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.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a meeting on July 11

Brett Kavanaugh Will Right the Course of the Supreme Court

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

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, special counsel on the Russian investigation, leaves following a meeting with members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on June 21, 2017.

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

"The President is to have the laws executed," wrote the Chief Executive. "H...

"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,...

James Comey testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill, March 1, 2016 in Washington, DC.

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...

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

President Obama speaks on the phone with King Abdallah Abd al Aziz of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at White House in Washington, on Sept. 10, 2014

The Other Forever War Anniversary

Tomorrow is the fifteenth anniversary of the beginning of the longest armed...

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...