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'''Kenneth Winston Starr''' (July 21, 1946 – September 13, 2022) was an American lawyer and judge who as [[Special prosecutor|independent counsel]] authored the [[Starr Report]], which
Starr received the most public attention for his tenure as [[Special prosecutor|independent counsel]] while [[Bill Clinton]] was U.S. president. Starr was initially appointed to investigate the suicide of deputy White House counsel [[Vince Foster]] and the Whitewater real estate investments of Clinton. The three-judge panel charged with administering the [[Ethics in Government Act]] later expanded the inquiry into numerous areas including suspected [[perjury]] about [[Clinton–Lewinsky scandal|Clinton's sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky]]. After more than four years of investigation, Starr filed the Starr Report, which alleged that Clinton lied about the existence of the affair during a [[Sworn declaration|sworn]] deposition. The allegation led to the impeachment of Clinton and the five-year suspension of Clinton's Arkansas law license.
Starr served as the dean of the [[Pepperdine University School of Law]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2010/02/pepperdine-dean.html |title=TaxProf Blog: Pepperdine Dean Ken Starr Named President of Baylor |publisher=taxprof.typepad.com |access-date=January 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127203048/https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2010/02/pepperdine-dean.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pepperdine-graphic.com/ken-starr-named-dean-of-pepperdine-school-of-law |title=Ken Starr named dean of Pepperdine School of Law |website= pepperdine-graphic.com |date=April 2004 |access-date=January 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127203051/http://pepperdine-graphic.com/ken-starr-named-dean-of-pepperdine-school-of-law/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2010/03/tom-bost.html|title=TaxProf Blog: Tom Bost Named Interim Dean at Pepperdine|website=taxprof.typepad.com|access-date=January 27, 2020|archive-date=January 27, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127203046/https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2010/03/tom-bost.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was later both the president and the chancellor of [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas]], from June 2010 until May and June 2016, respectively, and at the same time the Louise L. Morrison chair of constitutional law at [[Baylor Law School]]. On May 26, 2016, following an investigation into the mishandling by Starr of [[Baylor University sexual assault scandal|several sexual assaults at the school]], Baylor University's board of regents announced that Starr's tenure as university president would end on May 31.<ref name= then>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/01/18/797622342/after-a-fall-at-baylor-ken-starr-became-a-fox-regular-and-then-a-trump-defender |title=After a Fall at Baylor, Ken Starr Became a Fox Regular, and then, A Trump Defender |website=NPR.org |date=January 18, 2020 |publisher=NPR |last1=Schuknecht |first1=Cat |access-date=January 22, 2020 |archive-date=January 22, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200122165106/https://www.npr.org/2020/01/18/797622342/after-a-fall-at-baylor-ken-starr-became-a-fox-regular-and-then-a-trump-defender |url-status=live }}</ref> The board said he would continue as chancellor, but on June 1, Starr resigned that position with immediate effect.<ref name=espnresign>{{cite news|url=
== Early life and education ==
Starr was born near [[Vernon, Texas]], the son of Vannie Maude (Trimble) and Willie D. Starr, and was raised in [[Centerville, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1998-12-30-9812290720-story.html|title=Vannie Mae Starr, Prosecutor's Mother|publisher= Sun Sentinel| work= sun-sentinel.com |date=December 30, 1998 |accessdate=September 13, 2022|archive-date=September 13, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220913202623/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1998-12-30-9812290720-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/starr-kenneth-winston-1946|title=Starr, Kenneth W(inston) 1946–|website= encyclopedia.com|access-date=September 13, 2022|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211027054303/https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/starr-kenneth-winston-1946|url-status=live}}</ref> His father was a [[Religious minister|minister]] in the [[Churches of Christ]] who also worked as a barber.<ref name=PRN>{{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kenneth-w-starr-former-federal-judge-and-us-solicitor-general-dies-at-76-301623638.html| title= Kenneth W. Starr, Former Federal Judge and U.S. Solicitor General, Dies at 76|publisher=PR Newswire|accessdate=September 13, 2022|archive-date=September 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913200705/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kenneth-w-starr-former-federal-judge-and-us-solicitor-general-dies-at-76-301623638.