Edwin Meese

Edwin Meese III (born December 2, 1931) is an American attorney, law professor, and author.

Early life
Meese was born on December 2, 1931 in Oakland, California. He studied at Yale University and at the University of California-Berkeley.

Career
He served under Ronald Reagan's administration back when Reagan was Governor (1967–1974), the Reagan Presidential Transition Team (1980), and under Reagan's presidential administration (1981–1985). Meese was 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.Edwin Meese profile, NNDB

Honors
On October 8, 2019, president Donald Trump presented Meese the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.

Books
 Judicial Tyranny: The New Kings of America? - contributing author (Amerisearch, 2005) 
 The Heritage Guide to the Constitution, 
 With Reagan, 1992, Regnery Gateway, 0-89526-522-2

References

Other websites

 Edwin Meese profile, NNDB
 Attorney General's Commission on Pornography
 Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters  - U.S. Court of Appeals
 Meese's bio at the Mercatus Center


Category:1931 births
Category:Living people
Category:United States Attorneys General
Category:Lawyers from Oakland, California
Category:Educators from Oakland, California
Category:Businesspeople from Oakland, California
Category:Politicians from Oakland, California
Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians