One of Olson's most prominent cases put him at odds with many fellow conservatives. After California adopted a ban on same-sex marriage in 2008, Olson joined forces with former adversary David Boies, who had represented Democrat Al Gore in the presidential election case, to represent California couples seeking the right to marry. A federal judge in California ruled in 2010 that the state's ban violated the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court let that decision stand in 2013.
Ted's career as a litigator was particularly prolific, said Mitch McConnell, the longtime Senate Republican leader. More importantly, I count myself among so many in Washington who knew Ted as a good and decent man.
This is the most important thing I've ever done, as an attorney or a person, Olson later said in a documentary film about the marriage case. He told The Associated Press in 2014 that the marriage case was important because it involves tens of thousands of people in California, but really millions of people throughout the United States and beyond that to the world.
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