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Starr attended [[Sam Houston High School (San Antonio, Texas)|Sam Houston High School]] in [[San Antonio]] and was a popular, straight‑A student. His classmates voted him most likely to succeed.<ref name="pressley" /><ref name= "black">{{cite news| last= Black| first= Jane |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/clinton_under_fire/profiles/168654.stm |title= Kenneth Starr: On the trail of the President| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170801052038/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/clinton_under_fire/profiles/168654.stm |archivedate=
Starr attended the [[Churches of Christ]]–affiliated [[Harding University]] in [[Searcy, Arkansas]], where he was an honor student, a member of the [[Young Democrats of America|Young Democrats]],<ref name= "pressley">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/texas030298.htm|title=Special Report: The Roots of Ken Starr's Morality Plays|last=Pressley|first=Sue Anne| date= February 3, 1998|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=June 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604160537/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/texas030298.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and a vocal supporter of Vietnam protesters.<ref name="manes">{{cite news|url=http://politicalcartel.org/2008/09/09/kenneth-starr-in-the-bison-at-harding-college/ |title=Kenneth Starr in The Bison at Harding College |last=Manes |first=David M |date=September 9, 2008 |work= politicalcartel.org| publisher= The Political Cartel Foundation |access-date=June 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925193505/http://politicalcartel.org/2008/09/09/kenneth-starr-in-the-bison-at-harding-college/ |archive-date=September 25, 2009 }}</ref> He later transferred to [[George Washington University]], in Washington, D.C., where he received a Bachelor of Arts in history, in 1968. While there, he became a member of [[Delta Phi Epsilon (professional)|Delta Phi Epsilon]].<ref name="delta">{{cite web|url=http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Chapters/Eta/Eta_V_Directory.html|title=Eta Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon|publisher=Delta Phi Epsilon|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=January 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105173625/http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Chapters/Eta/Eta_V_Directory.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In 1977, Starr joined the Washington, D.C., office of the Los Angeles–based law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (now [[Gibson Dunn]]).<ref name="DN2010">{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2010/02/16/BACKGROUND-KENNETH-W-STARR-5888|title=Background: Kenneth W. Starr|date=February 2010|website=Dallas Morning News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231230747/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2010/02/16/BACKGROUND-KENNETH-W-STARR-5888|archive-date=December 31, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> In 1981 he was appointed counselor to [[U.S. attorney general]] [[William French Smith]].<ref name="WoodsTribStarr2010Feb16"/>
Starr was a member of the [[Federalist Society]].<ref>{{cite news|last=DeParle|first=Jason|title=Debating the Subtle Sway of the Federalist Society|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/01/politics/politicsspecial1/01federalist.html|work=The New York Times|date=2005-08-01|access-date=2008-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407063702/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/01/politics/politicsspecial1/01federalist.html|archive-date=2014-04-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Federal judge and solicitor general ==
[[File:Kenneth Winston Starr.jpg|thumb|Official portrait as D.C. Circuit judge]]
On September 13, 1983, he was nominated by [[Ronald Reagan]] to a seat on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] vacated by [[George MacKinnon]]. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on September 20, 1983, and received his commission on September 20, 1983. He resigned on May 26, 1989.<ref name="fjc.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/starr-kenneth-winston|title=Starr, Kenneth Winston|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|website=fjc.gov|access-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123203528/https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/starr-kenneth-winston|archive-date=January 23, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
Starr was the [[United States Solicitor General|United States solicitor general]], from 1989 to 1993, under [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref name="fjc.gov" />
== Early 1990s ==
