Word: civiletti
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to Burning Tree's lawyer, former U.S. Attorney Benjamin Civiletti, the club will appeal. Said Burning Tree Member Senator Barry Goldwater: "Frankly, if they admitted women, I'd leave...
...President Carter's Attorney General, Benjamin Civiletti, then insisted on a stricter interpretation of the law, which forbids unauthorized expenditures. While Civiletti's "opinion" did not legally bind Reagan, the President took it seriously enough to have his Office of Management and Budget draft contingency plans. So, apparently, did Congress. Well in advance of the deadline, it authorized one branch of Government to continue functioning, and with a spending increase: itself...
...name a prosecutor whenever there is "specific information" lodged against any of some 240 top officials, whether or not it meets the legal standard of "probable cause" to believe a crime has been committed. Attorney General Smith argues that the act is unconstitutional and wants to abolish it; Benjamin Civiletti, Attorney General under Carter, says the law's scope should be reduced...
Prior to joining the Carter administration in June 1978 at the invitation of former attorney general Benjamin R. Civiletti, Heymann, who is 48, served in the State Department under former president Lyndon B. Johnson. He joined the Harvard faculty in 1969, and later aided Archibald Cox '34 when he served as special prosecutor investigating Watergate
...Responsibility, on the department's investigation of Brother Billy's dealings with Libya, leaked out. Three times last month, the report says, Carter canceled scheduled interviews with department lawyers. The White House also has been reluctant to hand over requested documents. The report criticizes Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti for "dissembling" at a press conference at which he denied discussing the investigation with the White House...