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Pages tagged "Michael Thielen"


Republican Leaders React to Unprecedented Raid on Mar-a-Lago

Posted on Blog by Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) · August 09, 2022 3:48 PM

After the FBI’s unprecedented raid on President Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago, Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy is vowing to hold the Biden Administration accountable.

Attorney General Garland: preserve your documents and clear your calendar. pic.twitter.com/dStAjnwbAT

— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) August 9, 2022
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RNC Chief Counsel Justin Riemer to Receive 2021 Chairman's Award at National Election Law Seminar

Posted on Blog by Lisa Dixon · July 14, 2021 8:41 PM

Today, the RNLA announced that it will give RNC Chief Counsel Justin Riemer the 2021 Robert J. Horn Chairman's Award during the National Election Law Seminar, which will be in Atlanta in August.  Justin expertly led the RNC's legal department through the tumultuous 2020 election season - helping to protect the integrity of elections throughout the country, keep the RNC in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, and provide expertise on questions of campaign finance and election administration.  Justin has extensive experience with all aspects of elections and serves as a great asset to the entire Republican Party.

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House GOP Propose EASE Act to Make it Safer and Easier to Vote

Posted on Blog by Elizabeth Bradford El-Rassy · August 04, 2020 8:21 PM

On Monday, House Republicans led by Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill) introduced the Emergency Assistance for Safe Elections (Ease) Act. The EASE Act aims to help states administer elections safely and securely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation is also sponsored by Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Dan Meuser (R-PA), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Don Young (R-AK), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Mike Garcia (R-CA), and Steve Chabot (R-OH).

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RNLA ED Michael Thielen: Biden's History on Judges Will Come Back to Haunt Him

Posted on Blog by Lisa Dixon · April 17, 2020 9:20 PM

Yesterday, the Committee for Justice hosted a webinar on the Supreme Court and the 2020 election featuring RNLA Executive Director Michael Thielen, Curt Levey of the Committee for Justice, and Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network.  In his remarks, Mr. Thielen outlined presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's history regarding judges and judicial confirmations.  He described how then-Senate Judiciary Chairman Biden presided over both the character assassination of Robert Bork, creating the new term "borking," and the late, discredited attack on Clarence Thomas that created the playbook used against Brett Kavanaugh:

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RNLA Recognizes Lee Goodman as 2019 Republican Lawyer of the Year

Posted on Blog by Lisa Dixon · November 08, 2019 6:25 PM

Next week, the RNLA will present former FEC Chairman and current member of the RNLA Board of Governors Lee Goodman with the 2019 Republican Lawyer of the Year award.  Tickets are still available for the reception in his honor on Wednesday, November 13.

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RNLA Presents Horn Chairman's Award Posthumously to Anne Lewis

Posted on Blog by Lisa Dixon · August 02, 2019 5:25 PM

Today, the RNLA posthumously presented former RNLA Board of Governors member Anne Ware Lewis of Georgia with the Robert J. Horn's Chairman's Award during the National Election Law Seminar in Charlotte, North Carolina.  

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Post-Mueller Report - What Will Change and What Will Stay the Same?

Posted on Blog by Lisa Dixon · March 27, 2019 8:43 PM

Now that the Mueller report has confirmed that there is no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election, what will change and what will remain the same in the political landscape?  First, as RNLA Executive Director Michael Thielen pointed out yesterday, Democrats will continue to cast doubt on the 2016 election because they still cannot accept that Hillary Clinton lost to President Trump.  The collusion narrative was one way how they justified this inconceivable loss, and being a "sore loser" has become a feature of the modern Democratic Party establishment:

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Senate Judiciary Dems Looked Foolish During Yesterday's Rao Hearing

Posted on Blog by Lisa Dixon · February 06, 2019 8:34 PM

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for current Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Administrator and Scalia Law Professor Neomi Rao's nomination to the D.C. Circuit.  RNLA Executive Director Michael Thielen described in the Daily Caller how Senate Judiciary Democrats attempted to trip her up and ended up only looking foolish themselves:

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President Trump Awards Senator Orrin Hatch the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Posted on Blog by Lisa Dixon · November 16, 2018 5:32 PM

Today, President Trump gave Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor.  Senator Hatch was given the award along with six others, including the late Justice Antonin Scalia.  Senator Hatch, who is retiring, is currently the longest-serving senator and Senate President pro tempore, and voted on the confirmation of every current Supreme Court justice.

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Justice Kavanaugh Confirmed, Sworn-In on Saturday

Posted on Blog by Lisa Dixon · October 08, 2018 4:57 PM

On Saturday, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Senate 50 to 48 with Vice President Mike Pence presiding.  Justice Kavanaugh was sworn-in Saturday evening.  He carried through on his promise to have an all-women first class of clerks, including one African-American woman.  This the first time in Supreme Court history that a justice has had an all-women class of clerks.

The RNLA congratulated Justice Kavanaugh on Saturday, with statements from a few RNLA leaders:

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