When the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics]] needed someone to review Republican senator [[Bob Packwood]]'s diaries, the committee chose Starr.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/08/us/congress-winds-down-senate-investigation-packwood-lagging-panel-reports.html |title=Congress Winds Down: The Senate – Investigation Of Packwood Is Lagging, Panel Reports |work= The New York Times |date=October 8, 1994 |accessdate=September 13, 2022 |archive-date=September 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913211319/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/08/us/congress-winds-down-senate-investigation-packwood-lagging-panel-reports.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1990, Starr was the leading candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court nomination after [[William J. Brennan Jr.|William Brennan]]'s retirement. He encountered strong resistance from the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] leadership, which feared Starr might not be reliably conservative as a Supreme Court justice. George H. W. Bush nominated [[David Souter]] instead of Starr.<ref name="greenburg">{{cite book|last=Greenburg|first=Jan Crawford|title=Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court|publisher=Penguin|
Starr also considered running for the United States Senate, from Virginia in 1994, against incumbent [[Chuck Robb]], but opted against opposing [[Oliver North]] for the Republican nomination.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.newsweek.com/starr-trek-195218|title=Starr Trek?|date=February 14, 1993| work= [[Newsweek]] |accessdate=September 13, 2022|archive-date=September 13, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220913202714/https://www.newsweek.com/starr-trek-195218|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Criticism and political satire ===
As with many controversial figures, Kenneth Starr was the subject of political satire. For example, the book, ''And the Horse He Rode in On'' by James Carville attempted to portray Mr. Starr's time as special prosecutor in comically negative light.
== Post-independent counsel activities ==
[[File:Ken Starr (49285075311).jpg|thumb|right|Starr in December 2019]]
After five years as independent counsel, Starr resigned and returned to private practice as an appellate lawyer and a visiting professor at [[New York University]], the [[Chapman University School of Law]], and the [[George Mason University School of Law]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://law.unlv.edu/sites/default/files/Ken%20Starr%20Bio%202017.pdf|title=Ken Starr Bio|website=UNLV.edu|accessdate=September 13, 2022|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731221101/https://law.unlv.edu/sites/default/files/Ken%20Starr%20Bio%202017.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Starr worked as a partner at [[Kirkland & Ellis]], specializing in litigation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/starr083099.htm|title=Soon to Be Jobless, Starr Has Winning Appeal|newspaper=The Washington Post| accessdate=September 13, 2022|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101220028/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/starr083099.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He was one of the lead attorneys in a [[class-action]] lawsuit filed by a coalition of liberal and conservative groups (including the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] and the [[National Rifle Association of America]]) against the regulations created by the [[Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act]] of 2002, known informally as [[John McCain|McCain]]-[[Russ Feingold|Feingold]] Act.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/leaders-across-political-spectrum-meet-discuss-first-amendment-rights-aclu-membership|title=Kenneth Starr Joins Leaders from NRA, Americans United and ACLU to Find Common Ground on Civil Liberties|publisher=ACLU|accessdate=September 13, 2022|archive-date=September 13, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220913203453/https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/leaders-across-political-spectrum-meet-discuss-first-amendment-rights-aclu-membership|url-status=live}}</ref>
On April 6, 2004, he was appointed dean of the [[Pepperdine University School of Law]].<ref name=pepperdine>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/kenneth-starr-dean-pepperdine-law-speak-cls#:~:text=SPEAKER%3A%20Kenneth%20Starr%20is%20the,Bush.|title=Kenneth Starr, Dean of Pepperdine Law, To Speak at CLS|publisher=Columbia Law|accessdate=September 13, 2022|archive-date=September 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913203445/https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/kenneth-starr-dean-pepperdine-law-speak-cls#:~:text=SPEAKER%3A%20Kenneth%20Starr%20is%20the,Bush.|url-status=live}}</ref> He originally accepted a position at Pepperdine as the first dean of the newly created School of Public Policy in 1996. He withdrew from the appointment in 1998, several months after the Lewinsky controversy erupted.