"The revolving door at the top legal position at DHS should be of serious concern to members of Congress. The White House on Wednesday appointed Chad Mizelle as the acting General Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to CNN.. Mizelle, who had been serving as DHS Chief of Staff since 2019, is regarded as an ally to senior presidential advisor Stephen Miller with whom he shares a similarly hardline approach to immigration policy. CNN's Priscilla Alvarez contributed to this report. “I am confident that Chad will lead the Office of General Counsel with great honor and will continue to provide sound advice and counsel to Departmental leadership,” Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said. Home | Or to keep it anonymous, click here. It is unclear if Mizelle will be nominated for the role, but the President has said he likes to have officials in acting capacities. © 2020 Tickle The Wire - Entries (RSS) - Comments (RSS) - Log in Mizelle has less than 10 years' experience as an attorney and will now run the DHS Office of the General Counsel, which oversees 2,500 attorneys and is ultimately responsible for all of the department's legal determinations. Email us.

Mizelle, who had been serving as DHS Chief of Staff since 2019, is regarded as an ally to senior presidential advisor Stephen Miller with whom he shares a similarly hardline approach to immigration policy. Attorneys immediately noted that Mizelle, who graduated law school in 2013 and was an attorney volunteer for the Trump campaign before taking on a senior legal role in the administration, was attacking someone for lacking in experience. Agencies | Cornell Law Alum takes on position for Department of Homeland Security. Attorneys, National Association of Former U.S. About Us | There are no adults left at DHS HQ. Have a tip we should know? In response to these criticisms, DHS spokeswoman, Heather Swift, said the backlash “sounds like political opponents or activists grasping for straws trying to criticize the administration as we add up continued policy successes.”. Contact Us | We are an independent, student newspaper. Have a tip or story idea? “This letter is the epitome of lawyering in the Trump administration: Offer flatly unconvincing legal arguments that might seem superficially plausible to (non-expert) Trump supporters, then distract with overblown rhetoric, ad hominem  attacks, hyperbole, and partisan innuendo.”. Chad Mizelle has been licensed for 7 years and works in Washington, DC.

“Yet, despite the obvious fact that the agency is entitled to interpret its own internal memoranda, the GAO improperly rejected DHS’s reading. According to the Counsel’s website, in this role, Mizelle will oversee an office of 2,500 attorneys, who are responsible for overseeing the Department’s rulemaking process and compliance with statutes and executive orders. In a statement Wednesday, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said he was confident Mizelle was more than capable of succeeding in the position. Why You Should Clerk Cornell Student Chapter Cornell Law School Myron Taylor Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 “I am confident that Chad will lead the Office of General Counsel with great honor and will continue to provide sound advice and counsel to Departmental leadership,” Wolf said, according to CNN. pic.twitter.com/ix1mrEtv7l, — Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) August 17, 2020. The people who wrote this letter and this press release have no shame. “Oh my god. But then there’s the tone and the hubris—a 2013 law school grad (the ‘senior official performing the duties’ of GC) criticizing a GAO staffer for his inexperience,” Vladeck wrote. Here’s the report from @Geneva_Sands via @CNN (incl. Mizelle is viewed as "working Miller's agenda" at the department, the source added.

https://t.co/dssGz3KkQx pic.twitter.com/MwOlOK0zrj, — American Oversight (@weareoversight) February 12, 2020. Chad Mizelle, the senior official performing the duties of the DHS general counsel, responded by attacking the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) findings and the author of the agency’s report. Chad Mizelle, who has been serving as chief of staff of the Department of Homeland Security, has been named the agency’s top acting attorney, CNN reports. Tags: attorney, Chad Mizelle, Homeland Security, White HouseComments: none.

Posted: February 13th, 2020 under News Story . Mizelle was previously the counsel to the deputy attorney general at the Justice Department. Jobs | “The GAO should rescind its erroneous report immediately,” Mizelle wrote, characterizing the report as “baseless and baffling.”. The @DHSgov response to the GAO’s report on Wolf and Cuccinelli is a deranged partisan screed. Chad has 6 jobs listed on their profile. Attorneys and legal experts were quick to deride the personnel move, pointing out that Mizelle has substantially less legal and managerial experience than is generally sought for a role in one of the administration’s most senior legal positions. This letter is the epitome of lawyering in the Trump administration: Offer flatly unconvincing legal arguments that might *seem* superficially plausible to (non-expert) Trump supporters, then distract with overblown rhetoric, ad hominem attacks, hyperbole, and partisan innuendo. She is an Assistant News Editor on the 138th Editorial Board and can be reached at msrivastava@cornellsun.com. Just seven years after graduating from Cornell Law School, Chad Mizelle J.D.’13 has been appointed to serve as acting General Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security. (https://cornellsun.com/2020/02/19/cornell-law-alum-named-homeland-security-head-lawyer/). “Surely, few things could be more significant than the appointment of the head of a cabinet-level agency. Email us. Just don’t say no to Stephen Miller, Chad, and your ticket is punched,” Champion added.

