Rex E. Lee Quotes
an albatross around my neck.
The solicitor general characterized the White House political legal agenda as:
Rex E. Lee, 1935-1996, Solicitor General of the United States (Republican), Quoted in New York Times, March 13, 1996
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Discussing problems of the presidency:
Many historians believe that Cheney really knew how to manipulate the President. In this case, he left the President with the feeling that if he did not strike at Saddam, he was somehow weak. Bush was a Texan who viewed many things in the perspective of the old West. Also Bush’s father had not “taken care” of Saddam earlier and the right wing war hawks portrayed him as “weak.” for not finishing Saddam off. See {621248}
Rex Edwin Lee was an American lawyer, law clerk for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White, and the United States Solicitor General during the Reagan administration. He was responsible for bringing the Solicitor General in the center of policymaking. He argued 59 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Lee was an alumnus and the tenth president of Brigham Young University (BYU). Lee was also the founding dean of BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCLS).
