The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution (53 page)

(22) Gun rights demonstrators rallied outside the Supreme Court.

(23) David Bossie, president of Citizens United, created
Hillary: The Movie
and challenged federal campaign finance restrictions.

(24) Senators Russell Feingold (l) and John McCain (r) authored the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act at the center of the battle in
Citizens United v. FEC
.

(25) Prominent conservative lawyer James Bopp Jr. was hired by Bossie to take Citizens United’s challenge to the Supreme Court.

(26) Former Bush solicitor general Theodore Olson successfully argued in
Citizens United
that federal campaign finance restrictions violated the Constitution.

(27) Washington lawyer David Rivkin laid the early legal groundwork for the state attorneys general’s challenge to the federal healthcare law.

(28) Florida attorney general Bill McCollum took the lead in organizing the state attorneys general in their challenge to the healthcare law.

(29) Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal led the Obama administration’s defense of the healthcare law in the lower appellate courts.

(30) Law professor Randy Barnett crafted a key legal argument against the constitutionality of the healthcare law.

(31) Healthcare law supporters demonstrated outside the Supreme Court during arguments.

(32) Former Bush solicitor general Paul Clement was hired to represent the twenty-six state attorneys general challenging the federal healthcare law in the Supreme Court.

(33) Washington lawyer Michael Carvin argued against the healthcare law in the Supreme Court on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business.

(34) Obama solicitor general Donald Verrilli Jr. defended the constitutionality of the healthcare law in the Supreme Court.