I sure as hell won't miss the Holder Doctrine

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1. Eric Holder's Justice Department intervened in a civil rights case

in my little hometown in Tennessee. Bigots were fighting to deny the local Muslim community the right to build a new worship and community center, even while huge new Christian churches have been built all over town. The bigots had major outside support. The actions of the Justice Department played an important role in upholding the civil rights of our Muslim neighbors.

Eric Holder's Justice Department championed civil rights in scores of cases that received little or no media attention. They fought long and hard over voting rights. They challenged GOP led anti-democratic restrictive voting practices all over the country. They were successful in many instances.

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division was virtually dismantled under eight years of Bush-Cheney. Over the eight long years of the Bush administration, they methodically and deliberately replaced the division's personnel with right-wing ideologues with degrees from places like Liberty University. The same was true throughout the Justice Department and the rest of the federal bureaucracy. Holder has worked just as hard to restore the Justice Department and undo the damage done by the previous administration.

So, you're all "good riddance!" over Eric Holder because he didn't jail some "bank execs"? You've got company. The right-wing hated him with a searing intensity.

Eric Holder did an outstanding job as Attorney General. I will miss him.