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Prepare to reverse the previous Administration's litigation positions

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 1, p. 28. Written by Rick Dearborn.

Prepare to reverse the previous Administration's litigation positions

The document says “mustWho acts: White House CounselHow: internal managementp. 28 in the PDF
What the document says

“including recommendations for reconsidering or reversing positions of the previous Administration in any significant litigation”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 28

The chapter says the White House Counsel must come up to speed quickly on significant ongoing legal challenges across the executive branch and be ready at the outset to recommend to the President which of the previous Administration's litigating positions to reconsider or reverse, consulting new political leadership at the Justice Department during the transition.

What the document actually says

“including recommendations for reconsidering or reversing positions of the previous Administration in any significant litigation”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 28
That sentence, in plain words

This should include advice on the big court cases. The last president picked a side in them. The new one may want to switch sides.

What this is about

The government is always in court cases. The last president chose what side to argue. This chapter says the new president's lawyers should be ready on day one. They should say which of those court positions to change.

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