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Alberto Gonzales
Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

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was Counsel to when he was governor of . As Governor Bush's counsel in Texas, Gonzales also reviewed all clemency requests. A 2003 article in The Atlantic Monthly asserts that Gonzales gave insufficient counsel, failed to take into consideration a wide array of factors, and actively worked against clemency in a number of borderline cases. (The state of Texas executed more prisoners during Gonzales' term, and still has more prisoners on death row, than any other state.)

Just after drafted limiting access to presidential records.

Wrote memo questioning whether [Geneva Convention] applied to and others at .

Gonzales also authored the Presidential Order which authorized the use of military tribunals to try terrorist suspects.

Advocate of .

Implicated in .

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