UNBELIEVABLE: Ted olson - The Untold Story

How Dolly Parton's love of the Great Smoky Mountains helped transform her hometown

Dolly Parton didn’t just sing about her Tennessee mountain home

The Independent UK · Aug 26

The Presumption of Regularity Returns to SCOTUS

Trump Firing Lisa Cook, Jack Smith Indicting Donald Trump.

Reason · Jan 23

Roe as Humphrey's Executor, Casey as Morrison, and Dobbs as Slaughter

Casey attempted to save Roe by rewriting it, but that compromise ultimately collapsed in Dobbs. Morrison attempted to save Humphrey's Executor by rewriting it, but that compromise will (likely) collapse in Slaughter.

Reason · Dec 16, 2025

Theodore Olson (1940-2024)

A fond memory of the student leadership reception at Ted's palatial estate.

Reason · Nov 14, 2024

Was Beethoven truly the greatest?

On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna, Austria. On its 200th anniversary, much was made about this seminal achievement of a composer routinely touted as the greatest master who ever lived.

The Conversation · May 21, 2024

Bari Weiss's Olson Lecture: You Are the Last Line of Defense

"There is no place like this country. And there is no second America to run to if this one fails."

Reason · Nov 14, 2023

Onetime supporter of Guantánamo's military court now says it was 'doomed'

Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson speaks with Sacha Pfeiffer about his change of heart on Guantánamo and his belief that the 9/11 case should be settled rather than taken to trial.

WEKU · Apr 3, 2023

Conservative Legal Luminaries Release Report Entitled "Lost, Not Stolen: The Conservative Case that Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election"

The authors include big-name conservative former federal judges Michael Luttig and Michael McConnell, former Bush Solicitor General Ted Olson, and others.

Reason · Jul 15, 2022