Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Theodore Olson

Theodore Olson stories: 6 news summaries

 How Ted Olson  
 Became a Gay  
 Marriage Crusader 

Conservative attorney has long opposed discrimination

Aug 19, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative lawyer Ted Olson fought Bush’s side against Gore, loosened government regulations under Reagan, and helped impeach Bill Clinton. So how did the man liberals love to hate end up on their side of the gay marriage fight? Olson, who filed a lawsuit challenging California’s ban on same-sex... More »

MORE ABOUT:
gay rights • gay marriage • discrimination • lawyer • Theodore Olson • Rob Reiner

(Newser) - California’s gay marriage battle continued today as lawyers for the American Foundation for Equal Rights announced a lawsuit challenging Proposition 8 and called for the restitution of marriage rights while the suit is decided, the Los Angeles Times reports. The lawyers—Theodore Olson, then the solicitor general, and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
California • gay marriage • San Francisco • Theodore Olson • civil lawsuits • trial lawyers • Proposition 8 • Jay-ZTV • David Boies • American Foundation for Equal Rights

Supreme Court Grows Even Clubbier

High-profile lawyers socialize with friends on the bench

Dec 15, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court turns out to be the kind of bar where everybody knows your name. Over the past decade or so, a small group of lawyers with educational, professional, and social ties to the justices have staked out exclusive territory at the building known as the Marble Palace. USA ... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Antonin Scalia • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Theodore Olson • solicitor general • US Supreme Court • undue influence

Federal Judge to Replace Gonzales

Compromise candidate will be named
attorney general

Sep 17, 07 2:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush  is expected to announce the appointment of retired New York federal judge Michael B. Mukasey  as attorney general, reports the Washington Post. Mukasey, 66, is considered an authority on national security issues and is a law-and-order conservative. He is also seen as someone who could be confirmed without... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Charles Schumer • Senate • Michael Mukasey • Theodore Olson • George W. Bush

Reid Vows to Block Olson
as AG Pick

Majority leader blasts reported Bush favorite  as Gonzales 2.0

Sep 13, 07 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pledged to stop conservative attorney Ted Olson from becoming attorney general if he's nominated, Reuters reports. The former solicitor general is thought to be President Bush's first choice, but faces stiff opposition from Dems who are pushing for a less partisan figure after Alberto Gonzales'... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Attorney General • Harry Reid • Theodore Olson

Olson May
Be Top Dog
on AG Roster

But conservative stalwart would face tough confirmation fight

Sep 12, 07 1:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative stalwart Theodore Olson is the likely top choice to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Reuters reports. The former solicitor general may have a partisan reputation among Democrats—he represented President Bush in the Florida election battle and was accused of trying to dig up anti-Clinton scandals in the 1990s—... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Attorney General • Michael Chertoff • Theodore Olson

6 Stories


from our news partners