--- description: Goldsmith is a Harvard Law School professor and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution; he was an Assistant Attorney General in the George W. Bush Administration. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jack Goldsmith ## Jack Goldsmith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Goldsmith is a Harvard Law School professor and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution; he was an Assistant Attorney General in the George W. Bush Administration._ ## Jack Goldsmith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jul 12, 2018 ### [Brett Kavanaugh Will Right the Course of the Supreme Court](https://time.com/5336627/brett-kavanaugh-balance/) 'His legal opinions are unusually accessible. He is a magnanimous soul.' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 7, 2018 ### [Mueller Won’t Decide Trump’s Fate, Only the American Public Can](https://time.com/5304226/robert-mueller-trump-indictment/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 29, 2016 ### [This Is What the FBI Director Needs to Do Now About Hillary Clinton Emails](https://time.com/4550523/james-comey-hillary-clinton/) If there is more that James Comey can say to the American public, he should do so. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 10, 2016 ### [The Other Forever War Anniversary](https://time.com/4486572/forever-war-islamic-state-isis/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 6, 2016 ### [Comey's Decision Signals FBI Independence](https://time.com/4395178/jack-goldsmith-james-comey-hillary-clinton/) It was the least bad choice he could make [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 6, 2016 ### [Obama Has Officially Adopted Bush's Iraq Doctrine](https://time.com/4283865/obama-adopted-bushs-iraq-doctrine/) It’s the culmination of a process that began when he took office [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 25, 2016 ### [Is the U.S. a Hypocrite on Iran Cyberattack?](https://time.com/4272214/iran-cyberattack-indictment/) The real question is whether the indictment will deter future attacks [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 17, 2016 ### [Blocking Garland Spells Trouble for the GOP](https://time.com/4262720/goldsmith-gop-block-garland/) Republicans may be right to fear a Left-leaning justice, but they're wrong to leave this legacy to T... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 13, 2016 ### [Why Obama Hasn't Closed Guantanamo Bay—and Probably Never Will](https://time.com/4178779/obama-close-guantanamo-bay/) 'It is hard to see how closing Guantanamo unilaterally will burnish President Obama’s legacy in the ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 16, 2015 ### [Obama's Failing National Security Legacy](https://time.com/4114289/paris-attacks-obama-national-security/) The President’s aim to end 'Bush’s wars' is in shambles [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 11, 2014 ### [Obama's Breathtaking Expansion of a President's Power To Make War](https://time.com/3326689/obama-isis-war-powers-bush/) President Obama hoped to repeal the Bush-era authorization declaring war on al Qaeda—instead he's ex... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/jack-goldsmith/","name":"Jack Goldsmith"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/jack-goldsmith/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/jack-goldsmith/"},"name":"Jack Goldsmith","jobTitle":null,"description":"Goldsmith is a Harvard Law School professor and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution; he was an Assistant Attorney General in the George W. Bush Administration.","url":"https://time.com/author/jack-goldsmith/","sameAs":["https://x.com/jacklgoldsmith"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```