers every time an Excessive Force case has made its way to arguments, even as it has opened more than 20 civil rights investigations into Law Enforcement practices. The Justice Department has made it harder to sue police and give officers more discretion about when to fire guns. Police groups see mr. Holder as an ally. That has rankled civil rights lawyers, who say the government can have a greater effect on policing by interpreting law at the Supreme Court than through investigations of individual departments. South carolina, what do you think . Caller he has done a fantastic job. He has done better than anyone i have ever seen as attorney general. He has followed the rule of law. He has not once done anything i conclude to be an overreach. He has done a fantastic job. Host paul is in orlando and he does not approve. Why not . Caller thank you for taking my call. Thank you for cspan. The fund piece stole my thunder. The attorney general got off to a strange start. Remember when he said when it came to race, americans were cowards . With all due respect to your first caller, white people get uncomfortable talking about race because if we disagree with this president or that attorney general, we are called racist. Ima am a republican. I voted for obama the first time i am a republican. I voted for obama the first time. I did not vote for him the second time. Does that make me racist . Is your producer within earshot . Host the producer is always listening. Caller i suggested a behind the scenes for the washington journal junkies. If you are not considering it, i hope you would. Host thank you for calling in. We will talk to you again in 30 days. Regular viewers will remember when eric holder and Louis Beaumont got into a Heated Exchange during a hearing. [video clip] it is inadequate. It is important that we have proper oversight. You do not want to go there. About the contempt . You should not assume it is not a big deal to me. It was inappropriate and unjust. Do not think it was not a big deal to me. Do not ever think that. I am just looking for evidence. There have been no indications it has been a big deal. Your department has not been forthcoming in producing documents that were the subjects of the contempt. There have been other questions asked about the the documents we were prepared to make available then, we are prepared to make them available now. This is about a desire to have we have been trying to get to the bottom of fast and furious where at least a couple hundred mexicans died and we cannot get the information to get to the bottom of that. I do not need lectures from you about contempt. As a former judge, i never have asked questions of someone who has been held in contempt. We waited until the contempt and then we asked questions. Host this tweet i approve of eric holder because he is not afraid of republicans. He tells them they are a load of crap. Linda, mississippi. Caller good morning. I approve of attorney general holder because he does his job. He does not make excuses. That is why the republicans are so against him. The congressman had contempt for him because he did not back down. He gave him information he needed, but they wanted him to beg and plead. He is a strong black man. He did a great job. The Washington Times wrote the hiring that has gone on, such as the Civil Rights Division guarantees that ideologues will permeate the department for years to come. Andrew mccarthy has set under eric holder the Justice Department has become a program for progressive activists, being counters, and at lawyers who volunteered services during the bush years to help al qaeda operatives File Lawsuits against the United States. The theories advanced by the administration have been outside the mainstream and the u. S. Supreme court has ruled against mr. Holders Justice Department unanimously almost two dozen times. Justin. Caller i disapprove of his job and i do not want to sugarcoat it. There have been a couple of callers who have touched on the race issue. What do we expect out of our attorney general . He should defend and uphold the constitution. Meanwhile, we have society teetering on the cliffs. There are tons of people accused of crimes in Guantanamo Bay bay. What has eric holder done to advance the liberties of those people . Also, with regard to him being obamas enforcer, that is what he is. One caller touched on something i think makes a lot of sense. He carries out the orders like a henchman. Taking nothing away from him as a man, he is accomplished as a black man. He has been successful in his life. No one can take that away from him. He has come far. He leaves much to be expected. Thank you. Host raphael, battle creek, michigan. Caller good morning. How is brian . Host brian is fine. Caller eric holder, was he not the attorney general when obama was elected . Host he has been attorney general since 2009. I was thinking about the mortgage crisis caller i was thinking about the mortgage crisis. In 2016, these are not going to repeat themselves. That is my main concern. Host raphael, battle creek michigan. This tweet from victor. Chris is in milwaukee. Caller the previous caller stole my thunder. That is why i disapprove of him. Nobody on wall street went to jail. I wrote letters to my