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...White House Counsel’s Office advises the president on issues including constraints of executive power, judicial appointments, and adherence to federal ethics and disclosure laws. Under President Bush, the office was widely criticized for allegedly rubber-stamping presidential action and failing in its advisory capacity...
...afraid the Office of White House Council during the Bush administration was unconcerned about laws,” Tribe said...
Meltzer co-authored an article with Law School Professor Richard H. Fallon in 2007 which asserted that, contrary to Bush-era legal doctrine, civilians held in the United States or Guantanamo Bay as enemy combatants have the right to challenge their detainment in a civilian court...
...America’s behavior and policies,” he said, “particularly in the Middle East region.” Over the first few days of its tenure in office, the Obama Administration has made it a public priority to right the wrongs of the Bush years and restore competent diplomacy to its prominent role in American foreign policy. Toward that end, the United States should take a major step forward by establishing diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran...
...time to shed the Bush-era belief that diplomacy doesn’t work. Unlike outright military coercion, simple diplomacy is a powerful tool whose countless successes greatly outnumber its failures. Although the Iranian Revolution and the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 still leave many Americans bitter, the time for holding grudges has passed. Simply put, the potential for economic benefits, a more stable Middle East, and—perhaps most importantly—saving American soldiers’ lives are simply too great for the US to overlook, even in the face of such a gross offense to international...