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== United States Senate campaign ==
== United States Senate campaign ==
{{Main|United States Senate election in Missouri, 2018}}
{{Main|United States Senate election in Missouri, 2018}}
In August 2017, Hawley filed notification papers that he had formed an exploratory campaign committee for the U.S. Senate.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pathe|first=Simone|title=Missouri’s Josh Hawley Forms Exploratory Committee for Senate Bid|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/missouri-josh-hawley-senate-bid|work=[[Roll Call]]|date=August 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/830/201708070200245830/201708070200245830.pdf Josh Hawley Senate Exploratory Committee], ''[[Federal Elections Commission]]''. Retrieved July 29, 2018.</ref> In October 2017, Hawley officially declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in [[United States Senate election in Missouri, 2018|Missouri's 2018 U.S. Senate election]] for the seat held by Democrat Claire McCaskill.<ref name="senate">{{cite news|last1=Wise|first1=Lindsay|title=GOP’s top Senate recruit in Missouri won’t commit to voting for McConnell as leader|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article179264091.html|accessdate=19 October 2017|publisher=McClatchy|date=October 17, 2017}}</ref> Hawley was endorsed by President [[Donald Trump]] in November 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hancock|first1=Jason|last2=Lowry|first2=Bryan|title=Trump, in visit to Missouri, endorses Josh Hawley while promoting GOP tax plan|url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article187102488.html|accessdate=21 May 2018|publisher=The Kansas City Star|date=November 29, 2017}}</ref> Appearing at a September 21, 2018 rally with Hawley in St. Louis, Trump criticized McCaskill for her declaration that she would vote against the confirmation of his Supreme Court nominee, Judge [[Brett Kavanaugh]]. Despite multiple allegations of sexual assaults against Kavanaugh, Trump said his nomination should be confirmed and "women are for him more than anybody would understand."<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-springfield-missouri-today-watch-live-stream-2018-09-21/ Trump says there's a "lingering stench" at Justice Dept., FBI], ''[[CBS News]]'', Grace Segers, September 21, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.</ref> During the general election campaign, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and the subject of protections for preexisting conditions was a key issue, with both candidates pledging to ensure protections for preexisting conditions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://themissouritimes.com/53812/pre-existing-conditions-continues-to-take-spotlight-in-u-s-senate-race/|title=Pre-existing conditions continues to take spotlight in U.S. Senate race|date=2018-09-11|work=The Missouri Times|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/pre-existing-conditions-coverage-hot-topic-in-missouri-senate-race/1374434818|title=Pre-Existing Conditions Coverage Hot Topic in Missouri Senate Race|last=Abreu|first=Jenifer|date=2018-08-16|work=OZARKSFIRST|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.missourinet.com/2018/08/14/the-affordable-care-act-is-a-key-issue-in-missouris-u-s-senate-race/|title=The Affordable Care Act is a key issue in Missouri's U.S. Senate race - Missourinet|date=2018-08-14|work=Missourinet|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en-US}}</ref> Hawley's participation in a lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act (including its protections for preexisting conditions) stirred controversy.<ref name=":4" />
In August 2017, Hawley filed notification papers that he had formed an exploratory campaign committee for the U.S. Senate.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pathe|first=Simone|title=Missouri’s Josh Hawley Forms Exploratory Committee for Senate Bid|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/missouri-josh-hawley-senate-bid|work=[[Roll Call]]|date=August 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/830/201708070200245830/201708070200245830.pdf Josh Hawley Senate Exploratory Committee], ''[[Federal Elections Commission]]''. Retrieved July 29, 2018.</ref> In October 2017, Hawley officially declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in [[United States Senate election in Missouri, 2018|Missouri's 2018 U.S. Senate election]] for the seat held by Democrat Claire McCaskill.<ref name="senate">{{cite news|last1=Wise|first1=Lindsay|title=GOP’s top Senate recruit in Missouri won’t commit to voting for McConnell as leader|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article179264091.html|accessdate=19 October 2017|publisher=McClatchy|date=October 17, 2017}}</ref> Hawley was endorsed by President [[Donald Trump]] in November 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hancock|first1=Jason|last2=Lowry|first2=Bryan|title=Trump, in visit to Missouri, endorses Josh Hawley while promoting GOP tax plan|url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article187102488.html|accessdate=21 May 2018|publisher=The Kansas City Star|date=November 29, 2017}}</ref> Appearing at a September 21, 2018 rally with Hawley in St. Louis<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hRpwAGDGLh4 Trump hosts MAGA rally in Missouri] Fox News</ref>, Trump criticized McCaskill for her declaration that she would vote against the confirmation of his Supreme Court nominee, Judge [[Brett Kavanaugh]]. Despite multiple allegations of sexual assaults against Kavanaugh, Trump said his nomination should be confirmed and "women are for him more than anybody would understand."<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-springfield-missouri-today-watch-live-stream-2018-09-21/ Trump says there's a "lingering stench" at Justice Dept., FBI], ''[[CBS News]]'', Grace Segers, September 21, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.</ref> During the general election campaign, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and the subject of protections for preexisting conditions was a key issue, with both candidates pledging to ensure protections for preexisting conditions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://themissouritimes.com/53812/pre-existing-conditions-continues-to-take-spotlight-in-u-s-senate-race/|title=Pre-existing conditions continues to take spotlight in U.S. Senate race|date=2018-09-11|work=The Missouri Times|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/pre-existing-conditions-coverage-hot-topic-in-missouri-senate-race/1374434818|title=Pre-Existing Conditions Coverage Hot Topic in Missouri Senate Race|last=Abreu|first=Jenifer|date=2018-08-16|work=OZARKSFIRST|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.missourinet.com/2018/08/14/the-affordable-care-act-is-a-key-issue-in-missouris-u-s-senate-race/|title=The Affordable Care Act is a key issue in Missouri's U.S. Senate race - Missourinet|date=2018-08-14|work=Missourinet|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en-US}}</ref> Hawley's participation in a lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act (including its protections for preexisting conditions) stirred controversy.<ref name=":4" />


