Word: counsellors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While forceful, the President was not vindictive. "Dammit," he said privately to his aides, including Chief of Staff James Baker and Counsellor Ed Meese, "the law is the law, and the law says they can't strike. By striking they've quit their jobs." Later, Reagan noted publicly that the air controllers were "fine people," and added: "I do feel badly. I take no joy in this. There is just no other choice...
...deserts of Utah and Nevada. Three billion dollars has already been invested in that system, but it is opposed by powerful Republican Senators Jake Garn of Utah and Paul Laxalt of Nevada. There is little question that Reagan wants to avoid crossing his powerful political friends. White House Counsellor Ed Meese is believed to feel that the original MX system was devised to fit Jimmy Carter's failed hopes for a nuclear arms limitation treaty and, thus, the multiple-shelters idea is tainted and must be scrapped...
White House Chief of Staff James Baker insists that the President has "absolute faith" in his Secretary. But one senior adviser admitted that the federation's condemnation was "disturbing," and Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese asked to meet with Hair soon. Watt's difficulty, White House aides believe, stems more from style than substance. Says a Reagan aide: "He's just too confrontational. If he could soften the edges slightly, it would make a big difference." Watt has been told to clear major policy announcements with the White House so that image-conscious aides can try to mute...
...relative obscurity of a state court? For one thing, he had plenty of time to order a thorough search for prospects. Reagan learned of Stewart's intention to resign on April 21, as he recuperated from the assassination attempt. When Attorney General William French Smith and Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese gave Reagan the news, he promptly reminded them of his promise to appoint a woman...
Some observers think Reagan may pick a crony, White House Counsellor Edwin Meese, Deputy Secretary of State William Clark. Others predict that he will select an academic like Yale's Robert Bork or Chicago's Philip Kurland. The nation's lower courts offer Reagan such conservatives as Dallin Oaks of the Utah Supreme Court and Malcolm Wilkey, an old friend of Chief Justice Warren Burger's who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals...