http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Theodore_OlsonFind stories, videos, and photos about Theodore Olson from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:07:31 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/09/04/mears.election.laws.2/tztop.theodore.olson.gi.jpg.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Theodore_Olson14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Theodore Olson from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/04/mears.election.laws.2/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/04/mears.election.laws.2/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe campaign finance reform case being argued Wednesday at the Supreme Court is about the tension in federal elections between free speech and government regulation .Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/27/same.sex.marriage.court/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/27/same.sex.marriage.court/index.html#cnnSTCTextOpponents of California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages launched a new court challenge Wednesday, led by lawyers who were on opposite sides of the case that settled the 2000 presidential race.Thu, 28 May 2009 02:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/hillary.clinton.court/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/hillary.clinton.court/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe star of the show did not appear -- and the film in question was not shown -- but Hillary Clinton's big-screen moment was all the talk Tuesday at the Supreme Court.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/16/giuliani.federalists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/16/giuliani.federalists/index.html#cnnSTCTextRepublican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani Friday assured conservatives he will nominate Supreme Court justices they would find acceptable.Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/03/scotus.judge.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/03/scotus.judge.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextA number of states are reviewing how they select judges, and on Wednesday a majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to back New York's process. Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/16/gonzales.mukasey/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/16/gonzales.mukasey/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer federal judge Michael Mukasey has accepted President Bush's offer to replace Alberto Gonzales as U.S. attorney general, two government sources familiar with the president's selection said Sunday.Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/15/gonzales.replacements/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/15/gonzales.replacements/index.html#cnnSTCTextA retired federal judge is a leading candidate to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, whose last day on the job was Friday, two sources familiar with the search for a successor told CNN on Saturday.Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/23/pledge.allegiance/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/23/pledge.allegiance/index.htmlThe Supreme Court on Monday rejected efforts by a California atheist to revisit the issue of banning the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools because of its use of the words "under God."Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/29/scotus.olson.tribute/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/29/scotus.olson.tribute/index.htmlThe Supreme Court on Tuesday paid tribute to the government service of Solicitor General Theodore Olson, who retires next month.Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/24/scotus.pledge/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/24/scotus.pledge/index.htmlThe Supreme Court Wednesday appeared skeptical that the Pledge of Allegiance was an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion, dampening calls by a California atheist to end the ceremony in his daughter's public school, and nationwide.Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/18/padilla/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/18/padilla/index.html(CNN) -- Citing a World War II court decision, the Bush administration insisted the president has the legal authority to detain suspected terrorists, including Americans, indefinitely without criminal charges.Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/02/online.smut/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/02/online.smut/index.htmlA lawyer for the Bush administration has argued that the U.S. Supreme Court should uphold a law that protects children from Internet pornography.Tue, 02 Mar 2004 22:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/05/scotus.gitmo.detainee/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/05/scotus.gitmo.detainee/index.htmlThe Supreme Court Thursday granted the government's request to keep a terrorism suspect being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from seeing his lawyer, at least until the justices decide the larger legal issue of what rights other "enemy combatants" are afforded.Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/29/scotus.gitmo.detainees/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/29/scotus.gitmo.detainees/index.htmlThe Supreme Court was asked by the Justice Department Wednesday to delay giving a terrorism suspect detained overseas access to a lawyer until the justices decide the larger legal issue of what rights other so-called "enemy combatants" are afforded.Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/16/scotus.padilla.appeal/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/16/scotus.padilla.appeal/index.htmlThe Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to intervene quickly Friday in the case of whether an American citizen accused of being a terrorist can be held indefinitely and in secret by the government.Fri, 16 Jan 2004 01:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/13/scotus.phone.lawsuits/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/13/scotus.phone.lawsuits/index.htmlA unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday there are limits to when consumers can sue over inadequate phone service, in an antitrust case worth potentially billions of dollars among competing telecom companies.Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/05/scotus.detainee.secrecy/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/05/scotus.detainee.secrecy/index.htmlThe Justice Department has taken the unusual step of asking the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve the secrecy surrounding the detention of an Algerian man shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Mon, 05 Jan 2004 03:00:00 EST