Hawley met criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for initiating his Senate campaign less than a year after being sworn in as Attorney General. A ''New York Times'' story noted that his Attorney General campaign had featured messages of disdain for "ladder climbing politicians." Hawley dismissed this criticism, stating that a Senate run was not on his mind during the Attorney General campaign.<ref name="nyt" />
Hawley met criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for initiating his Senate campaign less than a year after being sworn in as Attorney General. A ''New York Times'' story noted that his Attorney General campaign had featured messages of disdain for "ladder climbing politicians." Hawley dismissed this criticism, stating that a Senate run was not on his mind during the Attorney General campaign.<ref name="nyt" />
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=== Immigration ===
=== Immigration ===
Hawley was supportive of Trump's separation of children from their parents who cross the border illegally, saying it was a matter of upholding law and order.<ref name="nyt" />
Hawley is strongly in favour of strong legislation against illegal immigration, and has advocated for building the wall, funding the border patrol and supporting ICE.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gop-senate-candidate-america-needs-a-border-wall-and-an-immigration-policy-to-protect-americans]</ref><ref>[https://joshhawley.com/hawley-america-needs-border-wall-immigration-policy-protect-americans/]</ref> Hawley was supportive of Trump's immigration policy for those who cross the border illegally, saying it was a matter of upholding law and order.<ref name="nyt" />


=== Agricultural tariffs ===
=== Agricultural tariffs ===

Revision as of 13:19, 3 October 2018

Josh Hawley
42nd Attorney General of Missouri
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 9, 2017
GovernorEric Greitens
Mike Parson
Preceded byChris Koster
Personal details
Born
Joshua David Hawley

