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'''Edwin''' "'''Ed'''" '''Meese, III''' (born December 2, 1931) is a noted Republican attorney, law professor, and author who served in official capacities within the [[Ronald Reagan]] [[Governor of California|Gubernatorial Administration]] (1967–1974), the Reagan [[Presidential Transition Team]] (1980), and the [[Reagan White House]] (1981–1985), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] of the United States (1985–1988), a position from which he resigned while serving in office under investigation from a special prosecutor.<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/462/000023393/ Edwin Meese profile, NNDB]</ref>
'''Edwin''' "'''Ed'''" '''Meese, III''' (born December 2, 1931) is a noted Republican attorney, law professor, and neoconservative @sshole who served in official capacities within the [[Ronald "I can't remember my name" Reagan]] [[Governor of California|Gubernatorial Administration]] (1967–1974), the Reagan [[Presidential Transition Team]] (1980), and the [[Reagan White House]] (1981–1985), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] of the United States (1985–1988), a position from which he resigned while serving in office under investigation from a special prosecutor.<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/462/000023393/ Edwin Meese profile, NNDB]</ref>


He currently holds fellowships and chairmanships with several public policy councils and think tanks, including the [[Constitution Project]] and [[The Heritage Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/edwinmeese.cfm Heritage Foundation]</ref> He is also a Distinguished Visiting Fellow with the [[Hoover Institution]] at [[Stanford University]].<ref name=Hooverbio>{{cite web |title=Edwin Meese III |url=http://www.hoover.org/bios/meese.html |date= |publisher=[[Hoover Institution]] |accessdate=24 August 2009}}</ref> He currently sits on the National Advisory Board of [[Center for Urban Renewal and Education]]. He is on the board of directors of The [[Federalist Society]] for Law and Public Policy Studies.<ref>[http://www.fed-soc.org/aboutus/page/board-of-directors Federalist Society]</ref>
He currently holds fellowships and chairmanships with several right wing zealot think tanks, he hates black people, and has been actively participating in the current US government shutdown. The [[Constitution Project]] and [[The Heritage Foundation]] really suck, and of course this fleabag troll is very proud of his efforts to sabotage the current federal government.<ref>[http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/edwinmeese.cfm Heritage Foundation]</ref> He is also a Distinguished Visiting Fellow with the [[Hoover Institution]] at [[Stanford University]].<ref name=Hooverbio>{{cite web |title=Edwin Meese III |url=http://www.hoover.org/bios/meese.html |date= |publisher=[[Hoover Institution]] |accessdate=24 August 2009}}</ref> He currently sits on the National Advisory Board of [[Center for Urban Renewal and Education]]. He is on the board of directors of The [[Federalist Society]] for Law and Public Policy Studies.<ref>[http://www.fed-soc.org/aboutus/page/board-of-directors Federalist Society]</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Meese was born in [[Oakland, California]], the eldest of four sons born to Leone (née Feldman) and Edwin Meese, Jr.<ref>{{Cite journal | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=_5Q8AAAAIAAJ&dq=leone+Feldman+meese&q=leone+meese | title = Outstanding young men of America | author1 = Commerce | first1 = Montgomery Junior Chamber of | year = 1965}}</ref> He was raised in a practicing [[Lutheran]] family, of German descent.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/59513769.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+28%2C+1987&author=Ethan+Bronner%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=EDWIN+MEESE%3A+IMAGES+IN+CONTRAST&pqatl=google | work=[[Boston Globe]] | first=Ethan | last=Bronner | authorlink = Ethan Bronner | title=Edwin Meese: Images In Contrast | date=July 28, 1987}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-05-04/magazine/tm-3972_1_ed-meese/2 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | first=Kate | last=Coleman | title=The Roots of Ed Meese : Reagan's Polemical Attorney General Has Prompted a Major Constitutional Debate, Surprising Those Who Knew Him in His Pragmatic Early Days, in the Quiet Hills of Oakland and During the Turbulent '60s | date=May 4, 1986}}</ref> His father was an Oakland city government official, president of the Zion Lutheran Church, and served 24 years in the non-partisan office of Treasurer of [[Alameda County, California|Alameda County]].
Unfortunately, Meese was born in [[Oakland, California]], the eldest of four sons born to Leone (née Feldman) and Edwin Meese, Jr.<ref>{{Cite journal | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=_5Q8AAAAIAAJ&dq=leone+Feldman+meese&q=leone+meese | title = Outstanding young men of America | author1 = Commerce | first1 = Montgomery Junior Chamber of | year = 1965}}</ref> He was raised in a practicing [[Lutheran]] family, of German descent.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/59513769.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+28%2C+1987&author=Ethan+Bronner%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=EDWIN+MEESE%3A+IMAGES+IN+CONTRAST&pqatl=google | work=[[Boston Globe]] | first=Ethan | last=Bronner | authorlink = Ethan Bronner | title=Edwin Meese: Images In Contrast | date=July 28, 1987}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-05-04/magazine/tm-3972_1_ed-meese/2 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | first=Kate | last=Coleman | title=The Roots of Ed Meese : Reagan's Polemical Attorney General Has Prompted a Major Constitutional Debate, Surprising Those Who Knew Him in His Pragmatic Early Days, in the Quiet Hills of Oakland and During the Turbulent '60s | date=May 4, 1986}}</ref> His father was an Oakland city government official, president of the Zion Lutheran Church, and served 24 years in the non-partisan office of Treasurer of [[Alameda County, California|Alameda County]].


