Last updated on:
6/11/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Edwin Meese, III, JD Biography
- Title:
- Former US Attorney General
- Position:
- Con to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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“[Characterizing] some nine or 10 different organizations — the Prisoners’ Union, the ACLU and a whole group of others…[Attorney General Meese stated that] there has actually been the emergence, not only in California but throughout the nation, of what might be described as a criminals’ lobby.”
Speech to the California Peace Officers Association, May 11, 1981
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs and JDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the ACLU. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the ACLU. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Attorney General of the United States, 1985-1988
- Counselor to President Ronald Reagan, 1981-1985
- University of San Diego, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Criminal Justice Policy and Management, 1977-1981
- Executive Assistant and Chief of Staff for Governor Reagan, 1969-1974
- Legal Affairs Secretary for Governor Reagan, 1967-1969
- Deputy District Attorney of Alameda County, CA, 1959-1967
- Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy and Chairman, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, Heritage Foundation
- Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Institute of United States Studies, University of London
- Education:
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- JD, University of California at Berkeley, 1958
- BA, Yale University, 1953
- Other:
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