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Edwin Meese is an expert on the U.S. legal system, law enforcement and criminal justice, intelligence and national security, and the Reagan Presidency. His current research focuses on the criminal justice system, federalism, emergency response management, and [[terrorism]]. He is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution ([[Stanford University]]) and is Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and he holds the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy at the [[Heritage Foundation]].   

Edwin Meese is an expert on the U.S. legal system, law enforcement and criminal justice, intelligence and national security, and the Reagan Presidency. His current research focuses on the criminal justice system, federalism, emergency response management, and [[terrorism]]. He is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution ([[Stanford University]]) and is Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and he holds the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy at the [[Heritage Foundation]].   

He graduated from [[Yale University]] in 1953 and holds a law degree from the [[University of California]]-Berkeley. He is a retired Colonel in the Army Reserve.  

He graduated from [[Yale University]] in 1953 and holds a law degree from the [[University of California]]-Berkeley. He is a retired [[Colonel]] in the Army Reserve.  

Meese headed [[Ronald Reagan]]'s transition effort after the former governor won the 1980 presidential election. During the presidential campaign that year, 1980, he served as Chief of Staff and senior issues adviser for the Reagan-Bush Committee.[http://www.answers.com/topic/edwin-meese]

Meese headed [[Ronald Reagan]]'s transition effort after the former governor won the 1980 presidential election. During the presidential campaign that year, he served as Chief of Staff and senior issues adviser for the Reagan-Bush Committee.[http://www.answers.com/topic/edwin-meese]

== Attorney General ==

== Attorney General ==

*As the chief law enforcement officer, he led international efforts to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and organized crime.  In 1985, he received the Government Executive magazine's annual award for excellence in management. He served as chairman of the Domestic Policy Council and of the National Drug Policy Board, and was a member of the President's [[National Security Council]].

*As the chief [[law enforcement]] officer, he led international efforts to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and organized crime.  In 1985, he received the Government Executive magazine's annual award for excellence in management. He served as chairman of the Domestic Policy Council and of the National Drug Policy Board, and was a member of the President's [[National Security Council]].

*Meese established tough, new policies against pornography. He appointed a Commission on Pornography, which issued a two-volume report in 1986 that stated that there was a causal link between violent pornography and aggressive behavior toward women. The report broke new ground in its exploration of the problem of child pornography. The report also claimed that nonviolent sexually explicit material contributed to sexual violence, a conclusion challenged by many social scientists at the time, but more recently widely accepted. [http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/ls/agbiographies.htm#meese]

*Meese established tough, new policies against [[pornography]]. He chaired a Commission on Pornography, which issued a two-volume report in 1986 that stated that there was a causal link between violent pornography and aggressive behavior toward women. The report broke new ground in its exploration of the problem of child pornography. The report also claimed that nonviolent sexually explicit material contributed to sexual violence, a conclusion challenged by many social scientists at the time, but more recently widely accepted. [http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/ls/agbiographies.htm#meese]

== Pre-Presidential Service ==

== Pre-Presidential Service ==