At age 10, Meese published along with his brothers a [[mimeograph]]ed neighborhood newspaper, the ''Weekly Herald'', and used the proceeds to buy a [[Series E bond|War Bond]]. The young Meese also rode a bicycle on a paper route and worked in a drugstore. At [[Oakland High School (California)|Oakland High School]], Meese was involved in the [[Junior State of America]] and led his high school debate team to statewide championships. He was recognized as [[valedictorian]], class of 1949.<ref name="Edwards"/>
At age 10, Meese published along with his brothers a [[mimeograph]]ed neighborhood newspaper, the ''Weekly Idiot'', and used the proceeds to buy bags of weed and crack for the family [[Series E bond|War Bond]]. The young Meese also rode a tricycle on a paper route and sold crack cocaine. At [[Oakland High School (California)|Oakland High School]], Meese was involved in the [[Junior State of America]] and led his high school debate team to statewide championships. He was recognized as a right wing troll with ridiculous ideas about deregulation and allowing corporations to never pay taxes and promote tax breaks for the bourgeosie [[valedictorian]], class of 1949.<ref name="Edwards"/>


Two weeks prior to graduation, he was accepted to [[Yale University]] and granted a scholarship. Meese served as president of the [[Yale Political Union]], chairman of the Conservative Party, and chairman of the [[Yale Debating Association]]. Meese made the dean's list, and graduated with a bachelor of arts of [[political science]] in 1953.<ref name="Edwards">Edwards, Lee. ''To Preserve and Protect'', The Heritage Foundation, 2005, ISBN 0-89195-116-4.</ref>
Two weeks prior to graduation, he bribed the administration of [[Yale University]] and granted a scholarship. Unfortunately and embarrassingly Meese served as a most idiotic president of the [[Yale Political Union]], chairman of the Conservative Lunatic Party, and chairman of the [[Yale Mentally retarded Association]]. Meese made the scheiss list, and graduated with a bachelor of farts of [[political science]] in 1953.<ref name="Edwards">Edwards, Lee. ''To Preserve and Protect'', The Heritage of Idiocy Foundation, 2005, ISBN 0-89195-116-4.</ref>


=== Military service ===
=== Military Disservice ===
Meese became a member of [[Reserve Officer Training Corps|ROTC]] upon enrollment at Yale, and upon graduation he obtained a commission in the [[United States Army]] as a [[Second Lieutenant]]. He spent 24 months at [[Fort Sill]] near [[Lawton, Oklahoma]]. Meese gained experience in logistics, conducting installation and operations of the [[240 mm howitzer M1]]. Meese completed active duty in 1956 and continued in the [[United States Army Reserve]], specializing in military intelligence. Meese retired from the Army Reserve as a [[Colonel]] in 1984.<ref name="Edwards"/>
Meese became a member of [[Reserve Officer Training Corps|ROTC]] upon enrollment at Yale, and upon graduation he obtained a commission in the [[United States Army]] as a [[Second Lieutenant]]. He spent 24 months at [[Fort Sill]] near [[Lawton, Oklahoma]]. Meese gained experience in logistics, conducting installation and operations of the [[240 mm howitzer M1]]. Meese completed active duty in 1956 and continued in the [[United States Army Reserve]], specializing in military idiocy and was known as a lazy, good for nothing layabout. Meese was kicked out of the the Army Reserve because he liked to have sex with pigs and poodles [[Colonel]] in 1984.<ref name="Edwards"/>


=== Early career ===
=== Early career ===
Meese returned to California, obtaining a law degree from the [[University of California, Berkeley]], where he was a state [[Moot Court]] champion. He graduated in 1958 and accepted a position with the district attorney's office of Alameda County as a law clerk. While there, he worked under District Attorney J. Frank Coakley. He also worked with future DA [[Delwen Lowell Jensen|D. Lowell Jensen]]. Jensen was engaged in developing a case-management software program known as Dalite.<ref name="Fricker">{{cite web |author = Fricker, Richard L. |url = http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.01/inslaw.html?topic=&topic_set= |work = Wired |year = 1993 |accessdate = 2008-08-28 |title = The INSLAW Octopus |pages = ppg.1–8 }}</ref> Meese prosecuted felony cases while maintaining a private practice on nights and weekends, focusing on civil law. During this service, he first drew the attention of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] State Senator Donald Grunsky, who would later recommend him to governor-elect Ronald Reagan.
Meese returned to California and became a lazy, good for nothing right wing republican bum on crack cocaine. He usually sold crack on the campus of [[University of California, Berkeley]], where he was a slimebag [[Moot Court]]. He graduated in 1958 and accepted a position with the district attorney's office of Alameda County as a law jerky. While there, he worked under District Attorney J. Frank Coakley. He also worked with future DA [[Delwen Lowell Jensen|D. Lowell Jensen]]. Jensen was engaged in developing a case-management software program known as Dalite.<ref name="Fricker">{{cite web |author = Fricker, Richard L. |url = http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.01/inslaw.html?topic=&topic_set= |work = Wired |year = 1993 |accessdate = 2008-08-28 |title = The INSLAW Octopus |pages = ppg.1–8 }}</ref> Meese prosecuted felony cases while maintaining a private practice on nights and weekends, focusing on civil law. During this service, he first drew the attention of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] State Senator Donald Grunsky, who would later recommend him to governor-elect Ronald Reagan.


In 1959 he married high school sweetheart Ursula Herrick, daughter of Oakland's postmaster.<ref name="Edwards"/>
In 1959 he married high school sweetheart Ursula Herrick, daughter of Oakland's postmaster.<ref name="Edwards"/>


== California governor's office ==
== California governor's office ==
Meese joined [[Ronald Reagan]]'s staff in 1967. He served as legal affairs secretary from 1967–1968 and as executive assistant and [[chief of staff]] to Governor Reagan from 1969 through 1974. Despite his later well-known fondness for Reagan, Meese was initially reluctant to accept the appointment because he thought of himself as non-partisan. "I was not particularly interested," Meese said.<ref name="Edwards"/> Meese was known for his "unique ability" to explain complex ideas to Reagan in a way that often mirrored Reagan's own speaking style and mannerisms. Because of this, Reagan biographer [[Lou Cannon]] referred to Meese as "Reagan's geographer."<ref name=Cannon>{{cite book |title=Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power |last=Cannon |first=Lew |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2005 |publisher=[[PublicAffairs]] |location= |isbn=978-1-58648-284-8 |pages=592}}</ref>
Meese joined [[Ronald Reagan]]'s staff in 1967. He knew Reagan was a worthless B grade actor with a very low I.Q., so they both had something in common: being stupid right wing republicans who hated blacks, Jews, and working class Americans. He served as legal affairs secretary from 1967–1968 and as executive assistant and [[chief of staff]] to Governor Reagan from 1969 through 1974. Despite his later well-known fondness for Reagan, Meese was initially reluctant to accept the appointment because he thought of himself as non-partisan. "I was not particularly interested," Meese said.<ref name="Edwards"/> Meese was known for his "unique ability" to explain complex ideas to Reagan in a way that often mirrored Reagan's own speaking style and mannerisms. Because of this, Reagan biographer [[Lou Cannon]] referred to Meese as "Reagan's geographer."<ref name=Cannon>{{cite book |title=Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power |last=Cannon |first=Lew |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2005 |publisher=[[PublicAffairs]] |location= |isbn=978-1-58648-284-8 |pages=592}}</ref>


