Talk:Theodore Olson

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Theodore ever remarry?

Why did he step down from his office in July 2004?

Contents 1 Campaign contributions 2 Religious Faith 3 What did the investigation concern? 4 Other interesting things about Mr. Olson ?

[edit] Campaign contributions

I'm wondering about the encyclopedicness of the external link posted by anonymous user User:68.173.19.193 that links to a page showing the political contributions made by the subject of the article. The anon has evenhandedly posted the equivalent link on numerous biographical articles of persons both on the left and the right (e.g. Molly Ivins, Robert McNamara, Theodore Olson, Alex Kozinski, and several others), but despite saucing both the goose and the gander having these links in the articles doesn't seem right. Yes, it's factual; yes, it's verifiable; yes, it's interesting; but it still seems like a sly bit of POV, particularly for each individual article viewed in isolation. I haven't removed any of the links but I'm curious how others see this.

I've posted this question on the talk pages of all four articles mentioned above in hopes that a wider spectrum of editors will see and comment. -EDM 05:00, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

FWIW, I had the same reaction. Maybe Molly Ivins is a red herring?

-ConDissenter 00:10, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Religious Faith

• What is the religious faith of judge Theodore Olson?

• • • • I'm not sure, does anyone know if he's the same Theodore Olson who is an editor at Christianity Today?

[edit] What did the investigation concern?

The article mentions that Olson was investigated by Morrison, but neither this page nor the Morrison v. Olson page describe for what crime or allegation he was being investigated. Would be helpful to know more.

http://archive.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/05/14/independent_counsel/index.html

BTW, his skeptical view of the Independent Counsel statute was later vindicated by events, and is now generally accepted by both major parties.

IIRC, a senior (liberal) judge testifying on behalf of then Judge Samuel Alito during his confirmation hearings even asserted that the outcome of Morrison, if decided today's Court, would have been much different.

Ruthfulbarbarity 09:34, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

• That his skeptical view of the Independent Counsel statute was later vindicated by events, and is now generally accepted by both major parties, is debatable.

[edit] Other interesting things about Mr. Olson ?

Though it may be as contentious a nomination as was his Solicitor General nomination, Mr. Olson has a chance of being nominated as U.S. Attorney General to replace Alberto Gonzales. It was believed that Olson, teaming with Robert Bork, was helpful to Republicans in the Clinton impeachment, and to those backing the Paula Jones lawsuit against Pres. Clinton.

In the EPA affair, Olson initially prevailed in his challenge at the appeals level to the Independent Counsel law, with Justice Silberman's decision in Olson's favor. Olson later represented the all-male Virginia Military Institute in a suit brought against it by women who were denied admission.

Olson was at the University of California Berkeley in the 1960s, yet was the antithesis to the free-speech movement there. He was a member of the Federeralist Society (as were Bork and Kenneth Starr).

DonL 09:37, 21 April 2007 (UTC)