The late Leon Jaworski is arguably the firm's most esteemed alumnus, having prosecuted war crimes during World War II and served as special prosecutor during the Watergate investigations.
Only Ron Paul, the candidate who wants to end America's wars immediately and bring all the troops home, admits that Mr Obama has prosecuted the war on al-Qaeda at least as robustly as George Bush did, hitting people and places, such as Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, his Republican predecessor did not reach.
Stephen L. Carter, a professor of law at Yale as well as a successful novelist, has written a book about "just war" theory in which he concludes that Barack Obama, a president he clearly admires, has prosecuted the war on terror with no more regard for the theory's ancient principles than George W. Bush (whom many of Carter's readers no doubt consider a war criminal).
As evidence, he claims he took the danger of global terrorism very seriously even before the attacks of September 11th 2001, and that since then he has prosecuted the war on terror with the utmost possible vigour, including the decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein.Given the significance of his war leadership, a credible challenge to either of his claims would be a matter of the utmost consequence.
Landau cannot understand why Sharon does not pursue Palestinian terrorists with the same "overwhelming force" with which the Bush Administration has prosecuted the war in Afghanistan.
This might, in part, reflect the fact that, by some measures, he has prosecuted the war against al-Qaeda more aggressively than his predecessor; for instance, expanding the number of attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan's tribal territories.
Abroad, even though troops are dying in two countries, the cack-handed way in which George Bush has prosecuted his war on terror has left America less feared by its enemies and less admired by its friends than it once was.Yet there are also longer-term challenges, worth stressing if only because they have been so ignored on the campaign.
One can acknowledge that Saudi Arabia is morally in the wrong on its murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi and in the way it has prosecuted the war in Yemen while still making an argument that the overall alliance is not worth abandoning.
It's clear that disclosures about how the U.S. has prosecuted its wars and foreign policy have embarrassed the Obama administration.
In recent months, however, Assad has also become an icon for the far right, whose leaders and spokesman have heaped praise on the ferocity with which he has prosecuted the civil war, his role in fighting the Islamic State and his perceived stance against Muslims and Jews.
