David Barron Nominated To First Circuit

Harvard Law Professor David Barron has been nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit by President Obama.  He is a Harvard Law grad and has served a couple of stints in the Office of Legal Counsel - including, most recently, serving as the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the OLC.  He joined the Harvard Law faculty in 1999.  According to the NY Times, Barron penned the secret DOJ memo providing support for killing a U.S. citizen, a terrorism suspect,  abroad without trial.

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[Alfred Brophy]

Congratulations, David!