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David B. Rivkin, Jr. (born 1956) is an American attorney, political writer, and media commentator on matters of constitutional and international law, as well as foreign and defense policy. Rivkin has gained national recognition as a representative of conservative viewpoints, frequently testifying before Congressional committees, and appearing as an analyst and commentator on a variety of television and radio stations.〔()"www.davidrivkin.com Media Gallery"〕 He is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for the National Interest, and a recipient of the U.S. Naval Proceedings Annual Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for the best maritime affairs article.〔http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/essay-contests/1980〕 He currently serves as Co-Chairman of the Center for Law and Counterterrorism at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,〔(Staff and Senior Fellows ), ''Foundation for the Defense of Democracies'', 14 September 2009.〕 and is a former member of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.〔(Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ), list of sub-committee members〕〔(Browse Guests in all Programs ), ''Justice Talking'', 14 July 2009.〕 Rivkin is a former U.S. government official, having served under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. In 2010, Rivkin took on his highest-profile case to date when he agreed to represent a multi-state lawsuit—currently consisting of 26 state attorneys general against health care reform legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama in March.〔()"Florida Attorney General Office. Florida Attorney General: Alaska Pledges to Join Health Care Lawsuit. April 20, 2010."〕 The lawsuit, filed in the Federal Court's Northern District of Florida, argues the legislation is an "illegal expansion of Congress' regulation of interstate commerce and unfairly penalizes uninsured people who refuse to buy into the program".〔()"Wernosky, Kris. Judge sets health care reform lawsuit timeline. Pensacola News Journal. April 15, 2010." 〕 Rivkin has been involved in two other high-profile cases recently: he represented former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in a lawsuit by al Qaeda operative José Padilla, who claims he was tortured while in custody; he is also "helping craft legal strategy for the State of Texas as it fights federal proposals on health care and environmental regulation".〔http://www.statesman.com/news/local/lawyer-representing-texas-in-environment-and-health-suits-1286848.html?printArticle=y〕 In May 2011, Rivkin was awarded a Burton Award for Legal Achievement for a ''Washington Post'' article he wrote with Lee A. Casey in February 2010 titled "Why the 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy is doomed".〔http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/12/AR2010021203790.html〕〔http://www.burtonawards.com/news-pr_lawfirm.html〕 ==Early life and education== Rivkin was born in the small village of Psov in the former Soviet Union,〔Rivkin, David. () "www.davidrivkin.com Biography" 1 November2009.〕〔Rivkin, David. ("Culture of Life" ), 'National Review Online, Oct 29, 2004.〕 and lived there during the first decade of his life. In 2004, he stated that he knew what it must have been like to live under the rule of Saddam Hussein in Iraq: After moving to the United States with his family, Rivkin earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and a Master of Arts degree in Soviet Affairs with high honors also from Georgetown University. In 1985, he received a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David B. Rivkin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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