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Goldsmith faced criticism last month from a handful of Harvard Law School (HLS) faculty members who alleged that he had helped the Bush administration devise a policy justifying harsh treatment of detainees. Goldsmith??s predecessor as head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel signed a now-infamous Aug. 1, 2002 memo, which said that torturing suspected terrorists “may be justified” under...
...recent media reports have done little to assuage one of Goldsmith??s staunchest critics, Elizabeth S. Bartholet ’62, who holds the Wasserstein chair in public interest...
More than 80 percent of the HLS faculty voted to grant Goldsmith a tenured position last spring. And when Goldsmith??s critics aired their objections to his appointment publicly, many longtime Harvard professors rallied to his defense, praising his scholarship and his commitment to teaching...
...fact, the Senate Judiciary Committee has passed judgment on Goldsmith??confirming his appointment as assistant attorney general...
Other law schools vied for Goldsmith??s highly-prized services. “It was a great coup that Harvard Law School was able to attract him to our faculty,” said Story Professor of Law Daniel J. Meltzer ’72. “Jack Goldsmith is an extraordinarily distinguished and influential scholar...