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[[Image:Meese2.jpg‎|right|thumb|Edwin Meese, III]]

[[Image:Meese2.jpg‎|right|thumb|Edwin Meese, III]]

'''Edwin Meese III''' (b. Dec. 2, 1931) is a prominent leader, thinker and elder statesman in the [[conservative]] movement – and America itself. From January 1981 to February 1985, Meese held the position of Counsel to the [[President]] – the senior position on the [[White House]] Staff – where he functioned as President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s chief policy adviser. He served as the seventy-fifth [[Attorney General]] of the [[United States]] from February 1985 to August 1988.<ref>[https://www.hoover.org/profiles/edwin-meese-iii Edwin Meese III]</ref>

'''Edwin Meese III''' (b. Dec. 2, 1931) is a prominent leader, thinker and elder statesman in the [[conservative]] movement – and America itself. From January 1981 to February 1985, Meese held the position of Counsel to the [[President]], the senior position on the [[White House]] Staff, where he functioned as President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s chief policy adviser. He served as the seventy-fifth [[Attorney General]] of the [[United States]] from February 1985 to August 1988.<ref>[https://www.hoover.org/profiles/edwin-meese-iii Edwin Meese III]</ref>

Like many leaders of the conservative movement, Meese is critical of the concept of the [[Incorporation doctrine]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/23/opinion/l-meese-s-thoughts-on-the-bill-of-rights-098517.html Meese's Thoughts on the Bill of Rights], [[New York Times]], 1985, "Mr. Meese also noted in those paragraphs that the incorporation doctrine rests on an "intellectually shaky foundation" and is "constitutionally suspect.""</ref>

Like many leaders of the conservative movement, Meese is critical of the concept of the [[Incorporation doctrine]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/23/opinion/l-meese-s-thoughts-on-the-bill-of-rights-098517.html Meese's Thoughts on the Bill of Rights], [[New York Times]], 1985, "Mr. Meese also noted in those paragraphs that the incorporation doctrine rests on an "intellectually shaky foundation" and is "constitutionally suspect.""</ref> He is known as a strong proponent of [[originalism]].

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