12 Quotes by Theodore Olson

What we were trying to convince the court was that the rules shouldn't be changed in the middle of the counting of the votes in an election; that the rules going in should be the rules coming out.

We understand what the court did. We appreciate the fact that the judge listened. He thought it was something that would be pursued by a higher court.

This was a major, major revision that took place on Friday,

As the September 11 attacks starkly illustrate, the enemy is composed of combatants who operate in secret and aim to launch surprise, sporadic, and large-scale attacks against the civilian population,

The state Supreme Court did not pay much attention to the federal statute. It was obviously aware of it,

This court has said that competition between the states on commerce lies at the heart of a free society. What the respondents would do is national state tax systems.

American soldiers and their allies are still engaged in armed conflict overseas against an unprincipled, unconventional, and savage foe.

This is very much a federal issue. What happens in Florida affects people all over the United States. The president is the one person, along with the vice president, elected by all of the people in the United States, and there is abiding national concern with the fairness and legality of the process.

The authority of the Commander-in-Chief to engage and defeat the enemy encompasses the capture and detention of enemy combatants wherever found, including within the nation's borders. That is particularly true in the current conflict in view of the nature of the September 11 attacks, which were perpetrated by combatants who had assimilated into the civilian population and launched their attacks from within the United States,