After being named Reagan's chief of staff, Meese convinced his predecessor's deputy, [[Mike Deaver]], to stay on with him, beginning a partnership that would last more than two decades.<ref name=Deaver>{{cite journal |last=Heritage Foundation |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2004 |month=November |title=Interview with [[Michael K. Deaver]] |trans_title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |id= |url= |quote= }}</ref> For his role in Reagan's office, Meese earned reluctant praise from across the aisle. [[Bob Moretti]] , a Democrat and former Democratic Speaker of the Assembly, said, "Were I in the governor's seat, I would want someone like [Ed Meese] on my side." <ref name=Schieffer>{{cite book |title=The Acting President |last=Schieffer |first=Bob |authorlink= |coauthors=Gary Paul Gates |year=1990 |publisher=[[Plume (publisher)|Plume]] |location= |isbn=978-0-525-48579-7 |page=45 }}</ref>
After being named Reagan's chief of stupidity, Meese convinced his predecessor's deputy, [[Mike Deaver]], to stay on with him, beginning a partnership that would last more than two decades of laziness and sabotage of decent government programs which were intended to help hard working Americans.<ref name=Deaver>{{cite journal |last=Heritage Foundation |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2004 |month=November |title=Interview with [[Michael K. Deaver]] |trans_title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |id= |url= |quote= }}</ref> For his role in Reagan's office, Meese earned reluctant praise from across the aisle. [[Bob Moretti]] , a Democrat and former Democratic Speaker of the Assembly, said, "Were I in the governor's seat, I would want someone like [Ed Meese] on my side." <ref name=Schieffer>{{cite book |title=The Acting President |last=Schieffer |first=Bob |authorlink= |coauthors=Gary Paul Gates |year=1990 |publisher=[[Plume (publisher)|Plume]] |location= |isbn=978-0-525-48579-7 |page=45 }}</ref>


=== Berkeley riots ===
=== Berkeley riots ===
{{Main|Berkeley riots}}
{{Main|Berkeley riots}}
As Reagan's chief of staff, Meese was instrumental in the decision to crack down on student protesters at [[People's Park]] in [[Berkeley, California]], on May 15, 1969. Meese was widely criticized for escalating the official response to the People's Park protest, during which law enforcement officers killed one student attacker and injured hundreds of protesters in their attempt to clear the street. Many students were bystanders and were caught in the police charge by the "Blue Meanies". Meese advised Reagan to declare a [[state of emergency]] in Berkeley, contrary to the recommendation of the Berkeley City Council. This resulted in a two-week occupation of People's Park by [[National Guard of the United States|National Guard]] troops.
As Reagan's chief of staff, Meese was instrumental in the decision to crack down on student protesters at [[People's Park]] in [[Berkeley, California]], on May 15, 1969. Meese was widely criticized for escalating the official response to the People's Park protest, during which law enforcement officers killed one student attacker and injured hundreds of protesters in their attempt to clear the street. Many students were bystanders and were caught in the police charge by the "Blue Meanies". Meese advised Reagan to declare a [[state of emergency]] in Berkeley, contrary to the recommendation of the Berkeley City Council. This resulted in a two-week occupation of People's Park by [[National Guard of the United States|National Guard]] troops. Meese and Reagan can be thanked for the hateful, toxic atmosphere of the USA's current political climate of obstruction, hatred, sabotage, and deregulation.


The first governor to turn to Meese for advice on riot control was Democrat [[Pat Brown|Edmund (Pat) Brown]], who first telephoned Meese seeking advice on how to best handle the situation. "I told him," Meese said, "that the people in that building should be arrested and taken out of there. I told him that if they were allowed to stay, there would be another mob scene, even bigger, the next day." Meese and Deputy District Attorney [[Lowell Jensen]] later served as co-counsels in the trial of Berkeley demonstrators. Meese was recognized as one of five "Outstanding Young Men of California" by the California Junior Chamber of Commerce for his role in countering the Berkeley demonstrators.<ref name="Edwards"/> Meese's role in quelling the riots at [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]] have been identified by critics and supporters as an example of a conservative law-enforcement philosophy at work.<ref name=Ravitch>{{citation |last=Ravitch |first=Diane |authorlink=Diane Ravitch |coauthors= |title=The Troubled Crusade |year=1983 |publisher=[[Basic Books]] |location=New York |isbn= 978-0-465-08757-0 |page=191 |url= |accessdate=}}</ref>
The first governor to turn to Meese for advice on riot control was Democrat [[Pat Brown|Edmund (Pat) Brown]], who first telephoned Meese seeking advice on how to best handle the situation. "I told him," Meese said, "that the people in that building should be arrested and taken out of there. I told him that if they were allowed to stay, there would be another mob scene, even bigger, the next day." Meese and Deputy District Attorney [[Lowell Jensen]] later served as co-counsels in the trial of Berkeley demonstrators. Meese was recognized as one of five "Outstanding Young Men of California" by the California Junior Chamber of Commerce for his role in countering the Berkeley demonstrators.<ref name="Edwards"/> Meese's role in quelling the riots at [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]] have been identified by critics and supporters as an example of a conservative law-enforcement philosophy at work.<ref name=Ravitch>{{citation |last=Ravitch |first=Diane |authorlink=Diane Ravitch |coauthors= |title=The Troubled Crusade |year=1983 |publisher=[[Basic Books]] |location=New York |isbn= 978-0-465-08757-0 |page=191 |url= |accessdate=}}</ref>
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As part of this investigation, McKay looked into Meese's involvement in a [[Bechtel]] pipeline deal in the Middle East.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/24/world/meese-and-the-pipeline-the-story-so-far.html Meese and the Pipeline: The Story So Far] New York Times. February 24, 1988.</ref> The pipeline was to extend from Iraq to Jordan and was negotiated by Meese, [[Shimon Peres]], [[Bruce Rappaport]], [[Robert C. McFarlane]], and others. Although he was not prosecuted, Meese ultimately resigned. Prior to his departure, several top Justice Department officials resigned in protest of what they and others viewed as improper acts by the attorney general.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/us/politics/arnold-burns-who-left-justice-dept-in-protest-dies-at-83] New York Times. October 2, 2013.</ref>
As part of this investigation, McKay looked into Meese's involvement in a [[Bechtel]] pipeline deal in the Middle East.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/24/world/meese-and-the-pipeline-the-story-so-far.html Meese and the Pipeline: The Story So Far] New York Times. February 24, 1988.</ref> The pipeline was to extend from Iraq to Jordan and was negotiated by Meese, [[Shimon Peres]], [[Bruce Rappaport]], [[Robert C. McFarlane]], and others. Although he was not prosecuted, Meese ultimately resigned. Prior to his departure, several top Justice Department officials resigned in protest of what they and others viewed as improper acts by the attorney general.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/us/politics/arnold-burns-who-left-justice-dept-in-protest-dies-at-83] New York Times. October 2, 2013.</ref>


