Media Mentions
2007
M. Miller Baker, David E. Rogers, Michael S. Nadel, Jeffrey W. Mikoni and Michael T. Graham were mentioned in the June 13 issue of Mealey's ERISA Report for representing Crown Vantage’s bankruptcy trustee in Jeffrey H. Beck v. PACE International Union.
M. Miller Baker, Michael T. Graham, Jeffrey W. Mikoni, Michael S. Nadel, David E. Rogers, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Trial
M. Miller Baker was quoted in a June 11 article published by Financial Week regarding the Supreme Court's decision to overrule an ERISA claim filed against trustees of bankrupt paper company Crown Vantage. Mr. Baker served as lead counsel for Crown's trustee and saluted the decision, which reversed three lower court rulings. "The decision prevents the union from raiding the company's pension plan," Mr. Baker said.
M. Miller Baker, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Trial
2005
M. Miller Baker was quoted by United Press International on December 2 regarding Research in Motion's "Work-Around" for Blackberry.
M. Miller Baker was quoted in the September 5 issue of Legal Times regarding the District of Columbia Circuit's sua sponte decision to initially hear en banc two cases involving the scope of congressional immunity under the speech or debate clause of the Constitution. Mr. Baker commented that it was very, very rare for the D.C. Circuit to undertake en banc review as an initial matter.
M. Miller Baker, Elections & Political Law, Trial
M. Miller Baker was quoted in the May 2 issue of Roll Call in an article entitled "Full Circuit to Hear CAA Cases Jointly." The article discusses a surprise move that could lay the groundwork for review by the Supreme Court. The federal appeals court, which is now hearing two lawsuits against Members of Congress has decided to hear both cases together in front of the entire circuit, rather than in separate hearings. Mr. Baker said in regard to the Supreme Court hearing the two lawsuits together that "it's highly, highly unusual. Put another way, it's extraordinary." He continued to say that perhaps the last time a full circuit court took a case "as an original matter" was in Bush v. Gore in 2000, when the full 11th Circuit decided to hear the lawsuit directly from the trial court.
M. Miller Baker, Elections & Political Law, Government Strategies, Trial
2004
On October 6, 2004, Miller Baker testified before the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on the Judiciary - Subcommittee on the Constitution at an Oversight Hearing regarding "The Presidential Succession Act of 1947" and the future considerations for changes to presidential succession. Mr. Baker's testimony was quoted in Roll Call on October 7, 2004, which reported his statement that "Suffice it to say here that the 1947 act is almost certainly the most dangerous statute to be found in the United States Code." Roll Call agreed with Mr. Baker's testimony that the current succession law "threatens to deprive the United States of clear executive authority at the precise moment" when the need for it would be most urgent was echoed by the other panelists. To view the entire testimony, visit http://www.house.gov/judiciary/baker100604.pdf.
M. Miller Baker, Elections & Political Law, Government Strategies, Trial
In an article in the July 2004 issue of Chicago Lawyer, Bill Boies and M. Miller Baker were mentioned in regard to successfully overturning legislation passed in 2003 to force the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation to contribute $125 million to state coffers.
M. Miller Baker, Wilber H. Boies PC, Government Strategies, Trial
Miller Baker's recent testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee was quoted in the February 9 issue of Fortune magazine on various flaws in the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 that are of concern in the wake of 9/11. Norman Ornstein said, "Constitutional scholar Miller Baker calls the 1947 act 'perhaps the most poorly designed statute in the entire United States Code.'" Ornstein presents several proposals for revamping the 1947 act, including suggestions made by Miller last year in testimony before the Judiciary Committee. Many of these proposals for reform were incorporated in legislation introduced by Senator John Cornyn on Thursday, February 12, 2004.
2002
Miller Baker was quoted in the April 16 issue of The Washington Times regarding his representation of four opponents to postal voting/elections. Mr. Baker argued that Oregon's vote-by-mail system violates the 19th century law requiring all states to elect congressional and presidential candidates on the same day. The Supreme Court recently refused to review Oregon's vote-by-mail system.
M. Miller Baker, Elections & Political Law, Trial
Miller Baker’s recent Congressional testimony was cited in an op-ed piece published in the March 11 issue of The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Baker urged Congress to re-examine the presidential succession amendment during his testimony regarding a H.J. Res. 67, which would allow state governors to make necessary appointments to fill House vacancies in the event that catastrophe caused widespread vacancies in the House of Representatives. Since Mr. Baker's testimony, the Washington Post and CNN reported that Representative Brian Baird (D-WA), the sponsor of H.J. Res. 67, has asked the congressional leadership to establish a joint House-Senate task force to examine presidential succession issues, and that House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-MO) has agreed with Rep. Baird's suggestion.
M. Miller Baker, Elections & Political Law, Trial
2001
Miller Baker was interviewed by Fox News television on August 20 for a story regarding Oregon's voting by mail.