Mizelle, who graduated from Cornell Law School in 2013 and has less than 7 years of experience as an attorney, will become DHS’s “chief legal officer.” Mizelle’s also résumé shows that he worked as a “Republican Party/Trump for President Campaign” attorney volunteer in Nov. 2016. After graduating, Mizelle worked as an attorney and law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Assistant professor at University of Michigan Law Leah Litman: look, i'm sure they just want to put chad mizelle, a lawyer with less than 10 years experience, as the head lawyer at DHS to …. ", Homeland Security spokeswoman Heather Swift pushed back on the criticism, saying it "sounds like political opponents or activists grasping for straws trying to criticize the administration as we add up continued policy successes.". “The actual legal ‘argument’ in DHS’s response to GAO on Wolf and Cuccinelli is risible. Former DOJ attorney Sasha Samberg–Champion said promoting Mizelle to General Counsel signified that the administration didn’t plan on being constrained by the law. The White House on Wednesday appointed Chad Mizelle as the acting General Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to CNN. Jerry Lambe is a journalist at Law&Crime. [email protected]. The alumnus was appointed by President Trump to serve as DHS’ top lawyer just five months after he fired predecessor John Mitnick, who was terminated for challenging a White House proposal that suggested relocating migrants to sanctuary cities, rather than border towns, according to The New York Times. “This is someone with less than 10 years’ experience as a lawyer, tapped to be the General Counsel at DHS.

Posted: February 13th, 2020 under News Story. After Universities and States Sue, Trump Administration Rescinds Student Visa Restrictions, After Trump Announces Europe Travel Restrictions, Students Studying Abroad in Spain Scramble to Come Home. They have fully taken control of @DHSgov and have bludgeoned the agency into doing everything they ever wanted. The people who wrote this letter and this press release have no shame. It should have been easy to find a more seasoned attorney (whose past political work would not have created even the appearance of impropriety) among the GAO’s 3,000 employees.”. Advertise | Although Mizelle’s appointment has not yet been announced in a press release, he is currently listed on the DHS website as acting General Counsel. Mizelle, a 2013 graduate of Cornell Law School, was an associate with a law firm where he represented New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in challenging his "Deflategate" suspension, according to a. Mizelle also served as a law clerk at the DC circuit court and was an attorney volunteer for the Trump campaign in 2016, according to his resume. "I am confident that Chad will lead the Office of General Counsel with great honor and will continue to provide sound advice and counsel to Departmental leadership," the announcement from acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf says. The GAO determined last week that the official who took over after former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned in 2019 was not properly designated by the agency’s order of succession, meaning Nielsen’s successor incorrectly filled her position in an acting capacity. — Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) August 17, 2020, Aaron Reichlin–Melnick, policy counsel at American Immigration Council, similarly criticized the “deranged partisan screed.”.

CNN legal and national security analyst, adjunct professor at Georgetown Law Center, and former DOJ attorney Carrie Cordero: Trump installs a new loyalist as the Acting DHS General Counsel, months after firing the Senate-confirmed GC. This press release is how authoritarian governments speak. Shortly after President Trump announced an unclear travel restriction policy, students rushed to find a way home from Spain in the midst of darkness. of Assistant U.S. University of Texas law professor Steve Vladeck said Mizelle’s letter epitomized the government’s superficial approach to legal work under the Trump administration. After firing the Senate-confirmed General Counsel last fall, the President seems determined to bend the legal advice of this department to fit political objectives," CNN legal analyst and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security Carrie Cordero said. "Chad is obviously experienced and anyone who has ever worked with him immediately recognizes his ability, patriotism, and focus on protecting the American people," she added. Tags: attorney , Chad Mizelle , … Which is why it makes perfect sense for this Administration. They have fully taken control of DHS, LISTEN: U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments, Watch Live: Brandon Martin on Trial for Triple Murder, 9 Shocking Times Defendants Testified at Trial, Woman Gets More Than Seven Centuries in Prison After She and Her Husband Sexually Abused 2 Children, Wisconsin Man Beat His Sex Offender Grandfather to Death with a Hammer: Deputies, Armed Trump Supporter Arrested Outside of North Carolina Polling Station, ‘Ridiculous’: Woman Forced to Hide Her Ruth Bader Ginsburg T-Shirt While Voting, Attorneys for NXIVM Sex Cult Leader Want Him in ‘Sensitive Needs Unit’ Due to Nature of His Crimes, and was an attorney volunteer for the Trump campaign, Flower in the Garden State: New Jersey Legalizes Recreational Marijuana Sale and Use in a Landslide, The FBI Called QAnon a Threat, But Georgia Ended Up with a Conspiracy Theorist in Congress Anyway, 'Ridiculous': Woman Forced to Hide Her Ruth Bader Ginsburg T-Shirt While Voting, USPS Didn't Comply with a Judge's Order — Here's What Could Happen to the Postmaster General in Court, Deutsche Bank Has Finally Had Enough of Donald Trump: Report, Here Is a Rolling List of Drugs U.S. States Just Voted to Decriminalize or Legalize, Voters in Ohio Re-elect Republican Public Official Accused of Bribery in ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Scheme. Despite most experts sharing the GAO’s legal position, the assessment did not go over well with Mizelle, who penned an 8-page letter to GAO General Counsel Thomas H. Armstrong. A 2013 graduate of Cornell Law School, Mizelle also was a volunteer attorney for the Trump campaign. Help keep us reporting with a tax-deductible donation to the Cornell Daily Sun Alumni Association, a non-profit dedicated to aiding The Sun. Former General Counsel John Mitnick was fired in September and replaced by then-principal deputy general counsel Joseph B. Maher, who took over the role in an acting capacity.

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