(1979-12-31) December 31, 1979 (age 45)
Lexington, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseErin Morrow
Children2
EducationStanford University (BA)
Yale University (JD)
WebsiteCampaign website
Government website

Joshua David Hawley (born December 31, 1979) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 42nd and current Attorney General of Missouri. On August 8, 2018, he became the Missouri Republican Party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in Missouri's 2018 U.S. Senate election, running against incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill.[1]

Biography

Hawley grew up in Lexington, Missouri, and graduated from Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He then attended Stanford University and graduated with highest honors in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. He moved to London and taught at St Paul's School, London, for a year.[2]

Hawley then attended Yale Law School, where he led the school's chapter of the Federalist Society[3] and received a Juris Doctor degree in 2006.[4]

At age 28, Hawley wrote a biography of Theodore Roosevelt for Yale University Press entitled Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of Righteousness.[5]

After law school, Hawley was a law clerk for Judge Michael W. McConnell of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.[2] He subsequently served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of the United States for Chief Justice John Roberts. During this year, Hawley met his wife, Erin Morrow, a fellow Supreme Court clerk.[5][6]

Religious liberty

After Hawley's clerkships, in 2008 he began working as an appellate litigator at Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C.[2] He served as senior counsel to The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, where he litigated First Amendment cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, in federal circuit courts, and in state courts of last resort.[7]

He litigated the religious liberty case at the Supreme Court level, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC. In the Hosanna-Taylor case, Hawley successfully helped expand the government's understanding of religious liberty.[8]

In 2011, Hawley moved to Missouri and became an associate professor at the University of Missouri Law School, where he taught constitutional law, constitutional theory, legislation, and torts.[2][9]

Attorney General of Missouri (2017–present)

2016 election

Main article: Missouri Attorney General election, 2016

In 2016, Hawley ran for Attorney General of Missouri. On August 2, he defeated Kurt Schaefer in the Republican primary with 64% of the vote.[10] He faced Teresa Hensley in the general election on November 8. Hawley won 58.5% of the vote to Hensley's 41.5%.[10]

Affordable Care Act

Hawley joined a lawsuit to challenge the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare)[11], which "could strike down insurance protections for people with pre-existing conditions."[12] "Hawley and his top aides have refused to explain any details of his involvement." in the lawsuit.[13]

Opioid manufacturer lawsuit and investigation

In June 2017, Hawley announced that the State of Missouri had filed a lawsuit in state court against three major drug companies, Purdue Pharma, Endo Health Solutions, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, for hiding the danger of prescription painkillers. The state alleges that the companies violated Missouri consumer protection and Medicaid laws. At a press conference announcing the lawsuit, Hawley said that “we come to hold these companies accountable...They used bogus front organizations and fake research; they used fraudulent advertising and deceptive trade practices... And they repeatedly lied about the true risks of the drugs they sold.”[14][15]

The lawsuit alleges that the pharmaceutical companies created shell companies to misrepresent the risks of opioids, such as producing biased[clarification needed] that overstating the benefits of opioids while underplaying their risks. The State argues that these actions have contributed to the opioid epidemic, which has particularly harmed Missouri. The opioid death rate in Missouri is 160% of the national average.[16] The lawsuit is one of the largest in state history, seeking damages worth hundreds of millions of dollars.[17] The pharmaceutical companies deny the allegations.

In August 2017, Hawley announced that he had opened another investigation into seven opioid distributors (Allergan, Depomed, Insys, Mallinckrodt, Mylan, Pfizer and Teva Pharmaceuticals). According to the Attorney General's Office, the investigation began on suspicions of "deception, fraud, false promise, misrepresentation, unfair practices, and/or the concealment, suppression or omission of material facts in connection with the sale or advertisement of opioids."[18] On October 31, 2017 Hawley expanded his investigation into three additional pharmaceutical companies (AmerisouthBergen Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc., and McKesson Corporation), the three largest U.S. opioid distributors.[19]

