File 030142
JASTA Proposal with Legal and Political Leadership Analysis (File 030142)
A proposal document outlining the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) with analysis of its political and economic impact on Saudi Arabia, featuring profiles of key legal figures including Kathryn Ruemmler and Ken Starr.
Summary
This proposal examines JASTA and its implications for US-Saudi relations, detailing an approach to identify weaknesses and outlining a timeline for agreement signing and program launch. The document profiles Kathryn Ruemmler, former White House Counsel to President Obama and former Enron prosecutor, and Ken Starr, the independent counsel who investigated the Clinton administration. Both figures represent significant legal expertise relevant to the policy framework being proposed.
Proposal
• Introduction• What is JASTA?• What is the impact of JASTA on KSA politically and economically?
• Our approach to find the weaknesses• Title Content2. Title Content
• Timeline• Timeline of our approach
• Actions• 1. Signing the agreement (Payment method, successful fee)• 2. Program Launching
• Leaders• Kathryn Ruemmler
Kathryn is an attorney who formerly served as White House Counsel to President Barack Obama. She previously worked as Principal Deputy White House Counsel.Former federal prosecutor who helped lead the government’s case against the former executives of Enron.In 2006, she delivered the government's closing argument in the trial of former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling.She returned to Latham in 2007, this time as a partner. From 2000 to 2001 she served as Associate Counsel to President Clinton.She was a litigation partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins from 2007She serve as principal associate deputy attorney general at the Justice Department.In 2014 Ruemmler was speculated as being a potential candidate as the next United States Attorney General
• Ken Starr
• Ken Starr is an American lawyer who has also been a federal judge and U.S. Solicitor General.• Former President and Chancellor of Baylor University• Held the Louise L. Morrison Chair of Constitutional Law at Baylor University Law School.• He carried out a controversial investigation of members of the Clinton administration.• Starr served as a federal Court of Appeals judge and as solicitor general for George H. W. Bush.• He received the most publicity for his tenure as independent counsel while Bill Clinton was U.S. president.• The three-judge panel charged with administering the Independent Counsel Act later expanded the inquiry into numerous areas including an extramarital affair that Bill Clinton had with Monica Lewinsky.• After several years of investigation, Starr filed the Starr Report, which alleged that Bill Clinton had lied about the existence of the affair during a sworn deposition.
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