Theodore "Ted" Olson, age 77, of Brainerd, passed away Saturday, June 23, 2012, at his home. He was born to Arthur and Dorothy Olson on February 27, 1935, in Minneapolis. Ted is survived by his wife, Carol, and children, Tami Olson and Dana Olson. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Robert Olson, and sister, Jackie Hawes. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 AM on Friday, June 29, at St. Christopher's Catholic Church, Nisswa, with Father George Zeck officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Nisswa.

WASHINGTON-- After a committee deadlock along party lines on the nomination of Theodore Olson as solicitor general, Republican leaders said they would attempt to put the matter before the full Senate. It was the first time...

...decide whether George W. Bush or Al Gore becomes president. "Where's the federal question here?" Bush lawyer Theodore Olson was asked by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Kennedy voted with the 5-4 majority to hear the case but is considered...

...the Constitution's ban on government promotion of religion. In a friend of the court brief, Solicitor General Theodore Olson, the government's top lawyer, asked the Supreme Court to hear three appeals that offer an opportunity for a broad...

...looking for a federal issue here," said Justice Anthony Kennedy, less than 10 minutes after Bush's attorney, Theodore Olson, began speaking. "Why should the federal judiciary be interfering in what seems to be a very carefully thought-out...

...ideological and constitutional question -- how far does federal control extend -- and a political twist as well. Theodore Olson, President Bush's constitutional lawyer in the Supreme Court case that decided the 2000 election, was the chief...

...broken a precedent against abrupt policy changes by new presidents in ongoing Supreme Court cases. Solicitor General Theodore Olson, who represents the administration before the court, wrote that the policy was not just about race. "The determining...

...militia or engaged in active military service or training, to possess and bear their own firearms," Solicitor General Theodore Olson wrote in two court filings this week. That right, however, is "subject to reasonable restrictions designed to...

...Lawrence Lessig argued on behalf of a New Hampshire Internet publisher who challenged the law. Solicitor General Theodore Olson told justices that while they may personally disagree with the law, Congress had authority to pass it.

...process, to sum it up, is selective, standardless, subjective, unreliable and inherently biased," said GOP lawyer Theodore Olson. Olson said the hand count introduced elements of chance and partisan bias to what ought to be a simple and uniform...