Last updated on:
9/7/2007 |
Author: ProCon.org
William Alsup, JD Biography
- Title:
- United States District Court Judge
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of 2002.
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with MDs, PhDs, JDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to medical marijuana. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to medical marijuana issues. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- United States District Court Judge, Northern District of California
- Clerk, Supreme Court Justice William Douglas
- Assistant to Solicitor General of the U.S. under President Carter
- Appointed by President Bill Clinton, August 1999
- Confirmed by Senate, July 30, 1999
- Education:
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- MPP, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1972
- JD, Harvard Law, 1971
- BS, Mathematics, Mississippi State University, 1967
- Other:
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- Was among the student campus leaders working for integration in the 1960’s
- Umpires and coaches Little League baseball and involves himself in conservation work on behalf of Yosemite National Park