James Bopp Jr. . is a conservative lawyer and constitutional American scholar. He has been repeatedly named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in the United States by the National Journal of Laws , and is well-known for its election laws and campaign finance.
His law firm specializes in the First Amendment and constitutional law, strategic planning, campaign finance, election law and representation before the US Supreme Court.
Bopp serves as the National Committee of the Republic of Indiana at the Republican National Committee, and the Vice Chairman of the RNC from 2008 to 2012.
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Early life and education
Bopp is a native of Terre Haute, Indiana, and holds a bachelor's degree from Indiana University and a law degree from the University of Florida College of Law.
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Legal career
With regard to the Amendment of Human Life, based on his analysis of the composition of the Supreme Court, Bopp stated in 2007,
... now is not the time to pass a state constitutional amendment or bill banning abortion because (1) such a provision would be quickly struck by a federal district court, (2) the decision would be affirmed by the appeals court, (3) the Supreme Court did not will provide a review of the decision, and (4) pro-abortion lawyers who bring legal challenges will collect the costs of legal attorneys from the state that impose a provision in the amount of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
According to the Campaign Law Center, Bopp filed 21 of 31 lawsuits related to challenging campaign finance legislation. All told, Bopp has spent 30 years borderline limits on campaign spending and is credited with changing the political landscape of 2012 elections. According to the Responsive Political Center. "It's safe to say that groups on the left and right have Jim Bopp to thank for their new freedom."
In an interview with PBS ' Frontline in 2012, Bopp said he defended the "essential" interpretation of the right to political freedom under the First Amendment. He said he worked to eliminate or loosen the limits of campaign spending, and to eliminate the donor-reporting requirements.
A study conducted in 2014 shows that Bopp is one of a small number of lawyers most likely to have their case heard by the Supreme Court.
Bopp represents a group of plaintiffs - Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and a group of "some US citizens and former US citizens living abroad" - in a legal challenge to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. The lawsuit, Crawford v. US Treasury Department , commencing on July 14, 2015; the plaintiff alleges that a number of provisions violating the Constitution violate the privacy rights of US citizens while burdening both individuals and financial institutions they support. The Plaintiff is of the opinion that the act alters the foreign bank to be a proxy agent for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as it requires all foreign banks to submit regular reports to US account holders to the IRS. In April 2016, US District Judge Thomas M. Rose of the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed the lawsuit for lack of standing; Bopp said that the possibility of an appeal.
Republican members and activists
Bopp is known for his strong social conservatism, and his past and present clients are "who's from social conservatism," including the Traditional Values ​​Coalition, the School House Legal Defense Association, the Caring Women for America, and the Federation for American Immigration Reform. Bopp is particularly known for his opposition to any form of money restrictions in politics and his role as adviser to groups who seek, often successfully, to impose campaign finance limits.
He became Republican National Committee in Indiana on the Republican National Committee in 2006, and became Vice-Chair of the RNC in 2008. His tenure at RNC ended in 2012 when he was defeated for another term by John Hammond at the Republican state convention. Bopp said after the convention that he was defeated because he supported Richard Mourdock over the incumbent Richard Lugar for the Republican nomination for the US Senate in 2012.
In 2009, Bopp was the main sponsor of the RNC resolution which initially asked the Democratic Party to change its name to Democratic Socialist Party . A compromise resolution was passed instead, condemning President Barack Obama and the majority of the then-Democratic congress to "push America toward greater socialism and government control."
During the 2010 RNC meeting, he was the main sponsor of a resolution that included the financial support of the candidates. The resolution of the "purity test" (entitled "Proposed RNC Resolution on the Principles of Reagan Unity to Support a Candidate") lists ten important public policy positions for the RNC and provides that public officials and candidates who disagree on three or more than ten positions are ineligible for financial support or support from RNC. The resolution was defeated.
Bopp clashed with Michael Steele during Steele's time as chairman of the Republican National Committee; after Bopp criticizes Steele, Steele calls Bopp an "idiot".
During the preliminaries of the Republican president in 2012, Bopp initially remained neutral in the race because he was part of a committee tasked with regulating the number of Republican primary debates. However, three lawyers at Bopp's office went to work for Herman Cain. In February 2012, Bopp supported Mitt Romney.
