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Jay Scott Bybee (born October 27, 1953) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has published numerous articles in law journals〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bybee publication list at University of Nevada, Las Vegas )〕 and has taught in law school. His primary research interests are in constitutional and administrative law. While serving in the Bush administration as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, United States Department of Justice, he signed the controversial "Torture Memos" in August 2002. These authorized "enhanced interrogation techniques" that were used in the systematic torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention camp beginning in 2002 and at the Abu Ghraib facility following the United States' invasion of Iraq in 2003. ==Education and career overview== Bybee graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University〔(Irvine, David "LDS lawyers, psychologists had a hand in torture policies" ), ''Salt Lake Tribune'' April 29, 2009]〕 in 1977, majoring in Economics.〔(WhoRunsGov: The best political profiles on the web )〕 He earned his Juris Doctor ''cum laude''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jay Bybee description from University of Nevada, Las Vegas )〕 from BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1980. While in law school, he served on the editorial board of the ''BYU Law Review.'' Bybee spent one year as law clerk to judge Donald S. Russell of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Following three years of private practice in Washington, D.C., Bybee worked for the U.S. Department of Justice from 1984 to 1989, first in the Office of Legal Policy and then in the Civil Division. From 1989 to 1991, Bybee served as Associate Counsel to President George H. W. Bush. From 1991 to 1999, Bybee was on the faculty of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. He then moved to the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In 2001, Bybee was appointed as Assistant Attorney General, leading the Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, where he served until March 13, 2003, during the early years of the war on terror. He served during the 9/11 attacks in the US, US invasion of Afghanistan, construction of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to hold enemy combatants, and preparation for the US 2003 War in Iraq. President George W. Bush nominated Bybee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and he was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 13, 2003. He received his commission on March 21, 2003, and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor administered the oath of office at the Supreme Court on March 28, 2003. 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「Jay Bybee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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