Edwin Meese
Events (24)
- August 23, 1985 - December 1985: Justice Department Moves to Include Presidential Signing Statements in Legislative Histories 1985-08-23
- December 5, 1985: Reagan Retroactively Authorizes Secret Missile Sales to Iran 1985-12-05
- April 4, 1986: North Diverts $12 Million in Iran Arms Sales Profits to Contras 1986-04-04
- April 30, 1986: Meese Report Creates Unitary Executive Theory 1986-04-30
- September 26, 1986: Scalia Sworn in for Supreme Court; Emblematic of GOP Efforts to Transform Judiciary 1986-09-26
- November 21-25, 1986: Attorney General Meese Conducts ‘Investigation’ of Iran Arms Sales; Evidence Destroyed during Investigation 1986-11-21
- November 25, 1986: Attorney General Meese Reveals Iran-Contra Funding Connection; Poindexter Resigns, North Fired 1986-11-25
- June 19, 1987: Former Deputy Attorney General Claims Attorney General Informed of Inslaw Affair 1987-06-19
- February 29, 1988: Justice Department Oversight Unit Concludes No Need for Preliminary Investigation in Inslaw Matter 1988-02-29
- March 31, 1989: Justice Department Oversight Unit Finds No Bias in Inslaw Affair 1989-03-31
- July 12, 1990: Former Attorney General Denies Discussing Case Tracking with Subordinates 1990-07-12
- October 2, 1991: Former Justice Department Official Claims PROMIS Possibly Transferred from Department to Private Business 1991-10-02
- October 10, 1991: Former Customs Services Officer Claims Key Justice Department Official Linked to Company Allegedly Involved in PROMIS Deals 1991-10-10
- January 1986: Attorney General Meese Asked to Support Iran Arms Deals with Legal Opinion
- February 1988: Inslaw Submits Complaint to Justice Department Oversight Section
- April 1981: President Reagan’s Counsellor Praises PROMIS to Prosecutors
- June 1987 or Shortly After: Attorney General Told PROMIS Case Judge ‘Off His Rocker’
- October 1985: Justice Department Official Advocates Increased Use of Presidential Signing Statements
- 1984-1985: Reagan Administration Foiled in Attempting to Use Signing Statement to Ignore Law
- Fall 2002 and After: Bush Administration Politicizes Civil Rights Division to Favor Whites, Christians, Conservatives
- 1985-1986: Meese, Assistant Choose Bork and Scalia for High Court
- January 1980-July 1987: Reagan Advisers Run Parallel Government
- 1980s: National Program Office Establishes Secret Line of Presidential Succession
- 1985-1986: Current and Former Top US Officials Push for Iraqi Approval of Proposed Iraq-Jordan Aqaba pipeline