RIP Ed Meese

fuck this guy

one of those people I have only encountered through Bloom County references. Who is he exactly

Reagan mobster

fundie Xtian gangster asshole

here's a shining example

As Reagan's chief of staff, Meese was instrumental in the decision to crack down on student protesters at People's Park in Berkeley, California, on May 15, 1969. Meese was widely criticized for escalating the official response to the People's Park protest, during which law enforcement officers killed one student protester and injured hundreds of others, including bystanders.

opposed Miranda rights

wow chill guy

https://iv1.lisimg.com/image/3762768/720full-pixie-%26-dixie-with-mr-jinks-%281958%29-poster.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/8364/8334425554_edb42e1f39_b.jpg

1988. From the Flickr album Hidden Washington DC.

pioneered civil asset forfeiture:

As Attorney General, Meese chaired the National Drug Policy Board ..."One of our most effective weapons against drug traffickers," Meese wrote in his autobiography, "was to confiscate the assets of their criminal activity, such as expensive autos, yachts, businesses and homes.... To make this technique even more effective, we shared the proceeds with cooperating local law enforcement agencies to enhance their drug-fighting activities."

While he lived he never got his comeuppance. A pity, that. His tiny moth-like soul is now the property of Old Scratch. At least we have that for consolation.

I only knew about him because he showed up in Mad magazine.

Responsible for encouraging the Federalist Society, the nomination of judges and justices "whose duty is to the Constitution." A walking, breathing conflict of interest; he had to resign in 1988 after the stench of those conflicts proved even too much for the Reagan White House. I can't wait to write his obit.