Patrick F. Philbin
Encyclopedia
Patrick F. Philbin is an American
lawyer and Bush
administration appointee.
regarding the specialty requirement in the medieval action of covenant.
. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel.
Philbin is notable for being one of the lawyers who helped counsel President Bush that he, as head of the United States' Government's executive branch had the authority to charge Guantanamo captives before military commissions
.
According to James Comey Philbin was present when he rushed to John Ashcroft
's hospital bed to try to prevent other Bush officials from trying to pressure the very sick Ashcroft to reverse the decision of the deputy acting as his replacement not to renew the controversial Warrantless wiretap program.
Comey said that Philbin's career suffered when he supported Comey in his efforts to intervene to prevent Gonzales from abusing Ashcroft.
United States
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lawyer and Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
administration appointee.
Academics
Philbin wrote a note in the Harvard Law ReviewHarvard Law Review
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regarding the specialty requirement in the medieval action of covenant.
Career
Philbin served as a law clerk for federal appeals judge Laurence Silberman, and then for Supreme Court Justice Clarence ThomasClarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Succeeding Thurgood Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Court....
. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel.
Philbin is notable for being one of the lawyers who helped counsel President Bush that he, as head of the United States' Government's executive branch had the authority to charge Guantanamo captives before military commissions
Guantanamo military commission
The Guantanamo military commissions are military tribunals created by the Military Commissions Act of 2006 for prosecuting detainees held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps.- History :...
.
According to James Comey Philbin was present when he rushed to John Ashcroft
John Ashcroft
John David Ashcroft is a United States politician who served as the 79th United States Attorney General, from 2001 until 2005, appointed by President George W. Bush. Ashcroft previously served as the 50th Governor of Missouri and a U.S...
's hospital bed to try to prevent other Bush officials from trying to pressure the very sick Ashcroft to reverse the decision of the deputy acting as his replacement not to renew the controversial Warrantless wiretap program.
Comey said that Philbin's career suffered when he supported Comey in his efforts to intervene to prevent Gonzales from abusing Ashcroft.