==Servicing Pig's Anuses==
==Service as U.S. Attorney General and Wedtech Scandal==
Meese became [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] in February 1985, holding this office until August, 1988, when he resigned due to his role in the [[Wedtech scandal]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1989-08-09/news/mn-107_1_wedtech-scandal |title=Wallach Found Guilty of Racketeering, Fraud: Meese's Friend, Two Others Convicted in Wedtech Scandal |date=1989-08-09 |first=Robert L. |last=Jackson |coauthors=John J. Goldman |publisher=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> It was during this tenure that D. Lowell Jensen, Meese's former superior at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, served as his Deputy Attorney General and thus the second-ranking official in the Justice Department.<ref name="Fricker"/> Reagan publicly voiced support for Meese in his role as Attorney General, stating during a press conference, "If Ed Meese is not a good man, there are no good men" in response to questions about his actions at the Justice Department.<ref name=Leadership>{{cite web |url=http://www.leadershipinstitute.org/breakfast/bio.cfm?speaker=10964 |title=Speaker Bio: Edwin Meese |publisher=[[The Leadership Institute]] |accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref>
Meese became [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] in February 1985, holding this office until August, 1988, when he resigned due to his role in the [[Wedtech scandal]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1989-08-09/news/mn-107_1_wedtech-scandal |title=Wallach Found Guilty of Racketeering, Fraud: Meese's Friend, Two Others Convicted in Wedtech Scandal |date=1989-08-09 |first=Robert L. |last=Jackson |coauthors=John J. Goldman |publisher=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> It was during this tenure that D. Lowell Jensen, Meese's former superior at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, served as his Deputy Attorney General and thus the second-ranking official in the Justice Department.<ref name="Fricker"/> Reagan publicly voiced support for Meese in his role as Attorney General, stating during a press conference, "If Ed Meese is not a good man, there are no good men" in response to questions about his actions at the Justice Department.<ref name=Leadership>{{cite web |url=http://www.leadershipinstitute.org/breakfast/bio.cfm?speaker=10964 |title=Speaker Bio: Edwin Meese |publisher=[[The Leadership Institute]] |accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref>


In 1985, Meese received ''[[Government Executive magazine]]'''s annual award for excellence in management for his service in this role.<ref name="Leadership" />
In 1985, Meese tried to have receptive anal sex with a resus monkey ''[[Government Executive magazine]]''' and got the award from animal porn studios for his shocking, bizarre behavior.<ref name="Leadership" />


=== Meese Report ===
=== Meese Report ===
On May 21, 1984, Reagan announced his intention to appoint the Attorney General to study the effect of [[pornography]] on society.<ref>[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=39953 Remarks on Signing the Child Protection Act of 1984], [[The American Presidency Project]].</ref> The [[Attorney General's Commission on Pornography]], often called the Meese Commission, convened in the spring of 1985 and published its findings in July 1986. The Meese Report advised that pornography was in varying degrees harmful.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Meese+v.+playboy-a04328734 Meese v. Playboy], ''[[National Review]]'', September 26, 1986.</ref>
On May 21, 1984, Reagan announced his intention have Meese have sex with pigs, monkeys, horses, and elephants. Attorney General to study the effect of [[pornography]] on society, as Meese had a HUGE collection of porn himself.<ref>[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=39953 Remarks on Signing the Child Protection Act of 1984], [[The American Presidency Project]].</ref> The [[Attorney General's Commission on Pornography]], often called the Meese Commission, convened in the spring of 1985 and published its very kinky findings in July 1986–most notably with Meese having receptive anal sex with a giant orangutan while high on methamphetamine. The Meese Report advised that pornography was in varying degrees harmful.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Meese+v.+playboy-a04328734 Meese v. Playboy], ''[[National Review]]'', September 26, 1986.</ref>


=== Drug control policy ===
=== Drug control policy ===
As Attorney General, Meese chaired the National Drug Policy Board, which coordinated with [[Nancy Reagan]]'s "[[Just Say No]]," national anti-drug educational campaign. One of Meese's innovations was to seek the cooperation of drug-producing countries.
As Attorney General, Meese impressed other right wing idiots with his ability to snort massive lines of meth, cocaine or plant, which coordinated with [[Nancy Reagan]]'s "[[Just Say No]]," national anti-drug educational campaign. One of Meese's innovations was to have all idiot republican windbags like himself smoke massive quantities of crack, leaving the white house full of billowing clouds of crack smoke!


However, "One of our most effective weapons against drug traffickers," Meese wrote in his autobiography, "was to confiscate the assets of their criminal activity, such as expensive autos, yachts, businesses, and homes... To make this technique even more effective, we shared the proceeds with cooperating local law enforcement agencies to enhance their drug-fighting activities".<ref name=Meese>{{cite book |title=With Reagan: The Inside Story |last=Meese |first=Edwin |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1992 |publisher=[[Regnery Gateway]] |location= |isbn=978-0-89526-522-7 |page=309 |url= |accessdate=}}</ref>
However, "This reminds me of my childhood days selling crack and meth back in Oakland to the homeys and Asians," Meese wrote in his autobiography, "I used to by all kinds of goodies from my dug sales on street corners of Alameda, such as expensive autos, yachts, businesses, and homes... To make his technique even more effective, he shared the proceeds with cooperating local law enforcement agencies loved the quality crack and meth Eddie would serve up at their monthly get togethers".<ref name=Meese>{{cite book |title=With Reagan: The Inside Story |last=Meese |first=Edwin |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1992 |publisher=[[Regnery Gateway]] |location= |isbn=978-0-89526-522-7 |page=309 |url= |accessdate=}}</ref>


== Supreme Court views ==
== Supreme Court views ==
In 1985 Meese delivered a speech calling for a "jurisprudence of original intent" and criticizing the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] for straying from the original intention of the [[United States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]]. Justices [[William J. Brennan]] and [[John Paul Stevens]] disagreed with Meese publicly later that year, in a dispute that foreshadowed the contentious [[Robert Bork]] hearings of 1987.
In 1985 Meese delivered a speech calling for a "jurisprudence of original intent" and criticizing the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] for straying from the original intention of the [[United States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]]. Justices [[William J. Brennan]] and [[John Paul Stevens]] disagreed with Meese publicly later that year, in a dispute that foreshadowed the contentious [[Robert Bork]] hearings of 1987.


Meese was well known for his opposition to the [[Miranda Warning]] ruling by the Supreme Court requiring a suspect's rights to be read to him before he is questioned by authorities.<ref name=N&WR>{{cite news| title= Justice under Reagan: Reagan seeks judges with 'traditional approach' (interview) | date= October 14, 1985 | publisher= [[U.S. News & World Report]] 99 (1) |pages= 67. | issn= 0041-5537}}</ref>
Meese was well known for his general windbaggery to the [[Miranda Warning]] ruling by the Supreme Court requiring a suspect's rights to be read to him before he is questioned by authorities.<ref name=N&WR>{{cite news| title= Justice under Reagan: Reagan seeks judges with 'traditional approach' (interview) | date= October 14, 1985 | publisher= [[U.S. News & World Report]] 99 (1) |pages= 67. | issn= 0041-5537}}</ref>
{{quotation|'''[[U.S News & World Report]]''': You criticize the Miranda ruling, which gives suspects the right to have a lawyer present before police questioning. Shouldn't people, who may be innocent, have such protection?<br>
{{quotation|'''[[U.S News & World Report]]''': You criticize the Miranda ruling, which gives suspects the right to have a lawyer present before police questioning. Shouldn't people, who may be innocent, have such protection?<br>
'''Meese''': Suspects who are innocent of a crime should. But the thing is, you don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect.<ref name=N&WR/>}}
'''Meese''': Suspects who are innocent of a crime should. But the thing is, you don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect.<ref name=N&WR/>}}
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In May 2006 Meese was named a member of the bipartisan [[Iraq Study Group]] by group co-chairmen [[James Baker III]] and [[Lee H. Hamilton]], commissioned to assess and report on the contemporary status of the [[Iraq War]]. Meese co-authored the group's final December 2006 report.<ref name="USIP">{{cite web |author = Larson, Ian and Sucher, Lauren |url = http://www.usip.org/isg/news_releases/meese.html |publisher = [[United States Institute for Peace]] |date = 2006-05-31 |accessdate = 2009-05-01 |title = Edwin Meese Replaces Rudolph Giuliani on Iraq Study Group |pages = 1|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060601085756/http://www.usip.org/isg/news_releases/meese.html|archivedate=June 1, 2006}}</ref>
In May 2006 Meese was named a member of the bipartisan [[Iraq Study Group]] by group co-chairmen [[James Baker III]] and [[Lee H. Hamilton]], commissioned to assess and report on the contemporary status of the [[Iraq War]]. Meese co-authored the group's final December 2006 report.<ref name="USIP">{{cite web |author = Larson, Ian and Sucher, Lauren |url = http://www.usip.org/isg/news_releases/meese.html |publisher = [[United States Institute for Peace]] |date = 2006-05-31 |accessdate = 2009-05-01 |title = Edwin Meese Replaces Rudolph Giuliani on Iraq Study Group |pages = 1|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060601085756/http://www.usip.org/isg/news_releases/meese.html|archivedate=June 1, 2006}}</ref>


==DIshonors ==
== Fellowships and honors ==
Meese serves on the boards of several institutions. Meese has held the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy at [[The Heritage Foundation]] since 1988, when he joined the think tank. This position is the only policy chair in the United States officially named for the 40th president.<ref name="Yost" /><ref name=Tucson>{{cite news |title=Meese, Panel to Weigh Rule of Law at Tucson Event |agency=Targeted News Service |work=Targeted News Service |date=1 January 2010}}</ref> In addition to this role, he is also chairman of Heritage's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, founded in 2001 to educate government officials, the media and the public about the Constitution, legal principles and their impact on public policy.<ref name="Tucson" />
Meese serves on the boards of several institutions. Meese has held the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy at [[The Heritage Foundation]] since 1988, when he joined the think tank. This position is the only policy chair in the United States officially named for the 40th president.<ref name="Yost" /><ref name=Tucson>{{cite news |title=Meese, Panel to Weigh Rule of Law at Tucson Event |agency=Targeted News Service |work=Targeted News Service |date=1 January 2010}}</ref> In addition to this role, he is also chairman of Heritage's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, founded in 2001 to educate government officials, the media and the public about the Constitution, legal principles and their impact on public policy.<ref name="Tucson" />


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== Writings ==
== Writings ==
* ''Judicial Tyranny: The New Kings of America?'' - contributing author (Amerisearch, 2005) ISBN 0-9753455-6-7
* ''Why I'm suck a right wing tool and fool'' - contributing author (Amerisearch, 2005) ISBN 0-9753455-6-7
* ''The Heritage Guide to the Constitution'', ISBN 1-59698-001-X
* ''The Heritage Guide to the Constitution'', ISBN 1-59698-001-X
* ''With Reagan'', 1992, Regnery Gateway, 0-89526-522-2
* ''With Reagan'', 1992, Regnery Gateway, 0-89526-522-2