senator, congressman, the president. I wanted someone to pay for it. They blamed it on the people. In the and, the banks gave them mortgages that no one should have given the mortgages. It has nothing to do with him being black, purple, or yellow. I did not like the fact that he got into local crimes. That is what these race things work. They were local. Usually that is handled by the county. At least, it is in our start in our state. He should have stayed out of it. Host he talked about the issues in ferguson recently. [video clip] attorney general holder . They frequently intensify rather than diffuse issues. They arrest people for talking back to officers, for recording public activities and engaging in conduct that is protected. This behavior exacerbates tensions and stifles Community Confidence that is vital for effective policing. This deepens the distrust by other exercises. Some resulted from stops or arrests that had no legal basis to begin with. Others were punitive or retaliatory in nature. The use of tasers was found to be abusive and dangerous. Theres a history of using unnecessary force against people with mental illness. Our findings indicate the overwhelming majority of force is directed against africanamericans. This alarming statistic points to what our investigation uncovered. These harm African American residents. Our view of the evidence found no impact other than implicit or explicit racial biased. Host a tweet the people who oppose holder oppose him because of civil rights and immigration enforcement. Keith says holder is the most corrupt ag in history. Don says the most racist ag in history. Says historians will write holder as being a very good attorney general. Jeremy disapprove, worst ag of all time. Cindy not very good until the last month. I am sure he has done some good in general. Bill, marietta, georgia. What do you think of his performance . Caller i think he was a great attorney general. I do not think a lot of americans are used to black people being wellversed in their language. They do not go on to say you are a bigot. Like being half white makes them a better person than being half black. There are outside forces that are more important. Republicans need to call into Rush Limbaugh and voice their opinions rather than calling in to cspan. Have a good day. Host kevin, washington. You are calling on the disapprove line. Why is that . Caller good morning. I would like to speak about eric holder and barack obama and the a little bit about marijuana. I believe these folks have spoken. The subject of marijuana should be legalized. We have done that. I am getting a little bit distracted, but i would like to get myself a little wellrounded. Host lets let it sit there. We will move on to dorothy in baltimore. Caller the lady who said he should not be involved in the things, he should have. [indiscernible] they need to look out for the people and everybody. I do know that eric holder and obama has done an excellent job dealing with the average american citizen and i believe he will host the attorney general talked about reducing prison sentences for nonviolent criminals. [video clip] attorney general holder . We are attorney general holder policy took effect and roughly 64 of federally charged Drug Trafficking sentences carried mandatory sentences. The number was brought down to 51 . A reduction relative to the prior year. We have gone from seeking a mandatory penalty in two out of every three Drug Trafficking cases. That is a major reduction. The Commission Confirms this shows federal prosecutors sought mandatory minimum penalties at a lower rate in 2014 than any other year. This shows the impact that our policy reforms are having. A decline this pronounced can only be attributed to the changes you announced in 2013. These are encouraging results. They demonstrate since we launched the initiative, the Justice System has become has begun to operate more efficiently. It is more fairly by ensuring those convicted of crimes are commensurate with their conduct. Host eric holders mixed record. This is their take on eric holder. He build a legacy as a tough defender of civil rights and racial justice, recognizing the crisis is the most urgent civil rights issue of our time. Holder roll back some of the worst features, including mandatory minimum drug sentences. He also returned the Justice Department civil rights they voted to block voter id laws in texas and south carolina. In other areas, holder has hardly been a champion of liberal values. More whistleblowers have been prosecuted under president obama than under all previous president s combined. Here is a chart showing those. Here is one under president nexen. All of these folks have been prosecuted for leaking information under the Obama Administration. Caller [indiscernible] to convince him to get rid of the Campaign Laws that have been passed. He has taken his life in his own hands trying to deliver to the people of the United States. Host new york, what is your view of eric holder . Caller i improve of eric holder. One thing that threw me is about domestic terrorism. A scene that took place in nevada. These terrorists had federal officials stand down. Has he started any kind of investigation against that group . Host i have not thought about that in a wild. In a while. Bob, what is your view . Caller i was disappointed he has not used his position to tell the people in this country, the crime rate that involves black people is way above the rest of the population. In richmond, virginia, there is not a night go by that there is not murders and robberies. 