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Jack Balkin

Events (6)

January 18, 2007: Gonzales Says President Has Power to Ignore Law in Interest of National Security 2007-01-18
October 6, 2008: Justice Department Invalidates 2001 Memos Claiming First, Fourth Amendments Irrelevant in War against Terror 2008-10-06
January 15, 2009: OLC Repudiates Earlier Memos Claiming Unprecedented Presidential Powers 2009-01-15
January 20, 2009: Critic of Bush Policies Joins Office of Legal Counsel 2009-01-20
March 4, 2009: Law Experts ‘Stunned’ by Bush-Era Justice Department Memos 2009-03-04
January 27-29, 2010: Obama Criticizes ‘Citizens United’ Ruling in State of the Union Address, Supreme Court Justice Mouths ‘Not True’ in Retort 2010-01-27