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/03/02/whitewater-counsels-university-surprise-had-origins-in-discussions-last-fall/bb8356b5-74b0-4b9e-9ee1-c54e6e818364/|title=Whitewater Counsel's University Surprise Had Origins in Discussions Last Fall|newspaper=Washington Post|accessdate=September 13, 2022|archive-date=August 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828210553/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/03/02/whitewater-counsels-university-surprise-had-origins-in-discussions-last-fall/bb8356b5-74b0-4b9e-9ee1-c54e6e818364/|url-status=live}}</ref> Critics charged that there was a conflict of interest due to substantial donations to Pepperdine from billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, a Clinton critic who funded many media outlets attacking the president.<ref name="jackson" /> In 2004, some five years after President Clinton's impeachment, Starr was again offered a Pepperdine position at the School of Law and this time accepted it.<ref name=pepperdine/>
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In 2005, Starr worked to overturn the death sentence of [[Robin Lovitt]], who was on [[Virginia]]'s [[death row]] for murdering a man during a robbery in 1998.<ref name=robin>{{cite web| url= https://www.americanbar.org/groups/committees/death_penalty_representation/publications/success-stories/success-stories-archive/robin-lovitt/|title=Robin Lovitt|website=American Bar|accessdate=September 13, 2022| archive-date= October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021152511/https://www.americanbar.org/groups/committees/death_penalty_representation/publications/success-stories/success-stories-archive/robin-lovitt|url-status=live}}</ref> Starr provided his services to Lovitt [[pro bono]].<ref name=robin/> On October 3, 2005, the Supreme Court denied [[certiorari]].<ref name=robin/>
On January 26, 2006, the defense team of convicted murderer [[Michael Morales]] (which included Starr) sent letters to [[Governor of California|California governor]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] requesting clemency for Morales.<ref name="elias">{{cite news |url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/27/state/n172048S85.DTL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328035349/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2006%2F01%2F27%2Fstate%2Fn172048S85.DTL |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 28, 2008 |title=Ken Starr asks governor to spare condemned killer |last=Elias |first=Paul |date=January 27, 2006 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |publisher=Hearst Communications Inc. |access-date=June 25, 2009 }}</ref> Letters purporting to be from the jurors who determined Morales's death sentence were included in the package sent to Schwarzenegger. Prosecutors alleged that the documents were [[forgery|forgeries]], and accused investigator and anti-death penalty activist Kathleen Culhane of falsifying the documents.<ref name="elias"/> Lead defense attorney David Senior and his team soon withdrew the documents.<ref name="elias"/> Ultimately, clemency was denied, but the falsified documents were not used in the rationale.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F02%2F18%2FBAG12HB6LO1.DTL |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |title=Governor turns down killer's bid for clemency / Morales running out of options as Tuesday's execution nears |access-date=December 19, 2013 |archive-date=April 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417042655/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F02%2F18%2FBAG12HB6LO1.DTL |url-status=live }}</ref> Eventually, Culhane was criminally charged with forging the documents and, under a plea agreement, was sentenced to five years in prison.<ref>{{cite news |url=
=== ''Morse v. Frederick'' ===
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The court ultimately held that the measure was valid and effective, but would not be applied retroactively to marriages performed prior to its enactment.<ref>{{cite news |last= Keys |first= Matthew |title= Federal Judge: Same Sex Marriage Ban Under Proposition 8 Violates Constitution |url= http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-news-prop8verdict0804,0,598175.story |work= FOX40.com |date= August 4, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120807063037/http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-news-prop8verdict0804%2C0%2C598175.story |archive-date= August 7, 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
Starr was an advisory board member for the
=== Defense of Jeffrey Epstein ===
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=== Donald Trump impeachment trial ===
