If I had to pick three overall areas civil rights, access to justice and, I think, privacy.
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It is hard to think, as I sit here, of examples of decisions that appear to be Gonzales making decisions on his own, as opposed to his status of defender of the administration and the White House. His role doesn't seem that much different than his role serving as White House counsel, only now he has a much larger staff.Elliot Mincberg
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