Editing Theodore Olson (section)

== Politics ==
Olson was a founding member of the [[Federalist Society]].<ref name="federalist">{{cite news |title=Giuliani Hitches Star to Conservative Legal Group |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=September 6, 2007 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-070905giuliani,0,1519010.story |access-date=October 27, 2008 |first=James |last=Oliphant}}</ref> He served on the board of directors of ''[[The American Spectator]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jonathan |last=Broder |title=American Spectator Audit: Is the Fox Guarding the Henhouse? |work=Salon |date=April 24, 1998 |url=http://archive.salon.com/news/1998/04/27news.html |access-date=April 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020120255/http://archive.salon.com/news/1998/04/27news.html |archive-date=October 20, 2007}}</ref> Olson was a prominent critic of [[Bill Clinton]]'s presidency, and he helped prepare the attorneys of [[Paula Jones]] prior to their Supreme Court appearance.<ref name="salon"/> Olson served on [[Rudy Giuliani]]'s [[Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign, 2008|2008 presidential campaign]] as its judicial committee chairman.<ref name="federalist"/> In 2012 he participated in [[Paul Ryan]]'s preparation for the vice presidential debate, role-playing [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/paul-ryan-taps-ted-olson-to-play-biden-in-debate-prep/2012/09/15/441718be-ff40-11e1-b153-218509a954e1_story.html |title=Paul Ryan Taps Ted Olson to Play Biden in Debate Prep |last=Sonmez |first=Felicia |date=September 15, 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=October 6, 2012}}</ref> He was an outspoken advocate for gay marriage in the Republican Party.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Totenberg |first=Nina |author-link=Nina Totenberg |title=Ted Olson, Gay Marriage's Unlikely Legal Warrior |url=https://www.npr.org/2010/12/06/131792296/ted-olson-gay-marriage-s-unlikely-legal-warrior |work=[[Morning Edition]] |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=December 6, 2010}}</ref>