Privacy investigations into Google and Facebook

The Missouri Attorney General Office currently has open investigations into Google, Facebook, Uber, and Equifax.[20]

In November 2017, Josh Hawley opened an investigation into whether Google’s business practices violated state consumer protection and anti-trust laws. The lawsuit was the first of its kind in the United States. “No entity in the history of the world has collected as much information on individual consumers as Google,” he said at a news conference. Hawley's concern was brought by reports that Google was collecting more data about consumers than it admits, as well as whether Google manipulates its search results to hurt competitors.[21][22]

The Attorney General's Office announced that it had served a second subpoena on July 25, 2018 to further investigate Google's business practices.[23] “I’m for the free market, but I’m against monopoly and fraud,” Hawley has said. “I’m also concerned about the drift in our economy toward corporatism. We’ve got to make sure that competition is open and fair.”[24]

In April 2018, following the Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal, Hawley announced that his Office had issued a subpoena to Facebook related to how the company shares their users’ data. The investigation seeks to find whether Facebook properly handles its users’ sensitive data, as well as if Facebook collects more data on its users than it publicly admits.[25] At a press conference, Hawley summarized the motive behind his investigation: "the question is: What exactly is Facebook doing with this information, with whom are they sharing it, what are they doing to protect it from third parties who have access to this data?”[26]

Greitens scandals

In December 2017, Missouri's Republican Governor Eric Greitens and senior members of his staff were accused by Democrats and government transparency advocates of subverting Missouri's open records laws after the Kansas City Star reported that they used Confide, a messaging app that erases texts after they have been read, on their personal phones.[27] Hawley initially declined to prosecute, citing a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that the attorney general can't simultaneously represent a state officer and take legal action against that officer. However, on December 20, 2017, he announced his office would investigate, saying that his clients are "first and foremost the citizens of the state".[28][29][30] Hawley said text messages between government employees, whether made on private or government-issued phones, should be treated the same as emails — there must be a determination made as to whether the text is a record, and if so, if it is subject to disclosure. "I don't think it settles the matter just because it is a private device or a personal device. That alone, I believe, would not qualify that as a non-record." "This is one of the difficulties we face with a Sunshine Law that was written decades and decades ago and has not been updated to take into account modern technology. In general, text messages should be treated like and subject to the same analysis as emails."[28]

In April 2018, Hawley called evidence related to a sex scandal facing Greitens "shocking, substantial and corroborated" and "certainly impeachable" and called for Greitens to resign immediately.[31] In May 2018, after it was reported that taxpayers were paying two impeachment lawyers for Greitens $660 per hour, Hawley said Greitens' office was not authorized to hire private legal counsel without his permission.[32]

On April 23, 2018, one week after the release of a report detailing sexual misconduct allegations against Greitens, Hawley announced an investigation into the financing of Greitens' 2016 campaign. The investigation involved allegations that Greitens used a donor list of a veterans charity to solicit donations for his 2016 campaign.[33][34] On April 30, Hawley announced that his office had launched an investigation into possible violations of the state's Sunshine laws following allegations that a state employee had managed a social media account on Greitens' behalf.[35] That same month, Greitens asked a judge to issue a restraining order blocking Hawley from investigating him.[36]

On May 29, 2018, Greitens announced that he would resign effective June 1, 2018. Hawley responded, "Governor Greitens has done the right thing today."[37]

Table Rock Lake duck boat accident

In July 2018, Hawley's office opened a criminal investigation into the Table Rock Lake duck boat accident. The accident, which left 17 people dead, occurred when a duck boat capsized on Table Rock Lake in the Ozarks near Branson, Missouri.[38][39]

Swimming area lawsuit

Hawley has sued the owners of the Offsets, a flooded former quarry now used as a swimming area, where nine people have died since the 1980s. Hawley said the swimming area is a "public nuisance" that "poses an unlawful risk to public safety."[40][41]

Rape kit audit

In November 2017, Hawley announced a statewide audit of the number of untested sexual assault kits. Prior to the audit, the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch reported, "there was no clear picture on the total number of untested rape kits."[42]

