Senator Mitch McConnell (KY-R)
Amicus Curiae
Theodore B. Olson, Counsel of Record Senator Mitch McConnell (KY-R) is theminority leader of the U.S.Senate. He was the leading party in the first suit challenging theconstitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA). Theodore B.Olson is a partner with the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where heco-chairs the Appellate and Constitutional Law Group. He served as solicitorgeneral of the United Statesfrom 2001 to 2004. He received his law degree from the University of Californiain 1965. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brieffor the Appellee as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 23,2007. This…