99 of them are black folks. They deserve to go to jail for being criminals and raising him up the way they did. That is just my thought. Have a good day. Host New York Times mr. Holder has continued to stake out positions on many of the most issues of our time. When it comes to samesex marriage, this is what the New York Times thinks. Mr. Holder announced the Justice Department would no longer defend the defense of marriage act. George, colorado, disapprove line. Go ahead. Caller i disapprove of his performance as attorney general. The administration seems to be liars. You can tell when they are lying because their mouths are moving. Eric holder send guns to Mexican Cartel criminals and in my opinion it makes him a criminal as well. I think obama must have been taught how to get around constitutional law. Host back to the New York Times take on eric holder, he did not prosecute a single prominent banker or firm in connection with the subprime mortgage crisis that nearly destroyed the economy. Duane, what do you think . Caller you displayed all of his accomplishments. What more can he do in six and a half years. It amazes me. Americans can jump on one person. Host henrietta, illinois. Good morning. Caller hello. Good morning. I disapprove of eric holder. I think he is a crook. He did not prosecute. He did not bother anyone. He lies. He lies. He lies. Gun cartels, he lies. Fast and furious, he lies. Host sheila, georgia, what do you think . Caller hi. I have really wanted to talk to you for a long time. I have one question for you. Peter sons have you heard from them . Host no. An older couple who used to call in together. If they are listening, lets hope they try to call in or get a note to us. Caller anyway, about eric holder, i approve of him, but they are going on the wrong promise here. They are going on the wrong premise. What has to be changed is the laws. It used to be back in the day, your tail light is out, oh, i did not know that, you need to get that fixed. Today, it is a reason to give you a ticket and fill up the coffers of your city or whatever. You get the ticket, some places you do not have the money. 70 of the people in this country are just making it. You might try to you just do not go to court. What happens is you get picked up. Then, you end up going to jail. Then, you have a misdemeanor. The time you spend in jail, you might lose your job or something. Those are the laws that need to be changed. Host francis, polaski, tennessee. Caller i disapprove of eric holder. When they said they had targeted conservative groups, what did he do . How could an be a fair and complete investigation. In areas where crime is rampant, we do not hear about that. What we hear about is policeman. Maybe policeman do wrong. How much have we heard about areas like chicago. This morning, you had three calls for him and only one against. I think there must be some more if the people on cspan can come up with 1, 2, 3. We are not asking for an a partial an impartial number, just fair. Host some of the issues include samesex marriage, voter rights act, criminal justice reform, civil rights, the financial crisis journalist, the espionage act, and drone attacks. When president obama was at the official unveiling of eric holders portrait, he talked about his attorney general. [video clip] pres. Obama you are a good man. Having good men in positions of power and authority, who are willing to fight for what is right, that is a rare thing. It is a powerful thing. It shapes our future in ways we do not understand. Eric, your country thanks you. For your vision, your passion and your audacity to care. Thank you for being a friend and partner. Thank you for your service. Host one eric holder announced his resignation back in september, the wall street journal did a legacy on his policy. They said one would be hard put to identify an attorney general who turned the Justice Department into a political weapon and for an office occupied by Bobby Kennedy and john mitchell, that is saying something. Earle, what you think about eric holder and his legacy . Caller number one, ever since i was 18 years old and went to new york this is a racist country against minorities. People will not acknowledge that. I noticed all of the City Employees and state employees were all white. All firemen were practically white. Every Government Employee is almost all white. In ferguson, 67 of the people are africanamericans. I think it is outrageous. Have you noticed the ads coming out on all kinds of stuff . Host can you tie that into eric holder . Caller the Justice Department is overseeing this and he was going to go have Certain Police departments in certain cities come in and rile things up. I am for that. Host ann midland, texas, on the disapprove line. Caller i strongly disapprove of eric holder because of the irs not prosecuting lois lerner and the people he appointed to see into that. He has divided the classes. There is no