article_snippet.sent: the Justice Department challenged state laws that the Justice Department saw as restricting access to the voting booth and refused to defend the constitutionality of a federal law banning recognition of gay marriage.
article_snippet.sent: Media advocates criticized the Justice Department's aggressive stance in news media leak investigations involving national security cases, and human rights groups expressed frustration when the Justice Department's failed to bring charges over harsh interrogation tactics of terror suspects.
article_snippet.sent: One area where Attorney General Eric Holder has professed vindication is in Attorney General Eric Holder plan to transfer terror suspects from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to the United States for prosecution in the federal court system.
article_snippet.sent: his plan to transfer terror suspects from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to the United States for prosecution in the federal court system was abandoned amid congressional opposition, but since then, the Justice Department's has pointed to successful terror convictions in American courts even as the federal court system has slogged along without major results.
article_snippet.sent: On Friday, Attorney General Eric Holder called that debate 'dead' and settled and said it was now clear that civilian courts could adequately handle national security investigations.