Jack Goldsmith

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.

Recent Articles

Brett Kavanaugh Will Right the Course of the Supreme Court

'His legal opinions are unusually accessible. He is a magnanimous soul.'

By Jack Goldsmith

Mueller Won’t Decide Trump’s Fate, Only the American Public Can

“The President is to have the laws executed,” wrote the Chief Executive. “He may order an offence then to be prosecuted,” but if he “sees a prosecution put into a train which is not lawful,...

By Jack Goldsmith

This Is What the FBI Director Needs to Do Now About Hillary Clinton Emails

If there is more that James Comey can say to the American public, he should do so.

By Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes

The Other Forever War Anniversary

Tomorrow is the fifteenth anniversary of the beginning of the longest armed conflict in American history. But another significant anniversary in the “Forever War” is today, September 10, for two years ago on this date...

By Jack Goldsmith and Matthew C. Waxman

Comey's Decision Signals FBI Independence

It was the least bad choice he could make

By Jack Goldsmith

Obama Has Officially Adopted Bush's Iraq Doctrine

It’s the culmination of a process that began when he took office

By Jack Goldsmith

Is the U.S. a Hypocrite on Iran Cyberattack?

The real question is whether the indictment will deter future attacks

By Jack Goldsmith

Blocking Garland Spells Trouble for the GOP

Republicans may be right to fear a Left-leaning justice, but they're wrong to leave this legacy to Trumpian chance

By Jack Goldsmith

Why Obama Hasn't Closed Guantanamo Bay—and Probably Never Will

'It is hard to see how closing Guantanamo unilaterally will burnish President Obama’s legacy in the short run or the long run'

By Jack Goldsmith

Obama's Failing National Security Legacy

The President’s aim to end 'Bush’s wars' is in shambles

By Jack Goldsmith

Obama's Breathtaking Expansion of a President's Power To Make War

President Obama hoped to repeal the Bush-era authorization declaring war on al Qaeda—instead he's expanded it without bound

By Jack Goldsmith
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