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Harvard’s strategy, Casey explained, was to gain credibility in Washington??and to avoid blame for any crises that might arise among hastily developed national-security programs—by complying with the letter of the new laws...
...will not permit the world’s most dangerous regimes and terrorists to threaten us with the world’s most destructive weapons.” This strong language (“We will not permit…”) is meant to signal Washington??s determination to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction—especially nuclear weapons—to hostile parties, whether states or terrorists. The “National Strategy” also declares unambiguously that the United States is prepared to use force, preemptively if necessary, in support...
After graduating from HLS in 1986, Kagan clerked for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and briefly worked as a practicing lawyer with Williams & Connelly, one of the toughtest litigation firms in Washington??and the firm that defended Clinton during his impeachment hearings—before accepting a teaching position at the University of Chicago’s Law School...
...WASHINGTON??Harvard played a visible role both inside and outside of a packed Supreme Court yesterday when justices heard oral arguments in a pair of landmark affirmative action cases...
Even though he now works halfway across the country from his home state, party leaders hold him in high regard—praising his accomplishments in Washington??and they say he has the broad appeal that would be necessary to beat Brownback...