Bopp has repeatedly represented Indiana on the Republican platform committee, including in 2016. On the committee, Bopp pushed for a conservative social platform, advocating a platform language that states that children "deserve to marry mom and dad" and refer to "natural marriage" as between men and women. Bopp opposes attempts by Republican billionaire Paul E. Singer to add a statement to the party platform that is party "in honor of all families," a signal of openness to LGBT America; Bopp calls the proposed language "redundant and useless." Bopp also opposed the efforts made by delegate Rachel Hoff (the first openly gay member of the Republican platform committee) to include references in the platform for the 2016 attack on gay nightclubs in Orlando; Bopp states that entering the language (which is ultimately rejected) is "identity politics".
Bopp opposes attempts by some delegates to replace the 60-page platform that the committee has adopted with a simplified two-page "principle statement" that does not include any mention of a problem, such as same-sex marriage. Bopp writes in opposition to the alternative proposal that: "Obviously, the adoption of this statement of principle will be a major loss for those of us who want the Republicans to promote traditional marriage since minority reports abolish our current platform languages ​​in favor of traditional marriages."
Famous cases
In McCutcheon v. Federal Electoral Commission , Bopp successfully represents McCutcheon . The Supreme Court rammed into section 441 of the Federal Election Campaign Act, which imposes restrictions on the contribution an individual can make over a two-year period to a national party and federal candidate, is unconstitutional.
In 2011 at List of Susan B. Anthony v. Driehaus, Bopp successfully defended Susan B. Anthony's List against the defamation lawsuit by Steve Driehaus, a former Democratic congressman who claimed that the SBA List has made a false statement regarding the funding of abortion taxpayers in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The court ruled "We do not want the government to decide what the political truth is - for fear that the government might persecute those who criticize it, in the case of democracy, voters must decide."
In Citizens United v. Federal Electoral Commission , Bopp represents Citizens United, prepares a complaint and handles the initial stages of litigation. Bopp did not debate the case in the Supreme Court, after being replaced by Ted Olson.
At Wisconsin Judicial Commission v. Gableman (2010), Bopp successfully represents Wisconsin Chief Judge Michael Gableman in a case that accused him of violating the Wisconsin Judicial Code of Conduct during a successful run for the state supreme court. The case was presented before the Wisconsin Supreme Court and resulted in a 3-3 deadlock decision.
On ProtectMarriage.com v. Bowen , Bopp represents ProtectMarriage.com in a lawsuit that challenges the financial limits required to report campaign donations and open ways in which information about donations is shared in California. This lawsuit was filed after the identity of the person who supported California Proposition 8 was revealed as a result of disclosure laws.
In Kurita v. Tennessee Democratic Party (2008), Bopp represents former State Senator Rosalind Kurita, a Democrat, in his lawsuit against the Tennessee Democratic Party for transferring him as a Democratic candidate in his country's Senate district after he has won the lead.
Another case where Bopp is an advisor to a party or a party is:
- Crawford v. US Treasury Department
- Western Tradition Partnership v. Montana
- Doe v. Reed
- Truth About Obama v. Federal Electoral Commission
- Christian Civil League Maine v. Federal Electoral Commission
- Federal Electoral Commission vs. Wisconsin Right to Live
- Randall v. Sorrell
- Leake v. North Carolina Right to Life
- McConnell v. Federal Electoral Commission
- Federal Electoral Commission v. Beaumont
- Republic of Minnesota v. White
Client
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Controversy
Bopp's advocacy for a particular cause instigated a blog to call him "Public Enemy No. 1 for fair elections". Another blog calls this "Terre Haute Terror Terror".
Bopp said, in response to criticism of his plan to establish "Super PAC Republic", "The Supreme Court does not care, and I do not care, and the Federal Electoral Commission does not care... Nobody cares."
See also
- United States Supreme Court
- Republican National Committee
- Republic of Foreign Affairs
- American Bar Association
- Indiana State Bar Association
References
External links
- James Bopp, Jr. discuss Citizens United
- Appearance in C-SPAN
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