White House Counsel

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A collective of senior legal advisers serving the President and Executive Office, the White House Lawyers operate as the administration's institutional conscience on questions of constitutional authority and executive prerogative. They provide binding legal interpretation, flag institutional risks, and defend the administration's actions in the face of public and judicial scrutiny. In the current episode they constitute a majority opinion endorsing the legality of Bartlet's drastic nationalization, positioning them as a stabilizing, precedent-minded force that checks political impulse with formal legal reasoning.

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Executive Branch Legal Affairs

Also known as: White House Counsel, Counsel, the counsel, the lawyers, chief counsel, White House counsel, White House legal counsel, the legal team, White House Chief Counsel

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