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<div style="font-family: " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hans A. von <b>Spakovsky</b></font></div><div style="font-family: " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">@HvonSpakovsky</font></div><div style="font-family: " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Manager, Election Law Reform Initiative and Senior Legal Fellow, <b>Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies</b></font></div><div style="font-family: " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></b></div><div style="font-family: " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large"><section class="expert-bio-bodywrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 3.75rem;"><div class="expert-bioread-more-container js-read-morecontainer article-open" data-height="3296" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition: height 1s ease 0s; overflow: visible; height: auto; position: relative; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="expert-bio-bodycopy articlebody-copy js-read-moretarget" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 3rem 0px 2.5rem 390.188px; position: relative; float: left; width: 885.672px; overflow: hidden;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.77778; margin-bottom: 1.25rem;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">edwin Meese III, the prominent conservative leader, thinker and elder statesman, continues a quarter-century formal association with The Heritage Foundation as the leading think tank’s Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow Emeritus.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In that capacity, Meese oversees special projects and acts as an ambassador for Heritage within the conservative movement.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Meese was chairman of Heritage’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies from its founding in 2001 until what he calls his “semi-retirement” on Feb. 1, 2013.</b></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He <b>joined Heritage in 1988 as the think tank's first Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow</b> -- the only policy chair in the country to be officially named for the 40th president. His work focused on keeping President Reagan’s legacy of conservative principles alive in public debate and discourse.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The legal center now bears his name, in recognition of Meese’s contributions to the rule of law and the nation’s understanding of constitutional law. Its mission is to educate government officials, the media and the public about the Constitution and legal principles -- and how they affect public policy.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Perhaps best known as U.S. attorney general during Reagan’s second term, Meese’s service to the conservative icon stretched from the California governor’s mansion in 1966 to the White House in 1981 before he went to the Department of Justice four years later.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">His Heritage “hats” kept Meese among the major conservative voices in national policy debates at an age when most men and women enjoyed quiet retirements.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2006, for example, Meese was named to the<b> Iraq Study Group, a special presidential commission dedicated to examining the best resolutions for America's involvement in Iraq</b>. In the past few years he wrote and spoke about constitutional topics ranging from religious liberty to the responsibility of Supreme Court justices.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Immediately after Reagan's death in 2004, and in the years since, Meese often agreed to major media appearances to discuss the lasting impact of his old friend, mentor and boss. He has summarized the Reagan legacy in three accomplishments: Reagan cut taxes and kept them low. He worked to defeat and end the Soviet Union and its worldwide push for communism. And he restored America's faith in itself after years of failure and "malaise."</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"I admired him as a leader and cherish his friendship," Meese wrote in a 2004 essay for Heritage members and supporters. "Ronald Reagan had strong convictions. He was committed to the principles that had led to the founding of our nation. And he had the courage to follow his convictions against all odds."</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Edwin Meese III was born Dec. 2,<b> 1931, </b>to Edwin Jr. and Leone Meese in Oakland, Calif. He graduated from Yale University in 1953 and holds a law degree from the <b>University of California-Berkeley.</b></font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Meese spent much of his adult life working for Reagan, first after the former actor, sports announcer and athlete was elected as California’s governor in 1966 and then when he sought and won the presidency in 1980.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Reagan never forgot Meese's loyalty and hard work. During a press conference at which reporters questioned Meese's actions at the Justice Department, Reagan replied: "If Ed Meese is not a good man, there are no good men."</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">During the Reagan governorship, Meese served as executive assistant and chief of staff from 1969 through 1974 and as legal affairs secretary from 1967 through 1968. He previously was deputy district attorney in Alameda County, Calif.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">From January 1981 to February 1985, Meese held the position of counsellor to the president -- the senior job on the White House staff -- and functioned as Reagan's chief policy adviser. In 1985, he received <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Government Executive</em> magazine's annual award for excellence in management.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Meese served as the 75th attorney general of the United States from February 1985 to August 1988. As the nation's chief law enforcement officer, he directed the Justice Department and led international efforts to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and organized crime.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Meese’s relationship with Heritage began when he met with senior management to discuss the think tank's landmark policy guide, <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mandate for Leadership</em>,</b> prepared for the incoming administration. Meese later recalled that Reagan personally handed out copies of the 1,093-page book to members of his Cabinet and asked them to read it. Nearly two-thirds of <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mandate's</em> 2,000 recommendations would be adopted or attempted by the Reagan administration.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">More than a decade after joining Heritage, Meese assumed the chairmanship of its Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. Under his guidance, the center counseled White House staffers, Justice Department officials and Senate Judiciary Committee members on the importance of filling judicial vacancies with qualified men and women who are committed to interpreting the Constitution according to the founding document's original meaning.