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Constitutional law [r]: Interpretation of legal matters with the assumption that a formal constitution is the supreme authority; usually refers to U.S. jurisprudence ^[e]

Ann Coulter [r]: Confrontational American conservative author and media personality represented by Creators Syndicate; "favorite columnist", American Conservative Union; columnist, WorldNetDaily ^[e]
David Frum [r]: An American conservative author and commentator, who advocates renewal of the conservative movement and Republican Party (United States), and has written in favor of an aggressive policy against terror, including preventive war; fired in March 2010 as Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute ^[e]
Jack Goldsmith [r]: US law professor specializing in international law; former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel in the George W. Bush Administration ^[e]
Peter Keisler [r]: Appellate attorney and partner, Sidley Austin; opposed Keep America Safe "al-Qaeda Seven" ad; Assistant attorney general for the civil division in the George W. Bush Administration; acting Attorney General until Michael Mukasey was confirmed; founding member of Federalist Society ^[e]

American Enterprise Institute [r]: A major U.S. political, economic and international relations "think tank", which has always been associated with a free enterprise view, and has, in recent decades, become more associated with neoconservatism and an interventionist foreign policy; many of its fellows went into policy positions in Republican administrations, and returned at the end of their tenure ^[e]
Francis Boyle [r]: Law professor at the University of Illinois, who teaches and writes on international law and its interactions with politics; has been attorney of record in many international disputes, especially dealing with war crimes, generally for antiwar and anticolonialist positions; drafted U.S. version of Biological Weapons and Toxins Convention; legal counsel for Bosnia and Herzegovina; counsel to Palestinian Authority; believes U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq is illegal ^[e]
Unitary executive theory [r]: A U.S. concept of constitutional law and politics, which believes that the President of the United States of America has a right, and indeed an obligation, to take certain actions without Congressional or Judicial checks and balances ^[e]
Lawfare [r]: The use of international law as a component of national grand strategy, or asymmetrical warfare by national or non-national actors ^[e]