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The watergate impeachment investigation in 1974. bill weld went on to serve as republican governor of massachusetts after being chosen by president reagan as the u.s. attorney for massachusetts. he was promoted in 1986 by president reagan to head the criminal division of the justice department in washington where he supervised over 700 employees. two years later bill weld resigned from the justice department as a matter of principle in protest of the conduct of his boss, u.s. attorney general ed...

What the law was intended to do and really gives it the department of justice upper hand in the area they shouldnt have it. >> groups on the right and the left including the aclu are actively opposing this rule change, shep. >> shepard: whats the justice department saying about this? >> here is the thing. they say that this practice has actually been the policy for decades dating back to memo by then attorney general edwin mease. they dont rise to the level of a federal rule or regulation codify...

Scholars, nine justices to make that decision, shep. >> shepard: pretty heavy hitters to back the current law. >> yeah. a number of prosecutors, the executive director of the 9/11 commission, also former attorney general edwin mease. a lot of them have lined up with the government saying listen, this law is a very important tool in fighting terrorism. also signing on the anti-defamation leaving had this to say about how the average american may view this fight here at the supreme court. >> i thi...