The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States. The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...

Role

Harriet Miers, current White House Counsel

The Counsel's role is to advise the President on all legal issues concerning the President and the White House. The current White House Counsel is Harriet Miers, who was appointed to fill the post when President George W. Bush nominated her predecessor, Alberto Gonzales, to the post of Attorney General. Image File history File links HarrietMiers. ... Image File history File links HarrietMiers. ... Look up counsel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. ... Harriet Miers Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10, 1945 in Dallas, Texas) is an American lawyer, currently serving as White House Counsel. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) is the 80th and current Attorney General of the United States, becoming the first Hispanic to serve in the position. ... Seal of the United States Department of Justice The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see ) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ...

Responsibilities

The Office of Counsel to the President was created in 1943, and is responsible for advising on all legal aspects of policy questions, legal issues arising in connection with the President's decision to sign or veto legislation, ethical questions, financial disclosures, and conflicts of interest during employment and post employment. The Counsel's Office also helps define the line between official and political activities, oversees executive appointments and judicial selection, handles Presidential pardons, reviews legislation and Presidential statements, and handles lawsuits against the President in his role as President, as well as serving as the White House contact for the Department of Justice. 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. ... DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. Justice Department redirects here. ...

Limitations

Although the White House Counsel offers legal advice to the President, the Counsel does so in the President's official capacity, and does not serve as the President's personal attorney. Therefore, controversy has emerged over the scope of the attorney-client privilege between the Counsel and the President. It is clear, however, that the privilege does not apply in personal matters, such as impeachment proceedings; thus, in such situations the President relies on a personal attorney for confidential legal advice. This article is about a United States legal term. ... Depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, then President of the United States, in 1868. ...

List of White House Counsels

• Samuel Irving Rosenman (1943-1946)
• Clark M. Clifford (1946-1950)
• Charles Murphy (1951-1953)
• Thomas E. Stephens (1953)
• Bernard M. Shanley (1953-1955)
• Gerald D. Morgan (1955-1958)
• David W. Kendall (1958-1961)
• Theodore Sorenson (1961-1963)
• Myer Feldman (1963-1965
• Milton Serner (1965-1966)
• Larry Eugene Temple (1967-1969)
• Charles Colson (1969-1970)
• John Dean (1970-1973)
• Leonard Garment (1973-1974)
• William Casselman (1974-1975)
• Phillip W. Buchen (1975-1977)
• Robert Lipshutz (1977-1979)
• Lloyd Cutler (1979-1981) (1st time)
• Fred Fielding (1981-1986)
• Peter J. Wallison (1986-1987)
• Arthur Culvahouse (1987-1989)
• C. Boyden Gray (1989-1993)
• Bernard W. Nussbaum (1993-1994)
• Lloyd Cutler (1994) (2nd time)
• Abner J. Mikva (1994-1995)
• Jack Quinn (1995-1996)
• Lanny Davis (1996-1998)
• Charles F.C. Ruff (1998-1999)
• Beth Nolan (1999-2001)
• Alberto Gonzales (2001-2005)
• Harriet Miers (2005-Present)

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External link

• White House Offices