In July 1990, as director of the not-yet-opened Nixon Presidential Library, Hewitt announced their admission policy: "Journalists will not be high on our priority list. [...] I don't think we'd ever open the doors to Bob Woodward. He's not a responsible journalist." Hewitt's ban was rescinded the very next day by Nixon's chief of staff.
Also rescinded was Hewitt's decision to allow Republican but not Democratic fundraisers at the facility. His stated rationale? "President Nixon's always been a Republican, he's always been partisan, he's always stood for certain things. [...] It would be far more of a taint to let the premises be used indiscriminately by groups who oppose everything he worked for."
[1] St. Joseph Health Center, Warren, OH Brother: (two older brothers)
Wife: Betsy (m. Jul-1982)
High School: John F. Kennedy Catholic School, Warren, OH
University: BA Government, Harvard University (1978)
Law School: JD, University of Michigan (1983)
Professor: Chapman University
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Nixon Presidential Library & Museum Director (1989-90)
Office of Personnel Management Deputy Director
National Endowment for the Humanities General Counsel
White House Staff Assistant Counsel in the Ronald Reagan administration
US Justice Department Special Assistant to Attorney General Ed Meese
US Justice Department Special Assistant to Attorney General William French Smith
Law Clerk for Judges Roger Robb and George MacKinnon, D.C. Court of Appeals (1983-84)
Americans for a Republican Majority
Bush-Cheney '04
Friends of Senator D'Amato 1998 Committee
George W. Bush for President
Quayle 2000
Romney for President $2,300 (16-Jan-2008)
Santorum 2006
District of Columbia Bar (1983)
State Bar of California (1989)
Order of the Coif
Emmy 3
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Author of books:
First Principles: A Primer of Ideas for the College-Bound Student (1987)
Searching for God in America: The Companion Volume to the Acclaimed TV Series (1996)
The Embarrassed Believer: Reviving Christian Witness in an Age of Unbelief (1998)
In, But Not Of: A Guide to Christian Ambition (2003)
If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends on It (2004)
Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing Your World (2005)
Painting the Map Red: The Fight to Create a Permanent Republican Majority (2006)
A Guide to Christian Ambition: Using Career, Politics, and Culture to Influence the World (2006)
A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every American Should Know About Mitt Romney (2007)
The War Against the West: Crucial Conversations with the Most Informed Experts About Our Enemies, Our Defenses, Our Strategy and Our Leaders in the Long War Against Islamist Extremism (2008)
The Fair Tax Fantasy: An Honest Look at a Very, Very Bad Idea (2009, with Hank Adler)
The Good and Faithful Servant: A Small Group Study on Politics and Government for Christians (2009)
GOP 5.0: Republican Renewal Under President Obama (2009)
The Brief Against Obama: The Rise, Fall & Epic Fail of the Hope & Change Presidency (2012)
