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Rees, III, obtained his undergraduate degree from [[Yale University]] in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], at which he served in the Yale Political Union. In 1978, Reese graduated from LSU's Paul M. Hebert Law Center, at which he was a member of the academic honor society Order of the Coif. From 1978 to 1979, he was a law clerk to then-Associate Justice [[Albert Tate, Jr.]], of the Louisiana Supreme Court.<ref name=ourcampaigns>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=88462 title=Rees, III, Grover J.|publisher=Ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He speaks [[France|French]], [[Spanish]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]], and [[Samoa]]n.<ref name=fedso/>
Rees, III, obtained his undergraduate degree from [[Yale University]] in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], at which he served in the Yale Political Union. In 1978, Reese graduated from LSU's Paul M. Hebert Law Center, at which he was a member of the academic honor society Order of the Coif. From 1978 to 1979, he was a law clerk to then-Associate Justice [[Albert Tate, Jr.]], of the Louisiana Supreme Court.<ref name=ourcampaigns>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=88462 title=Rees, III, Grover J.|publisher=Ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He speaks [[France|French]], [[Spanish]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]], and [[Samoa]]n.<ref name=fedso/>
==Defending human rights==
==Defending human rights==
Rees was Chief Justice of the High Court of [[American Samoa]] from 1986 to 1991, having served under appointment of both Presidents [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald W. Reagan]] and [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?groverrees|title=Grover Rees, III|publisher=[[C-SPAN)|date=November 7, 1987|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He is also a former legislative aide to Representative [[Chris Smith|Christopher H. Smith]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from [[Trenton]], [[New Jersey]], and a leader since 1981 of anti-[[abortion]] forces in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Rees shares Smith's anti-abortion position.
Rees was Chief Justice of the High Court of [[American Samoa]] from 1986 to 1991, having served under appointment of both Presidents [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald W. Reagan]] and [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?groverrees|title=Grover Rees, III|publisher=[[C-SPAN)|date=November 7, 1987|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He is also a former legislative aide to Representative [[Chris Smith|Christopher H. Smith]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from [[Trenton]], [[New Jersey]], and a leader since 1981 of anti-[[abortion]] forces in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Rees shares Smith's anti-abortion position.