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Meese headed the legal center's Advisory Board for the writing and editing of the best-selling book, <em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="http://www.heritage.org/constitution" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">The Heritage Guide to the Constitution</a> </em><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">(Regnery, 2005).</em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"> In it, 109 experts walked readers through a clause-by-clause analysis of the Constitution. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) </span>was among those keeping the reference work handy during Judiciary Committee hearings on Supreme Court nominees.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Meese's other books include “<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Leadership, Ethics and Policing”</em> (Prentice Hall, 2004); <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">“</i><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Making America Safer”</em><i style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </i>(Heritage, 1997); and “<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">With Reagan: The Inside Story” </em>(Regnery Gateway, 1992).He wrote the Introduction to a well-received 2010 book on the “overcriminalization” trend, “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Nation-Under-Arrest-Prosecutors/dp/0891951342" target="blank" data-external="yes" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">One Nation Under Arrest</em></a>,” by Heritage veterans Paul Rosenzweig and Brian W. Walsh.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He also is a distinguished visiting fellow at the <b>Hoover Institution at Stanford </b>University in California and lectures, writes and consults throughout the United States on a variety of subjects.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As both attorney general and counsellor to Reagan, Meese was a member of the Cabinet and the National Security Council. He served as chairman of the Domestic Policy Council and the National Drug Policy Board. After Reagan won the White House in the 1980 election, Meese headed the transition team. During the campaign, he was the Reagan-Bush Committee's senior official.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Meese had a career outside government and politics. From 1977 to 1981, he was a law professor at the University of San Diego, where he also directed the Center for Criminal Justice Policy and Management.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He was an executive in the aerospace and transportation industry as vice president for administration of<b> Rohr Industries</b> Inc. in Chula Vista, Calif. He left Rohr to return to the practice of law, doing corporate and general work in San Diego County.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A retired colonel in the Army Reserve, Meese remains active in numerous civic and educational organizations.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; line-height: 1.77778;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He and his wife, Ursula, have two grown children and reside in <b>McLean, Va.</b></font></p></div></div></div><button class="expert-bio-bodysee-more button-more js-read-morebutton _inactive" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 390.188px; overflow: visible; cursor: pointer; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; display: block; border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(197, 209, 216); position: relative; width: 885.672px; 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text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; display: block; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 0.8125rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">The Supreme Court Goes to War</font></a><p class="result-carddate" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.7; display: inline-block;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sep 24, 2019</span> 31 min read</font></p></div><span class="heritage-icon-arrow_long" style="box-sizing: inherit; speak: none; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: 1; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; position: absolute; bottom: 2.1875rem; right: 2.5rem; opacity: 0; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;" /></section></div><div class="views-row" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><section class="result-card result-cardvideo js-hover-container" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 1275.86px; min-height: 12.125rem; padding: 1.625rem 0px; margin-bottom: 0.625rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; float: left; clear: both; overflow: hidden;"><div class="result-cardinfo-wrapper result-cardslide-container" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s; left: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; float: left; margin-right: 24.7656px; width: 885.656px; padding-left: 3.125rem;"><p class="result-cardeyebrow" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75rem; text-transform: uppercase;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">VIDEO</font></p><a data-video-overlay="[{"videoTitle":"AG Edwin Meese on Mueller Report: Allegations Without Facts Made This a Flawed Report","videoDate":"Jul 29, 2019","videoLength":"5 min video","videoScreenshot":"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/video_overlay_thumb\/public\/2019-07\/Edwin1.png?itok=lxqpzCct","youtubeID":"h9CUTL25Ocs","videoBody":"Attorney General Edwin Meese joined Fox News on July 28, 2019, to discuss the Mueller hearing."},{"videoTitle":"Edwin Meese on Sessions Recusal","videoDate":"Mar 3, 2017","videoLength":"5 min video","videoScreenshot":"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/video_overlay_thumb\/public\/2017-03\/Meese.png?itok=IY4JbuBd","youtubeID":"RyPNm9B7LUE","videoBody":"Edwin Meese joins Fox Business to discuss Jeff Session's recusal from the investigation into Russian ties and why the recusal does not mean Session's was involved."}]" href="https://www.heritage.org/staff/edwin-meese-iii" class="result-cardtitle video-overlay-covertrigger js-video-trigger js-hover-target" title="open video overlay" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0.8125rem; line-height: 1.1;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">AG Edwin Meese on Mueller Report: Allegations Without Facts Made This a Flawe...</font></a><p class="result-carddate" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.7;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Jul 29, 2019</font></span></p></div><a data-video-overlay="[{"videoTitle":"AG Edwin Meese on Mueller Report: Allegations Without Facts Made This a Flawed Report","videoDate":"Jul 29, 2019","videoLength":"5 min video","videoScreenshot":"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/video_overlay_thumb\/public\/2019-07\/Edwin1.png?itok=lxqpzCct","youtubeID":"h9CUTL25Ocs","videoBody":"Attorney General Edwin Meese joined Fox News on July 28, 2019, to discuss the Mueller hearing."},{"videoTitle":"Edwin Meese on Sessions Recusal","videoDate":"Mar 3, 2017","videoLength":"5 min video","videoScreenshot":"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/video_overlay_thumb\/public\/2017-03\/Meese.png?itok=IY4JbuBd","youtubeID":"RyPNm9B7LUE","videoBody":"Edwin Meese joins Fox Business to discuss Jeff Session's recusal from the investigation into Russian ties and why the recusal does not mean Session's was involved."}]" href="https://www.heritage.org/staff/edwin-meese-iii#" class="result-cardimage-wrapper js-video-trigger" title="video overlay" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; display: flex; float: left; margin-right: 0px; width: 365.406px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; background-size: cover; background-position: center center; background-image: url("https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/styles/content_listing_295x205/public/2019-07/Edwin1.png?h=4804da52&itok=a2Ed_0fc");"><span class="heritage-icon-play_module" style="box-sizing: inherit; speak: none; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: 1; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; position: relative; margin: auto; z-index: 1; display: flex; align-items: center;" /></a></section></div><div class="views-row" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><section class="result-card result-cardcommentary js-hover-container _no-image " style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 1275.86px; min-height: 12.125rem; padding: 1.625rem 0px 1.625rem 3.125rem; margin-bottom: 0.625rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; float: left; clear: both; overflow: hidden;"><div class="result-cardinfo-container result-cardslide-container" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s; left: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden;"><p class="result-cardeyebrow" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.375rem; text-transform: uppercase;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">COMMENTARY</font></p><div class="result-cardinfo-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; display: inline; margin-right: 0px; width: calc(100% - 173px); padding-left: 0px;"><a href="https://www.heritage.org/courts/commentary/rip-ronald-zumbrun-weve-lost-legal-warrior-the-constitution" class="result-cardtitle js-hover-target" title="article link" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; display: block; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0.625rem 0px 0.875rem; max-width: 47.5rem; padding-right: 100px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">RIP Ronald Zumbrun. We’ve Lost a Legal Warrior for the Constitution.</font></a><p class="result-carddate" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.7; display: inline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mar 27, 2019</span> 3 min read</font></p></div></div><span class="heritage-icon-arrow_long" style="box-sizing: inherit; speak: none; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: 1; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; position: absolute; bottom: 2.1875rem; right: 2.5rem; opacity: 0; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;" /></section></div><div class="views-row" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><section class="result-card result-cardreport js-hover-container" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 1275.86px; min-height: 12.125rem; padding: 1.625rem 0px; margin-bottom: 0.625rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; float: left; clear: both; overflow: hidden;"><div class="result-cardinfo-wrapper result-cardslide-container" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s; left: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; float: left; margin-right: 24.7656px; width: 885.656px; padding-left: 3.125rem;"><p class="result-cardeyebrow" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75rem; text-transform: uppercase;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">REPORT</font></p><a href="https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/report/policing-america-midsize-departments-laboratories-police-innovation" title="heritage report" class="result-cardtitle js-hover-target" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; display: block; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 0.8125rem;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Policing in America: Midsize Departments as Laboratories of Police Innovation</font></a><p class="result-carddate" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.7; display: inline-block;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sep 7, 2018</span> About an hour read</font></p></div><span class="heritage-icon-arrow_long" style="box-sizing: inherit; speak: none; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: 1; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; position: absolute; bottom: 2.1875rem; right: 2.5rem; opacity: 0; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;" /></section></div><div class="views-row" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><section class="result-card result-cardcommentary js-hover-container" style="box-sizing: inherit; width: 1275.86px; min-height: 12.125rem; padding: 1.625rem 0px; margin-bottom: 1.875rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; float: left; clear: both; overflow: hidden;"><div class="result-cardinfo-container result-cardslide-container" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s; left: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden;"><p class="result-cardeyebrow" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.375rem 3.125rem; text-transform: uppercase;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">COMMENTARY</font></p><div class="result-cardinfo-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; display: inline; margin-right: 0px; width: calc(100% - 173px); padding-left: 3.125rem;"><a href="https://www.heritage.org/homeland-security/commentary/the-solemn-duty-government-and-the-military" class="result-cardtitle js-hover-target" title="article link" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; display: block; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0.625rem 0px 0.875rem; max-width: 47.5rem; padding-right: 100px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">The Solemn Duty of Government and the Military</font></a><font size="4" style="" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><a href="https://www.heritage.org/staff/edwin-meese-iii" class="result-cardlink" title="article link" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0.375rem; display: inline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;">Edwin Meese III</span> </a></font><p class="result-card__date" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.7; display: inline;"><font size="4" style="" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mar 28, 2018</span> 3 min read</font></p></div></div></section></div></div></div></div></div></div></section></div>