Katzenbach, at Robert Kennedy's suggestion, was named attorney general on January 28, 1965. In April 1965, after knowledge of a wiretap on Martin Luther King was made public, Katzenbach ordered an end to the tap and continued his support for civil rights.
Nov 08, 2009 · Robert Kennedy was the U.S. attorney general from 1961 to 1964 and a U.S. senator from New York from 1965 to 1968. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Virginia School of Law ...
Attorney General, 1965 - 1965, Box: 2, Folder: 22. Eugene B. Elliott papers, 02.EE. Eastern Michigan University Archives. Attorney General, 1965 - 1965, Box: 2, Folder: 22. Eugene B. Elliott papers, 02.EE. Eastern Michigan University Archives. http://aspace.emich.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/60474 Accessed September 05, 2021.
ATTORNEY GENERAL. 1965 such residence to be established in the county in which the mother makes application. Upon consideration I concur in the holdings of my predecessors hereinbefore re ferred to and you are accordingly advised that under the state of facts presented in
Crown Attorney 1965 - March 1967 Attorney General March 1967 - 1968 William L. MacIntyre Attorney General (acting) 1968-1970 Edgar A.C. Hewlett Attorney General (acting) 1970 Nolan Jacobs Attorney General (acting) 1970–1972 Paula F. Beaubrun: Attorney General (acting) 17 July 1972 – 30 June 1973 Attorney General 1 July 1973 – 25 July 1977
Ramsey Clark | |
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Clark in 1968 | |
66th United States Attorney General | |
In office November 28, 1966 – January 20, 1969 Acting: November 28, 1966 – March 10, 1967 | |
President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Nick Katzenbach | |
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Preceded by | Robert Kennedy |
Succeeded by | Ramsey Clark |
7th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
In office April 16, 1962 – January 28, 1965 |
The original duties of this officer were "to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law when required by ...
The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters. The attorney general is a statutory member of the Cabinet ...
Attorney General is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule, thus earning a salary of US$ 221,400, as of January 2021. The title "attorney general" is an example of a noun ( attorney) followed by a postpositive adjective ( general ).
The title "attorney general" is an example of a noun ( attorney) followed by a postpositive adjective ( general ). "General" is a description of the type of attorney, not a title or rank in itself ( as it would be in the military ).
It is the practice for the attorney general, along with the other Cabinet secretaries and high-level political appointees of the President, to tender a resignation with effect on the Inauguration Day (January 20) of a new president.
The Department of Justice was established in 1870 to support the attorneys general in the discharge of their responsibilities.
^ Unusually for a transitional acting appointment, Yates was dismissed and replaced with another Acting Attorney General before Sessions was confirmed because she refused to defend an executive order of the incoming administration.
After John F. Kennedy was elected president in November 1960, he named his brother Robert Kennedy as America’s 64th attorney general. In this role, Kennedy continued to battle corruption in labor unions, as well as mobsters and organized crime. In 1964, Jimmy Hoffa was convicted of jury tampering and fraud.
In 1964, Jimmy Hoffa was convicted of jury tampering and fraud. As attorney general, Kennedy also supported the civil rights movement for African Americans.
senator from New York from 1965 to 1968. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Virginia School of Law, Kennedy was appointed attorney general after his brother John Kennedy was elected president in 1960. In this role, Robert Kennedy fought organized crime and worked for civil rights for African Americans. In the Senate, he was a committed advocate of the poor and racial minorities , and opposed escalation of the Vietnam War. On June 5, 1968, while in Los Angeles campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Kennedy was shot. He died early the next day at age 42.
In this role, Robert Kennedy fought organized crime and worked for civil rights for African Americans. In the Senate, he was a committed advocate ...
Robert Francis Kennedy was born on November 20, 1925, in Brookline, Massachusetts, the seventh of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., a wealthy financier, and Rose Kennedy, the daughter of a Boston politician. Kennedy spent his childhood between his family’s homes in New York; Hyannis Port, Massachusetts; Palm Beach, Florida; and London, ...
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In the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, Clark occupied senior positions in the Justice Department; he was Assistant Attorney General, overseeing the department's Lands Division from 1961 to 1965, and then served as Deputy Attorney General from 1965 to 1967.
Following his term as attorney general, Clark taught courses at the Howard University School of Law (1969–1972) and Brooklyn Law School (1973–1981). He was active in the anti-Vietnam War movement and visited North Vietnam in 1972 as a protest against the bombing of Hanoi.
Clark was a recipient of the 1992 Gandhi Peace Award, and also the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award for his commitment to civil rights, his opposition to war and military spending and his dedication to providing legal representation to the peace movement, particularly, his efforts to free Leonard Peltier.
As attorney general, he was known for his vigorous opposition to the death penalty, his aggressive support of civil liberties and civil rights, and his dedication in enforcing antitrust provisions. Clark supervised the drafting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Civil Rights Act of 1968.
The office traces its origins back to the reintroduction of democracy in the British Virgin Islands pursuant to the 1950 general election. At that time the Legislative Council (as the House of Assembly was then known) had to look to the Attorney General of the Leeward Islands for support.
Since 2007 in order to be qualified to be appointed as Attorney General a person must be eligible to be admitted as a lawyer in the British Virgin Islands, and must have not less than 10 years experience practising law.
A total of 27 persons have been appointed to the office (including as Crown Attorney or Legal Assistant prior to 1967, and persons who were appointed as acting Attorney General), of whom 20 have been men and seven have been women.