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WORLD BRIEFING by comments CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednes- day that the Justice Department will respond ''appropriately'' to a fed- eral appellate judge in Texas who demanded a letter recognizing the authority of the federal courts to strike down laws passed by Congress. Holder spoke a day after 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jerry Smith questioned President Barack Obama's remarks earlier in the week about an ''unelected'' court possi- bly striking down the president's health care overhaul. Smith, during oral arguments in a sepa- rate challenge to the health law, asked the Jus- tice Department for a three-page, single-spaced letter affirming the federal court's authority. On Wednesday, Holder Justice Dept will respond to judge upset acknowledged the courts have ''the final say'' and defended the president's remarks. He shrugged off a reporter's suggestion that reaction to Obama's comments have become a distraction. When asked what an appropriate response to Smith would be, Holder said, ''I think what the president said a couple of days ago was appropriate. He indicated that we obvi- ously respect the deci- sions that courts make.'' ''Under our system of the list,'' former Minneso- ta Gov. Tim Pawlenty said recently. Director was target in shooting OAKLAND (AP) — Police confirmed Wednesday that the nurs- ing program director of the California college where a former student is suspected of going on a shooting rampage was the suspect's intended target. Oakland Police Chief Thursday, April 5, 2012 – Daily News 5A the head of its soccer fed- eration were among the dead. ers. The government said a female suicide bomber carried out the attack. The Islamist militant group al- Shabab used its official Twitter feed to claim responsibility for the bombing. Howard Jordan told The Associated Press that investigators believe Ellen Cervellon was the person sought by suspect One Goh. Goh was told Cervellon wasn't there at the time, he began shooting in classrooms. Police said that when government ... courts have the final say on the consti- tutionality of statutes,'' Holder said. ''The courts are also fairly deferential when it comes to over- turning statutes that the duly elected representa- tives of the people, Con- gress, pass.'' candor WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney unleashed a strong attack on President Barack Obama's truthfulness Wednesday, accusing him of running a ''hide-and- seek'' re-election cam- paign designed to distract voters from his first-term Romney questions Obama's Over 25 years of experience The North State's premier supplier of stoves STOVE JUNCTION Wood Burning Stoves Did you know? We've Got Exempt From No Burn Days! 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Republicans scurry to make clear they have no — Tag. I'm not it. Goh had been upset after dropping out of the nursing program because school officials would not fully refund his tuition, Cervellon said. organization said explo- sives had been planted in the theater before the event, but an Associated Press journalist at the scene said there was no large blast crater, making a suicide bombing more likely. The al-Qaida-linked Anti-abortion grandpa sued over aggressive Retta says his approach is friendly, gentle and loving. Gov- ernment lawyers portray him differently, calling him ''among the most vocal and aggressive anti-abortion protes- tors'' outside the clinic. In court documents, they say he routinely follows patients enter- ing the building and yells at them as the clin- ic door closes. Last year he physically blocked a woman from entering the clinic, shouting at her not to kill her baby, they say. tors filed seven murder charges against Goh. 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