15 Facts About Douglas Kmiec

Douglas William Kmiec is an American legal scholar, author, and former US ambassador.

Douglas Kmiec is the Caruso Family Chair and Professor of Constitutional Law at Pepperdine University School of Law.

Douglas Kmiec was confirmed by the Senate and served for close to two years as ambassador to Malta.

Douglas Kmiec was a member of the school's law review and was awarded the Legion Lex Commencement Prize for Legal Writing.

From 2001 to 2003, Douglas Kmiec was the Dean and St Thomas More Professor of the law school at the Catholic University of America.

Douglas Kmiec teaches at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy.

Douglas Kmiec has been a White House Fellow and a Distinguished Fulbright Scholar on the Constitution in Asia.

Douglas Kmiec's published works include The Attorney General's Lawyer, three books on the American Constitution, a two-volume legal treatise, related books, and hundreds of published articles and essays.

Douglas Kmiec is a frequent guest in the media on programs such as PBS's NewsHour, Meet the Press, and NPR, analyzing constitutional questions.

Douglas Kmiec writes the Faith and Precedent column for the Catholic News Service.

Douglas Kmiec opened his piece by praising Obama's "integrity, intelligence, and genuine good will".

Sheen and Douglas Kmiec did a series of radio and video commentaries for the Matthew 25 network in support of Obama.

Douglas Kmiec campaigned for the candidate as part of his "Faith, Family and Values Tour".

Douglas Kmiec supported Obama speaking at the university and suggested to the administration that they use the speech as an opportunity to discuss the issues on which both sides of the abortion debate already agree: "we both respect life, we both view abortion as a moral tragedy".

Douglas Kmiec was married to Carolyn Keenan in 1973 and together they had five children.