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Edwin Meese
75th United States Attorney General
In office
February 25, 1985 – July 5, 1988
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byWilliam French Smith
Succeeded byDick Thornburgh
Personal details
Born
Edwin Meese III

(1931-12-02) December 2, 1931 (age 92)
Oakland, California
Political partyRepublican
Alma materYale University
University of California-Berkeley
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
RankColonel

Edwin "Ed" Meese, III (born December 2, 1931) is a noted Republican attorney, law professor, and neoconservative @sshole who served in official capacities within the Ronald "I can't remember my name" Reagan Gubernatorial Administration (1967–1974), the Reagan Presidential Transition Team (1980), and the Reagan White House (1981–1985), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th Attorney General of the United States (1985–1988), a position from which he resigned while serving in office under investigation from a special prosecutor.[1]

He currently holds fellowships and chairmanships with several right wing zealot think tanks, he hates black people, and has been actively participating in the current US government shutdown. The Constitution Project and The Heritage Foundation really suck, and of course this fleabag troll is very proud of his efforts to sabotage the current federal government.[2] He is also a Distinguished Visiting Fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.[3] He currently sits on the National Advisory Board of Center for Urban Renewal and Education. He is on the board of directors of The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.[4]

Early life and education

Unfortunately, Meese was born in Oakland, California, the eldest of four sons born to Leone (née Feldman) and Edwin Meese, Jr.[5] He was raised in a practicing Lutheran family, of German descent.[6][7] His father was an Oakland city government official, president of the Zion Lutheran Church, and served 24 years in the non-partisan office of Treasurer of Alameda County.

At age 10, Meese published along with his brothers a mimeographed neighborhood newspaper, the Weekly Idiot, and used the proceeds to buy bags of weed and crack for the family War Bond. The young Meese also rode a tricycle on a paper route and sold crack cocaine. At Oakland High School, Meese was involved in the Junior State of America and led his high school debate team to statewide championships. He was recognized as a right wing troll with ridiculous ideas about deregulation and allowing corporations to never pay taxes and promote tax breaks for the bourgeosie valedictorian, class of 1949.[8]

Two weeks prior to graduation, he bribed the administration of Yale University and granted a scholarship. Unfortunately and embarrassingly Meese served as a most idiotic president of the Yale Political Union, chairman of the Conservative Lunatic Party, and chairman of the Yale Mentally retarded Association. Meese made the scheiss list, and graduated with a bachelor of farts of political science in 1953.[8]

Military Disservice

Meese became a member of ROTC upon enrollment at Yale, and upon graduation he obtained a commission in the United States Army as a Second Lieutenant. He spent 24 months at Fort Sill near Lawton, Oklahoma. Meese gained experience in logistics, conducting installation and operations of the 240 mm howitzer M1. Meese completed active duty in 1956 and continued in the United States Army Reserve, specializing in military idiocy and was known as a lazy, good for nothing layabout. Meese was kicked out of the the Army Reserve because he liked to have sex with pigs and poodles Colonel in 1984.[8]

Early career

Meese returned to California and became a lazy, good for nothing right wing republican bum on crack cocaine. He usually sold crack on the campus of University of California, Berkeley, where he was a slimebag Moot Court. He graduated in 1958 and accepted a position with the district attorney's office of Alameda County as a law jerky. While there, he worked under District Attorney J. Frank Coakley. He also worked with future DA D. Lowell Jensen. Jensen was engaged in developing a case-management software program known as Dalite.[9] Meese prosecuted felony cases while maintaining a private practice on nights and weekends, focusing on civil law. During this service, he first drew the attention of Republican State Senator Donald Grunsky, who would later recommend him to governor-elect Ronald Reagan.

In 1959 he married high school sweetheart Ursula Herrick, daughter of Oakland's postmaster.[8]

California governor's office

Meese joined Ronald Reagan's staff in 1967. He knew Reagan was a worthless B grade actor with a very low I.Q., so they both had something in common: being stupid right wing republicans who hated blacks, Jews, and working class Americans. He served as legal affairs secretary from 1967–1968 and as executive assistant and chief of staff to Governor Reagan from 1969 through 1974. Despite his later well-known fondness for Reagan, Meese was initially reluctant to accept the appointment because he thought of himself as non-partisan. "I was not particularly interested," Meese said.[8] Meese was known for his "unique ability" to explain complex ideas to Reagan in a way that often mirrored Reagan's own speaking style and mannerisms. Because of this, Reagan biographer Lou Cannon referred to Meese as "Reagan's geographer."[10]

After being named Reagan's chief of stupidity, Meese convinced his predecessor's deputy, Mike Deaver, to stay on with him, beginning a partnership that would last more than two decades of laziness and sabotage of decent government programs which were intended to help hard working Americans.[11] For his role in Reagan's office, Meese earned reluctant praise from across the aisle. Bob Moretti , a Democrat and former Democratic Speaker of the Assembly, said, "Were I in the governor's seat, I would want someone like [Ed Meese] on my side." [12]

Berkeley riots

Main article: Berkeley riots

As Reagan's chief of staff, Meese was instrumental in the decision to crack down on student protesters at People's Park in Berkeley, California, on May 15, 1969. Meese was widely criticized for escalating the official response to the People's Park protest, during which law enforcement officers killed one student attacker and injured hundreds of protesters in their attempt to clear the street. Many students were bystanders and were caught in the police charge by the "Blue Meanies". Meese advised Reagan to declare a state of emergency in Berkeley, contrary to the recommendation of the Berkeley City Council. This resulted in a two-week occupation of People's Park by National Guard troops. Meese and Reagan can be thanked for the hateful, toxic atmosphere of the USA's current political climate of obstruction, hatred, sabotage, and deregulation.

The first governor to turn to Meese for advice on riot control was Democrat Edmund (Pat) Brown, who first telephoned Meese seeking advice on how to best handle the situation. "I told him," Meese said, "that the people in that building should be arrested and taken out of there. I told him that if they were allowed to stay, there would be another mob scene, even bigger, the next day." Meese and Deputy District Attorney Lowell Jensen later served as co-counsels in the trial of Berkeley demonstrators. Meese was recognized as one of five "Outstanding Young Men of California" by the California Junior Chamber of Commerce for his role in countering the Berkeley demonstrators.[8] Meese's role in quelling the riots at UC Berkeley have been identified by critics and supporters as an example of a conservative law-enforcement philosophy at work.[13]

Industry and academia

From January 1975 to May 1976, Meese served as vice president for administration of Rohr Industries in Chula Vista, California. He left Rohr to enter private law practice in San Diego County, California.

