Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 6 P43 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 408 LOTTERY have been better off if Thurmond had been elected. The comments which Lott claimed were lighthearted and intended as a compliment to Thurmond soon became the center of a media frenzy and serious debate among members of Congress. President george w. bush called the comments offensive and wrong. Lott apologized on a number of occasions but to no avail. Both Democrat and Republican members of Congress criticized the remarks including his friends in the senate. A number of media sources reviewed prior public comments by Lott and discovered that he had made similar remarks in the past. In fact in 1980 he made a very similar claim endorsing Thurmond after Thurmond had made a speech in support of Ronald Reagan who was then a candidate for president. In December 2002 Bill Frist . claimed that he had enough votes to replace Lott as Senate majority leader. However Lott resigned from the position before any vote took place. Lott retained his seat in the Senate but the events in 2002 and early 2003 clouded the public s view of him. In 2006 Lott was re-elected to the . Senate in Mississippi defeating Democrat Erik R. Fleming and then was elected minority whip. It was rumored that Lott had wanted to leave the Senate for quite some time but that he stayed because of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. In late 2007 he announced his resignation stating that he and his wife just wanted to do other things. Lott s term would ve ended in 2012. By resigning in 2007 he beat a new law that required former house and senate members to wait two years before working as lobbyists and only had to wait one year. while serving in Congress Lott s ability to mobilize his fellow representatives and senators in support of key legislation was recognized with prominent positions in both houses as Lott has the distinction of being the first Southerner named House minority whip and the first person elected whip in both houses of Congress. FURTHER READINGS Lott Trent. 2005. Herding
