Biography

Bopp is a native of Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...

, and holds a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

 from Indiana University

Indiana University

Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...

 and a law degree

Law degree

A Law degree is an academic degree conferred for studies in law. Such degrees are generally preparation for legal careers; but while their curricula may be reviewed by legal authority, they do not themselves confer a license...

 from the University of Florida

University of Florida

The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

. Bopp is a member of the James Madison Center for Free Speech

James Madison Center for Free Speech

The James Madison Center for Free Speech is a legal defense organization in Washington, D.C., USA.-Overview:The James Madison Center was founded by Republican Senator Mitch McConnell in 1997. Its general counsel is James Bopp....

.

Bopp served as an adviser to Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and politician. He was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and is a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.The son of George W...

's presidential campaign.

He has served as the general counsel for National Right to Life

National Right to Life Committee

The National Right to Life Committee is the oldest and largest pro-life organization in the United States with affiliates in all 50 states and over 3,000 local chapters nationwide. The group works through legislation and education to work against abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and assisted...

 since 1978 and as the special counsel for Focus on the Family

Focus on the Family

Focus on the Family is an American evangelical Christian tax-exempt non-profit organization founded in 1977 by psychologist James Dobson, and is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Focus on the Family is one of a number of evangelical parachurch organizations that rose to prominence in the 1980s...

 since 2004. Bopp was the editor of Restoring the Right to Life: The Human Life Amendment. (Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1984). Bopp no longer endorses the passage of the Human Life Amendment or similar state-level provisions based on the present composition of the Supreme Court, and has stated that "now is not the time to pass state constitutional amendments or bills banning abortion."

Bopp served as chief sponsor of a resolution on financial support of candidates at the Republican National Committee

Republican National Committee

The Republican National Committee is an American political committee that provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. It is...

's meeting in 2010. The resolution, titled Proposed RNC Resolution on Reagan's Unity Principle for Support of Candidates, names ten public policy

Public policy

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 positions that are important to the Republican National Committee. If the resolution is passed, public officials and candidates who disagree with three or more of the ten positions would not be eligible for financial support or endorsement by the Republican National Committee.

Notable legal cases

On campaign finance

Campaign finance

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, Bopp worked as a legal advisor to Citizens United

Citizens United

Citizens United is a conservative non-profit organization in the United States. Its president and chairman is David Bossie.-Overview:Citizens United describes its mission as being dedicated to restoring the United States government to "citizens' control" and to "assert American values of limited...

 leading up to their victory in the Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, , was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment prohibits government from censoring political broadcasts in candidate elections when those broadcasts are funded by corporations or unions...

 One of Bopp's most recent initiatives was bringing a lawsuit

Lawsuit

A lawsuit or "suit in law" is a civil action brought in a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions, demands a legal or equitable remedy. The defendant is required to respond to the plaintiff's complaint...

 challenging what he believes to be a low limit for reporting campaign donations and the open way in which information on such donations is shared in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

.

Bopp is also currently serving as the lawyer for Michael Gableman

Michael Gableman

Michael J. Gableman is a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. His term began on August 1, 2008 and ends on July 31, 2018.- Biography :Justice Gableman was born in West Allis and raised in Waukesha County. He is a graduate of New Berlin West High School and Ripon College , where he earned a...

 in a case alleging he broke the Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

 Judicial Code of Conduct in his successful run for the state supreme court. In 2008 Bopp served as the lawyer for Rosalind Kurita

Rosalind Kurita

Rosalind Kurita is a Tennessee politician who was formerly Speaker pro tempore of the Tennessee State Senate, representing State Senate District 22 , centered on Clarksville...

 in her suit against the Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 Democratic Party Committee for removing her for her spot as the Democratic nominee in her State Senate district after she had won the primary.

Bopp is defending the Susan B. Anthony List

Susan B. Anthony List

The Susan B. Anthony List, or simply SBA List, is a 501 non-profit, non-partisan organization that seeks to eliminate abortion in the U.S. by supporting pro-life politicians, primarily women, through its SBA List Candidate Fund political action committee...

 against a defamation lawsuit by Steve Driehaus

Steve Driehaus

Steven L. "Steve" Driehaus is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

, a former congressman who says that the SBA List made false statements regarding taxpayer funding of abortion in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress...

to "deprive [him of his] livelihood".