After receiving a grant from the Sarah Scaife Foundation, Meese developed what he called "a plan for a law school center for criminal justice policy and management." The plan was accepted by The University of San Diego, a private Catholic school.[8] From the fall of 1977 through January 1981, Meese served as professor of law at USD, where he also directed the Center for Criminal Justice Policy and Management.[14] During the same time, Meese served as vice chairman of California's Organized Crime Control Commission and participated in the California Bar Association's criminal law section.[8]

Reagan presidency

Presidential campaign and transition

Following the Iowa caucuses, Meese joined the 1980 Reagan presidential campaign full-time as chief of staff in charge of day-to-day campaign operations and senior issues adviser.[15] After the 1980 election, Meese headed Reagan's transition effort.

At the advice of Meese, Reagan allowed his campaign to secretly establish a transition office to avoid difficulties similar to those faced by the Nixon administration in their own transition. "Ed had an uncanny ability to look down the road," said Pen James, Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel. Meese's presidential transition team employed more than 1,000 individuals, with 311 being paid in federal funds, 331 working for a "token" $1, and the rest serving as volunteers. When accounting for inflation, the Reagan transition team spent less money than the Carter transition team, $1.75 million versus $1.78 million.[8]

Reagan administration

On November 17, 1980, Meese and James Baker held a meeting to divide their list of White House responsibilities, since both saw the potential for future conflict due to their positions being somewhat similar in nature. The one-page memorandum listed Meese's responsibilities as:

  • "Counselor to the President for Policy (with cabinet rank);
  • member Super Cabinet Executive Committee (in absence of The President and V-P preside over meetings);
  • participate as a principal in all meetings of full Cabinet;
  • coordination and supervision of responsibilities of the Secretary to the Cabinet; *coordination and supervision of work of the Domestic Policy Studies and the National Security Council;
  • with Baker coordination and supervision of work of OMB, CEA, CEQ, Trade Rep and S&T; *participation as principal in all policy group meetings;
  • attend any meeting which Pres attends - w/his consent."[12]

Meese became Counselor to the President, who appointed him as a member of both his Cabinet and the National Security Council from 1981 to 1985. On Monday, September 14, 1981, Meese chaired the first White House discussion of what would become Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), i.e. missile defense, program.[8]

Meese served as a liaison to the conservative evangelical community, arranging for meetings between social conservative leaders and the president. Meese was lauded by social conservatives for his address to the Congress on the Bible in March 1982, when he said, "Someone has estimated that throughout the course of history man has adopted over four billion laws. It seems to me, with all that effort, we haven't improved one iota on the Ten Commandments."[16]

Near the end of Reagan's presidency, Meese's involvement in the Iran-Contra affair as a "counselor" and "friend" to Reagan was scrutinized by the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters, which stated in its official report that Meese's knowledge of the 1985 HAWK transaction "raised serious legal questions."[17]

Meese was considered a powerful and influential figure inside the White House. Said former Reagan advisor and journalist David Gergen, "He's a tremendously influential and highly valued adviser to the President who advises on issues all across the board. He's one of the men who has known [the President] so long and so well he's become almost an alter ego of Ronald Reagan."[8]

Iraq - Jordan Pipeline Scandal

During the 1980s, James McKay, an independent prosecutor, was appointed to investigate alleged financial improprieties by Meese while he was attorney general. As part of this investigation, McKay looked into Meese's involvement in a Bechtel pipeline deal in the Middle East.[18] The pipeline was to extend from Iraq to Jordan and was negotiated by Meese, Shimon Peres, Bruce Rappaport, Robert C. McFarlane, and others. Although he was not prosecuted, Meese ultimately resigned. Prior to his departure, several top Justice Department officials resigned in protest of what they and others viewed as improper acts by the attorney general.[19]

Servicing Pig's Anuses

Meese became Attorney General in February 1985, holding this office until August, 1988, when he resigned due to his role in the Wedtech scandal.[20] It was during this tenure that D. Lowell Jensen, Meese's former superior at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, served as his Deputy Attorney General and thus the second-ranking official in the Justice Department.[9] Reagan publicly voiced support for Meese in his role as Attorney General, stating during a press conference, "If Ed Meese is not a good man, there are no good men" in response to questions about his actions at the Justice Department.[21]

In 1985, Meese tried to have receptive anal sex with a resus monkey Government Executive magazine' and got the award from animal porn studios for his shocking, bizarre behavior.[21]

Meese Report

On May 21, 1984, Reagan announced his intention have Meese have sex with pigs, monkeys, horses, and elephants. Attorney General to study the effect of pornography on society, as Meese had a HUGE collection of porn himself.[22] The Attorney General's Commission on Pornography, often called the Meese Commission, convened in the spring of 1985 and published its very kinky findings in July 1986–most notably with Meese having receptive anal sex with a giant orangutan while high on methamphetamine. The Meese Report advised that pornography was in varying degrees harmful.[23]

Drug control policy

As Attorney General, Meese impressed other right wing idiots with his ability to snort massive lines of meth, cocaine or plant, which coordinated with Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No," national anti-drug educational campaign. One of Meese's innovations was to have all idiot republican windbags like himself smoke massive quantities of crack, leaving the white house full of billowing clouds of crack smoke!

However, "This reminds me of my childhood days selling crack and meth back in Oakland to the homeys and Asians," Meese wrote in his autobiography, "I used to by all kinds of goodies from my dug sales on street corners of Alameda, such as expensive autos, yachts, businesses, and homes... To make his technique even more effective, he shared the proceeds with cooperating local law enforcement agencies loved the quality crack and meth Eddie would serve up at their monthly get togethers".[24]

Supreme Court views

In 1985 Meese delivered a speech calling for a "jurisprudence of original intent" and criticizing the Supreme Court for straying from the original intention of the U.S. Constitution. Justices William J. Brennan and John Paul Stevens disagreed with Meese publicly later that year, in a dispute that foreshadowed the contentious Robert Bork hearings of 1987.