On January 16, 2020, Starr was announced as a member of then-President [[Donald Trump]]'s legal team for his [[First impeachment trial of Donald Trump|Senate impeachment trial]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/17/ken-starr-alan-dershowitz-trump-impeachment-legal-team|title=Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr join Trump impeachment legal team|last=McCarthy|first=Tom|date=January 17, 2020|work=The Guardian|access-date=January 17, 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=January 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117175031/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/17/ken-starr-alan-dershowitz-trump-impeachment-legal-team|url-status=live}}</ref> He argued before the Senate on Trump's behalf on January 27, 2020.<ref name=starrretracts>{{cite news|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/01/clinton-independent-counsel-ken-starr-argues-against-impeachment.html|title=Ken Starr Argues There Are Too Many Impeachments These Days|first=Jeremy|last=Stahl|publisher=Slate|date=January 27, 2020|access-date=January 27, 2020|archive-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127221006/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/01/clinton-independent-counsel-ken-starr-argues-against-impeachment.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] journalist Jeremy Stahl pointed out that as he was urging the Senate not to remove Trump as president, Starr contradicted various arguments he used in 1998 to justify Clinton's impeachment.<ref name=starrretracts /> In defending Trump, Starr also claimed he was wrong to have called for impeachment against Clinton for abuse of executive privilege and efforts to obstruct Congress and also stated that the House Judiciary Committee was right in 1998 to have rejected one of the planks for impeachment he had advocated for.<ref name=starrretracts /> He also invoked a 1999 ''[[Hofstra Law Review]]'' article by Yale law professor [[Akhil Amar]], who argued that the Clinton impeachment proved just how impeachment and removal causes "grave disruption" to a national election.<ref name=starrretracts />
Starr was called as a witness by Sen. [[Ron Johnson]] on a senate hearing concerning [[electoral fraud]] amidst Trump's [[attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/the-election-is-over-but-ron-johnson-keeps-promoting-false-claims-of-fraud.html|title=The election is over, but Ron Johnson keeps promoting false claims of fraud|first=Linda|last=Qiu|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 16, 2020|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101110135/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/the-election-is-over-but-ron-johnson-keeps-promoting-false-claims-of-fraud.html|url-status=live}}</ref> When Trump was impeached for a second time in 2021, Starr condemned the impeachment as "dangerous" and "unconstitutional".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ken-starr-trumps-second-impeachment-unconstitutional-process|title=Ken Starr says Trump's second impeachment 'unconstitutional' and sets 'dangerous precedent'|first=Roman|last=Chiarello|publisher=Fox News|date=February 10, 2021|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223171919/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ken-starr-trumps-second-impeachment-unconstitutional-process|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Death==
Starr died on September 13, 2022, at the [[Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center]] in [[Houston]] of complications from surgery, at the age of 76.<ref name=yahooobit>{{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kenneth-w-starr-former-federal-judge-and-us-solicitor-general-dies-at-76-301623638.html|title=Kenneth W. Starr, Former Federal Judge and U.S. Solicitor General, Dies at 76|publisher=Yahoo|accessdate=September 13, 2022|archive-date=September 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913200705/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kenneth-w-starr-former-federal-judge-and-us-solicitor-general-dies-at-76-301623638.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/13/ken-starr-prosecutor-in-clinton-whitewater-probe-dies-at-76.html|title=Ken Starr, prosecutor in Clinton Whitewater probe, dies at 76|date=September 13, 2022 |publisher=CNBC|accessdate=September 13, 2022|archive-date=September 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913202258/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/13/ken-starr-prosecutor-in-clinton-whitewater-probe-dies-at-76.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|title=First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life|year=2002|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=978-0-446-52756-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bh0S_eIlX4AC}}
* {{cite book|title=[[Contempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation]]|year=2018|isbn=9780525536130|last1=Starr |first1=Ken |publisher=Penguin }}
* {{cite book|title=Religious Liberty in Crisis: Exercising Your Faith in an Age of Uncertainty|year=2021|isbn=9781641771801|last1=Starr |first1=Ken |publisher=Encounter Books }}
== See also ==
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