American attorney, law professor, and government official (1941–2022)
Walter Dellinger
Solicitor General of the United States
Acting
In office July 1, 1996 – November 13, 1997
President
Bill Clinton
Preceded by
Drew Days
Succeeded by
Seth P. Waxman
United States Assistant Attorney General for Office of Legal Counsel
In office October 1993 – June 30, 1996
President
Bill Clinton
Preceded by
Timothy Flanigan
Succeeded by
Christopher H. Schroeder (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Walter Estes Dellinger III
(1941-05-15)May 15, 1941 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Died
February 16, 2022(2022-02-16) (aged 80) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Anne Maxwell
(died 2021)
Children
2; including Hampton
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) Yale University (JD)
Walter Estes Dellinger III (May 15, 1941 – February 16, 2022) was an American attorney and legal scholar who served as the Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law. He also led the appellate practice at O'Melveny & Myers in Washington, D.C., and the Harvard Law School's Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation Clinic. He served as Acting United States Solicitor General under the administration of President Bill Clinton, from 1996 to 1997.
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pardoned by his successor (as with Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon). WalterDellinger argued that a sitting president cannot be put on trial but can still...
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structure. According to a 1996 opinion by then-Assistant Attorney General WalterDellinger of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, "even the lowest...
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prominent legal scholars who strongly support Roe v. Wade, such as WalterDellinger of Duke University Law School, Richard Parker of Harvard, and Sherry...
performance at the confirmation hearings ensured his approval by the Senate; WalterDellinger, a liberal Democrat and an adviser to the Senate Judiciary Committee...
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separation of powers". A study released by then-Assistant Attorney General WalterDellinger (1993–1996) grouped signing statements into three categories: Constitutional:...
the slogan, as an example of how reduced Don has become as a man. WalterDellinger of The Wall Street Journal wondered whether Weiner had "lost control...
looking into what to do.' Nolan, Beth; Curtis Bradley; David D. Cole; WalterDellinger; Ronald Dworkin; Richard Epstein; Philip B. Heymann; Harold Hongju...
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