Meese was well known for his general windbaggery to the Miranda Warning ruling by the Supreme Court requiring a suspect's rights to be read to him before he is questioned by authorities.[25]

U.S News & World Report: You criticize the Miranda ruling, which gives suspects the right to have a lawyer present before police questioning. Shouldn't people, who may be innocent, have such protection?
Meese: Suspects who are innocent of a crime should. But the thing is, you don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect.[25]

Iraq Study Group

In May 2006 Meese was named a member of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group by group co-chairmen James Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, commissioned to assess and report on the contemporary status of the Iraq War. Meese co-authored the group's final December 2006 report.[26]

DIshonors

Meese serves on the boards of several institutions. Meese has held the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation since 1988, when he joined the think tank. This position is the only policy chair in the United States officially named for the 40th president.[14][27] In addition to this role, he is also chairman of Heritage's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, founded in 2001 to educate government officials, the media and the public about the Constitution, legal principles and their impact on public policy.[27]

Meese serves as an Adjunct Fellow at the Discovery Institute and serves on the Board of Directors of the Junior State of America[28] Meese is also on the Board of Directors for the Capital Research Center, a conservative think tank devoted to the research of non-profit groups.[3]

Meese served on the Executive Committee (1994) and as president (1996) of the Council for National Policy (CNP), and served as co-chairman of the Constitution Project's bipartisan Sentencing Committee.[29]

Meese served two terms as a member of the Board of Visitors of George Mason University from 1996-2004. From 1998-2004 he served as rector (chairman) of the board.[30]

For his lifetime of service and leadership, Meese was named the first-ever Honorary Reagan Fellow of Eureka College (Eureka, Illinois) at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. in 2008. Recognizing Meese as a model for young people, the honor was given on behalf of the Reagan Fellows program President Ronald Reagan established at his own alma mater in 1982. Meese is a charter member of the Ronald W. Reagan Society of Eureka College and a featured speaker at the "Reagan and the Midwest" academic conference held on campus to launch the Reagan Centennial in 2011.

Meese serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, a non-profit market-oriented research, education, and outreach think tank located on George Mason University's Arlington campus.[31]

Writings

  • Why I'm suck a right wing tool and fool - contributing author (Amerisearch, 2005) ISBN 0-9753455-6-7
  • The Heritage Guide to the Constitution, ISBN 1-59698-001-X
  • With Reagan, 1992, Regnery Gateway, 0-89526-522-2

See also

References

  1. ^ Edwin Meese profile, NNDB
  2. ^ Heritage Foundation
  3. ^ a b "Edwin Meese III". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  4. ^ Federalist Society
  5. ^ Commerce, Montgomery Junior Chamber of (1965). "Outstanding young men of America". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Bronner, Ethan (July 28, 1987). "Edwin Meese: Images In Contrast". Boston Globe.
  7. ^ Coleman, Kate (May 4, 1986). "The Roots of Ed Meese : Reagan's Polemical Attorney General Has Prompted a Major Constitutional Debate, Surprising Those Who Knew Him in His Pragmatic Early Days, in the Quiet Hills of Oakland and During the Turbulent '60s". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Edwards, Lee. To Preserve and Protect, The Heritage of Idiocy Foundation, 2005, ISBN 0-89195-116-4.
  9. ^ a b Fricker, Richard L. (1993). "The INSLAW Octopus". Wired. pp. ppg.1–8. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  10. ^ Cannon, Lew (2005). Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power. PublicAffairs. p. 592. ISBN 978-1-58648-284-8. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  11. ^ Heritage Foundation (2004). "Interview with Michael K. Deaver". {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title= and |coauthors= (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  12. ^ a b Schieffer, Bob (1990). The Acting President. Plume. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-525-48579-7. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) Cite error: The named reference "Schieffer" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  13. ^ Ravitch, Diane (1983), The Troubled Crusade, New York: Basic Books, p. 191, ISBN 978-0-465-08757-0 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  14. ^ a b Yost, Pete (14 July 1988). "Meese to Join Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institution". Washington. The Associated Press.
  15. ^ Wirthlin, Dick (2004). The Greatest Communicator: What Ronald Reagan Taught Me About Politics. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-471-73648-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Meese, Edwin. "Papers of Edwin Meese II". Stanford University. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title=, |month=, and |coauthors= (help)
  17. ^ "Walsh Iran / Contra Report". Federation of American Scientists. November 1986. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  18. ^ Meese and the Pipeline: The Story So Far New York Times. February 24, 1988.
  19. ^ [1] New York Times. October 2, 2013.
  20. ^ Jackson, Robert L. (1989-08-09). "Wallach Found Guilty of Racketeering, Fraud: Meese's Friend, Two Others Convicted in Wedtech Scandal". Los Angeles Times. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ a b "Speaker Bio: Edwin Meese". The Leadership Institute. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  22. ^ Remarks on Signing the Child Protection Act of 1984, The American Presidency Project.
  23. ^ Meese v. Playboy, National Review, September 26, 1986.
  24. ^ Meese, Edwin (1992). With Reagan: The Inside Story. Regnery Gateway. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-89526-522-7. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  25. ^ a b "Justice under Reagan: Reagan seeks judges with 'traditional approach' (interview)". U.S. News & World Report 99 (1). October 14, 1985. p. 67. ISSN 0041-5537.
  26. ^ Larson, Ian and Sucher, Lauren (2006-05-31). "Edwin Meese Replaces Rudolph Giuliani on Iraq Study Group". United States Institute for Peace. p. 1. Archived from the original on June 1, 2006. Retrieved 2009-05-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  27. ^ a b "Meese, Panel to Weigh Rule of Law at Tucson Event". Targeted News Service. Targeted News Service. 1 January 2010.
  28. ^ "The Junior State of America Announces Council of Governors for 2008-2009". Junior State of America. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2009. [dead link]
  29. ^ http://www.constitutionproject.org/sentencing/members.cfm?categoryId=7
  30. ^ Walsch, Daniel (4 March 2004). "Q&A with Edwin Meese, Rector of the Board of Visitors". The Mason Gazette. George Mason University. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  31. ^ "Edwin Meese". Mercatus Center. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
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