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James Bopp, Jr. is a distinguished conservative attorney and constitutional scholar. He has been designated as one of the most influential lawyers in the United States of America, and is renowned with regards to election laws and campaign finance. He and his firm specialize in First Amendment and Constitutional law, strategic planning, campaign finance, election law, and representation before the U.S. Supreme Court. Bopp also served as a representative to the Republican National Committee (RNC) from 2006, and RNC Vice Chairman from 2008, until 2012 when he lost a bid for re-election in Indiana. He has served on the Board of Governors for the Republican National Lawyers Association since 2002. Bopp is also on the board, and serves as general counsel, for Republicans Overseas. == Biography == Bopp is a native of Terre Haute, Indiana, and holds a bachelor's degree from Indiana University and a law degree from the University of Florida. He has served as the general counsel for National Right to Life since 1978, the James Madison Center for Free Speech since 1997, and as the special counsel for Focus on the Family since 2004. Bopp was the editor of ''Restoring the Right to Life: The Human Life Amendment''. With regards to Human Life Amendment, based on his analysis of the Supreme Court composition, Bopp stated in 2007, "...now is not the time to pass state constitutional amendments or bills banning abortion because (1) such provisions will be quickly struck down by a federal district court, (2) that decision will be affirmed by an appellate court, (3) the Supreme Court will not grant review of the decision, and (4) the pro-abortion attorneys who brought the legal challenge will collect statutory attorneys fees from the state that enacted the provision in the amount of hundreds of thousands of dollars.”Bopp became one of Indiana's representatives to the RNC in 2006,〔 and RNC Vice Chairman in 2008.〔 In 2009, he was the lead sponsor of an RNC resolution that initially called on the Democratic Party to change its name to ''Democratic Socialist Party'', however was compromised and passed instead as a condemnation of President Barack Obama and the then Democrat Congressional majority for leading the United States in the direction of socialism. During a 2010 RNC meeting, he was the chief sponsor of a resolution covering financial support of candidates. The resolution, titled "Proposed RNC Resolution on Reagan's Unity Principle for Support of Candidates", names ten public policy positions that are important to the RNC. The proposed resolution stipulated that public officials and candidates who disagree on three or more of the ten positions would be ineligible for financial support or endorsement from the RNC. Governor Mitt Romney received Bopp's endorsement for president during the 2012 presidential election. According to the Campaign Legal Center, Bopp filed 21 of the 31 lawsuits it associated with challenging campaign finance regulations. All told, Bopp has spent 30 years fighting limits on campaign spending and is credited with changing the political landscape of the 2012 election. According to the Center for Responsive Politics. “It’s safe to say that groups on the left and right have Jim Bopp to thank for their new-found freedom.”〔(Election Spending to Exceed $6 Billion Thanks Partly to Jim Bopp, Bloomberg, By Jonathan D. Salant, Sep 21, 2011 )〕 In an interview with PBS' ''Frontline'' in 2012, Bopp said he was defending a "basically absolute" interpretation of the right to political free speech under the First Amendment. As such, he said he is working to eliminate or significantly loosen campaign spending limits and to eliminate donor-name-reporting requirements.〔("James Bopp: What Citizens United Means for Campaign Finance" ), ''Frontline'' on PBS, October 30, 2012 (edited transcript of interview conducted July 27, 2012); interview used in part in ("Big Sky, Big Money" ) documentary, correspondent Kai Ryssdal, broadcast October 30, 2012. Primary focus of documentary: Montana campaign finance law and politics. Retrieved 2012-10-31.〕 A study conducted in 2014 showed that Bopp was one of a comparatively small number of lawyers most likely to have their cases heard by the Supreme Court. Out of 17,000 attorneys that petitioned the Supreme Court, throughout nearly a decade, only 66 succeeded. Bopp is one that did so on multiple occasions. Bopp is currently engaged in a legal battle against the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). A law passed by the then Democrat controlled Congress, passed without a single House Republican vote, 11 Senate Republican votes, and signed into law by President Barack Obama. The lawsuit, ''Crawford v. U.S. Department of Treasury'', was filed with eight counts of constitutional violations on July 14, 2015. There are currently ten plaintiffs, including 2016 presidential candidate Senator Rand Paul.〔 FATCA is viewed by many as an unconstitutional mandate that violates privacy rights of U.S. citizens while burdening both private individuals and the financial institutions they patronize. Additionally, it is widely viewed that this law transforms foreign banks into proxy agents for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as it requires all foreign banks to submit regular reports on U.S. account holders to the IRS, regardless of how little they have. Consequently, international institutions are denying service to American citizens all together. These factors are causing an exponential growth in renunciation of U.S. citizenship. On this case, Bopp stated in July 2015, "It also speaks volumes about () Obama administration's lawlessness and disregard for the constitution when we have eight constitutional claims against FATCA/IGAs/FBAR in comparison to the ''Citizens United v. FEC'' case, where I had only one constitutional claim." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Bopp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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