George T. Conway III Quotes
Charged with faithfully executing the laws, the president is, in effect, the nation's highest law enforcement officer.
Conway, George T., III. "Opinion: Trump’s pardons make a mockery of the justice system." The Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2020.
The naval hero was approached as to his reception to a presidential draft. His famous response eliminated most interest in him. If Congress selected the President, he may well have won.
Alberto Gonzalez, White House Counsel and later Attorney General who was forced to resign and David S. Addington, Counsel to the Vice President, had come up with a novel view of the powers of the presidency. They argued that since the President is the Commander in Chief, in a war situation or intelligence gathering thereto, has the Constitutional responsibility for that function, he need not obey any laws of Congress as in the conduct of the war Congress would be impinging on the Constitutional separation of powers which itself was prohibited by the Constitution. The argument did not find any significant legal support but for a while the George W. Bush White House behaved as if this were the law, despite the fact that even in the American Revolution and the War of 1812 Congress passed laws regulating the conduct of the armed forces as is provided for in other parts of the Constitution. Yet even Goldsmith would allow the President some powers that many think are unconstitutional and/or belong to Congress. See {32436}.
George Thomas Conway III, is an American attorney. Conway was considered by President Donald Trump for the position of Solicitor General of the United States, and a post as an assistant attorney general heading the Civil Division at the United States Department of Justice, but withdrew himself from consideration.
