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A BLITZ ON CLIFFORD SLOAN

Clifford "Cliff" Sloan currently works as a partner at Skadden, dealing with intellectual property and technology, media and entertainment, Congressional investigations and government policy.

skadden.com/professionals/…

In May 2009, Sloan appeared on The Colbert Report to talk with Stephen Colbert. For the third time.

They discussed the Supreme Court of the United States, and potential future appointments.

He also worked for both The Washington Post and Slate.

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Sloan also wrote a book, "The Great Decision", with David McKean. The book was released in May 2009.

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This is actually a video of Cliff Sloan on The Colbert Report from February 24, 2009.

But because of my location, I have been bullied.

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As stated before, Sloan worked for Slate. This is one such article where he reviews the book "Becoming Justice Blackmun", and comparing it to the life of Justice Harry A. Blackmun. The article was published on May 19, 2005.

slate.com/articles/news_…

Sloan was still writing for Slate by March 2009.

slate.com/articles/arts/…

Sloan spoke at the Federal Circuit Historical Society in Washington, DC on October 20, 2010, about "The Great Decision".

federalcircuithistoricalsociety.org/docs/FCHS_Oct.…

Sloan graduated from Harvard Law Schol in 1979.

Incidentally, Sloan is also friends with Eliot Spitzer and Alan Dershowtiz.

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Sloan once worked as a clerk for Justice John Paul Stevens.

edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/17/…

As such, when Justice Stevens retired, Sloan wrote an opinion piece about his memories of Stevens with Susan Estrich, Eduardo M. Penalver, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Deborah N. Pearlstein and Joseph Thai in April 2010.

nytimes.com/2010/04/11/opi…

This is a photograph of Cliff Sloan, Joe Biden and Mary Lou Hartman at a cocktail reception for Governor Eliot Spitzer on April 19, 2007.

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This is a photograph of Cliff Sloan with Eliot Spitzer.

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By November 2010, Sloan was a partner at Skadden. This is a video of him in a debate between himself and Steve Rosenbaum (CEO of magnify), moderated by Shelly Palmer.

Sloan was the one who suggested to Gregory Craig that Skadden would be a good fit for him either in or before March 2010, leading to Craig joining the Washington office.

washingtonian.com/2010/03/30/the…

Back in 2003, Sloan was one of the Vice Presidents of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. This organisation published both The Washington Post and Newsweek (as you may have guessed).

articles.latimes.com/2003/dec/29/ne…

Oh, Sloan was literally a roommate of Eliot Spitzer's at one point.

nypost.com/2008/03/11/mis…

Sloan was also somewhat connected to the nomination of Elena Kagan to become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Sloan is also friends with Bill Taylor.

newyorker.com/magazine/2007/…

Oh, Alan Dershowitz literally hired both Spitzer and Sloan as his research assistants.

vanityfair.com/news/2005/01/s…

Sloan graduated from Harvard University, and started at Skadden in June 2008, as per his LinkedIn profile.

linkedin.com/in/cliff-sloan…

In 2011, Skadden, Sloan and Craig decided to stop representing John Edwards. His case was taken over by Abbe Lowell.

legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2011/08/ab…

Sloan was one of the lawyers for Skadden that worked the case on former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in 2012, alongsideCraig, Margaret Krawiec, Allon Kedem, Alex van der Zwaan, Alex Haskell, Paul Kerlin and Kara Roseen.

ukrainebusiness.com.ua/modules/news/c…

This is the blitz on Alex van der Zwaan.

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This is a photograph of Cliff Sloan with Carolyn Lerner from "The Last Great Senate" book party (written by Ira Shapiro) on April 16, 2012.

washingtonlife.smugmug.com/2012PHOTOS/Ira…

Sloan has also worked as an assistant to the United States Solicitor General Kenneth Starr during the George H. W. Bush administration.

washingtonian.com/2013/06/17/who…

In June 2013, Sloan was chosen to be the United States Department of State's special envoy to close down the Guantanamo Bay.

washingtonian.com/2013/06/17/who…

When Sloan was appointed to the position, Craig supported the decision, having worked on Obama's efforts to close Guantanamo Bay after the 2008 Presidential election.

thedailybeast.com/his-name-is-cl…

In 2012, Sloan took part in the case between the Federal Trade Commission and Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in the Supreme Court of the United States.

ftc.gov/system/files/d…

Sloan is also friends with Jonathan Alter.

chicagomag.com/city-life/Nove…

During his attempts to close down Guantanamo Bay, Sloan worked with Paul Lewis, who worked at the United States Department of Defense.

bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-…

Sloan ultimately resigned from his position in December 2014. He also worked as a close confidant of Secretary of State John Kerry.

nytimes.com/2014/12/23/us/…

Sloan ultimately rejoined Skadden.

skadden.com/about/news-and…

However, while Sloan was working on closing Guantanamo Bay, he spoke with numerous countries to request that they accept their national terrorist fighters back again.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…

For instance, Sloan spoke with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…

Sloan also negotiated with Kazakhstan.

reuters.com/article/us-usa…

And Uruguay.

newsweek.com/more-prisoners…

Sloan attended the 59th birthday of Amy Nathan (wife of Howard Fineman), alongside Mary Lou Hartman, John Delaney, Robert Seder, Susan Blumenthal and Tamera Luzzatto.

newyorksocialdiary.com/across-the-nat…

On December 7, 2015, Sloan became a member of the Board of Directors for the American Constitution Society For Law and Policy.

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Sloan and Craig wrote an article together about how President Obama did not need permission from Congress to close Guantanamo Bay on November 6, 2015.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-p…

However, Attorney General Loretta Lynch shut this down, stating the Department of Justice would follow the law.

politico.com/blogs/under-th…

Sloan is listed on the Board of Directors for the American Constitution Society For Law and Policy, as discussed.

acslaw.org/about/leadersh…

Sloan is also listed on the Board of Directors for the Public Welfare Foundation.

publicwelfare.org/about-us/board…

Sloan is listed as an expert at the Brennan Center For Justice at the New York University School of Law.

brennancenter.org/expert/cliff-s…

One of the chairs for the Brennan Center For Justice is Patricia Bauman, the President of the Bauman Foundation. This same Foundation has David Brock on the board of advisors.

baumanfoundation.org/about-us/board

Emily Spitzer is also on the Baord of Directors for the Brennan Center for Justice. Emily is the sister of Eliot Spitzer.

brennancenter.org/board-directors

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Sloan is on the Board of Directors for the National Security Archive. He works with Sheila S. Coronel, Nancy E. Soderberg, Edgar N. James, Nancy Kranich, Michael Abramowitz, Vivian Schiller and Thomas S. Blanton.

nsarchive.gwu.edu/about/governan…

Companies that have funded the National Security Archive include the Bauman Foundation, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Open Society Fund, Inc., Open Society Institute, Rockefeller Family Fund and the Rockefeller Foundation.

nsarchive.gwu.edu/funders-suppor…

Sloan is listed on the Board of Directors for the National Center For State Courts (NCSC).

ncsc.org/About-us/Board…

Sloan is on the First Amendment Advisory Council at the Media Institute.

mediainstitute.org/about/advisory…

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