Solicitor General Theodore Olson to Quit

[dutchdemocrat]

Interesting. Did he figure out it was MIHOP or LIHOP?

Solicitor General Theodore Olson to Quit

Jun 24, 5:49 PM (ET)

By CURT ANDERSON

WASHINGTON (AP) - Solicitor General Theodore Olson, who argued Bush administration cases before the Supreme Court before and after his wife died in the Sept. 11 Pentagon crash, has submitted his resignation, a Justice Department official said Thursday.

Olson, 63, will leave his post in July, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. He has served as solicitor general since June 11, 2001.

Exactly three months after he took office, Olson's wife Barbara, also a prominent Washington lawyer and conservative commentator, died aboard the plane that crashed into the Pentagon.

After the attacks, Olson became a personal symbol of the cost of terrorism and later took an unusually public role for an administration Supreme Court lawyer, speaking in support of strong antiterrorism policies.

At a Justice Department remembrance ceremony on Sept. 11, 2003, Olson said an unrelenting fight against terrorism is the best way to honor the attack victims.

"Their suffering and deaths must fuel our dedication to stamp out this cancer," Olson said.

Olson argued dozens of cases before the Supreme Court for the Bush administration - and 14 other cases before the court while in private law practice at the Washington law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Olson represented President Bush and Vice President Cheney in the Supreme Court case that ultimately swung the 2000 presidential election to the Republicans. After joining the Justice Department, he argued numerous high-profile cases involving campaign finance reform, the government's powers in the war on terrorism and others.

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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040624/D83DKOQG0.html

[Sugarbleus]

1. Bubye Olsen.............you prig!

Sorry about his wife's death, but he is a traitor in my eyes, with the election fraud thingy.

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[pnorman]

4. I need independent confirmation on this,

but according to what I'd seen here on DU some time back, he was out on "dating games", not long after the death of his wife.

pnorman

[leftofthedial]

8. yep, the shrew wasn't even cold yet when he started acting like

Ryan.

Typical Repuke horndog

[pnorman]

12. can you supply the source of that particular news item?

pnorman

[Cheswick2.0]

10. did you ever wonder why she was the only "big shot" not warned to avoid

planes that day? You'd think if they warned him, and I am sure they did, that he would have warned her. But nope.

[Sugarbleus]

7. I was going to say that too but wondered if I'd get flamed...lol n/t

[noonwitch]

15. I wonder if she knew Ann before the operation?

Just kidding.

[Kahuna]

14. He was also a traitor with his Arkansas Project connections. Talk about..

someone reaping what he sowed....

[Wonk]

2. dupe thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=643666

[BurtWorm]

5. Good riddance!

Great timing! Nice omen!

[OneBlueSky]

6. probably wants to go join Barbara in Cancun . . .

just speculation, mind you . . . no proof of anything . . . but someone should keep an eye on his travel records . . .

[oasis]

9. Gettin' outta Dodge before "The Hunting of the President" is released.

It will reveal how he lied to the senate committee about his involvement in the "Arkansas Project".

[Manix]

11. ...one less pig at the trough.

[Kahuna]

13. He should have quit long ago once he knew * let 9/11 happen.

Talk about your poetic justice. Olsen helps bush steal the White House. And Bush did nothing to prevent his wife from being killed on 9/11. I really wonder how he copes with that fact.

[Moderator]

16. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=643666