Hawley's office received "information from 266 law enforcement agencies, 66 health care providers, and five crime labs."[42] The audit found 5,000 untested rape kits. Of the untested kits in the possession of hospitals and health clinics, almost 700 related to possible sexual assaults and rapes that had not been reported to the police. Josh Hawley told reporters that "from an individual perspective, any kit that goes untested means a survivor is denied the justice they so deserve."[42] Hawley's office determined that the backlog was due to a lack of communication between hospitals and government agencies. Following the investigation, Hawley recommended a set of guidelines, which including creating "uniform statewide standards for the collection, retention, and submission of rape kits" that would end the confusion between hospitals and law enforcement.[43]A measure to create an electronic tracking system for rape kits was co-authored by state representative Donna Lichtenegger (R-Jackson) and state senator Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane) and put before the General Assembly.[citation needed]

Catholic church investigation

On August 23, 2018, after reports of over 1,000 cases of sexual abuse were released by a grand jury in Pennsylvania, as well as protests by survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Saint Louis, Hawley announced that he would begin an investigation into potential cases of abuse in Missouri. The investigation is the first to be brought by a state after the Pennsylvania report.[44] Hawley promised that he would investigate any crimes, publish a report for the public, and refer potential cases to law enforcement officials across Missouri. After Hawley announced the investigation, St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson promised the Attorney General's Office that the Office would have “unfettered” access to archdiocese records. “Anything that we have we will turn over,” Carlson told reporters.[45] “The protection of children from criminal abuse is one of my office’s top priorities,” Hawley wrote in a letter to Carlson. “I look forward to cooperating with you to ensure that the children of the Archdiocese of St. Louis are fully protected from any threat of abuse.”[46]

United States Senate campaign

Main article: United States Senate election in Missouri, 2018

In August 2017, Hawley filed notification papers that he had formed an exploratory campaign committee for the U.S. Senate.[47][48] In October 2017, Hawley officially declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in Missouri's 2018 U.S. Senate election for the seat held by Democrat Claire McCaskill.[49] Hawley was endorsed by President Donald Trump in November 2017.[50] Appearing at a September 21, 2018 rally with Hawley in St. Louis[51], Trump criticized McCaskill for her declaration that she would vote against the confirmation of his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Despite multiple allegations of sexual assaults against Kavanaugh, Trump said his nomination should be confirmed and "women are for him more than anybody would understand."[52] During the general election campaign, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and the subject of protections for preexisting conditions was a key issue, with both candidates pledging to ensure protections for preexisting conditions.[53][54][55] Hawley's participation in a lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act (including its protections for preexisting conditions) stirred controversy.[56]

Hawley met criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for initiating his Senate campaign less than a year after being sworn in as Attorney General. A New York Times story noted that his Attorney General campaign had featured messages of disdain for "ladder climbing politicians." Hawley dismissed this criticism, stating that a Senate run was not on his mind during the Attorney General campaign.[5]

Political views

Abortion

Hawley is pro-life and has pledged to vote for pro-life judges should he be elected to the U.S. Senate.[57] Hawley has been endorsed by Missouri's Right to Life PAC in his 2018 U.S. Senate race.[58]

Sexuality

Hawley believes that the appropriate place for sex is "within marriage".[59]

Health care

Hawley has criticized the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). As Attorney General, Hawley joined a lawsuit with 20 other states in seeking to have the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) declared unconstitutional.[60][61] Hawley said the Affordable Care Act "was never constitutional,"[60] and spoke proudly of his involvement in the lawsuit[56] While running for the Senate in 2018, the Hawley campaign said that he supported protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, but did not elaborate on how such protections would be kept in place if the lawsuit would be successful.[56]

Immigration

Hawley is strongly in favour of strong legislation against illegal immigration, and has advocated for building the wall, funding the border patrol and supporting ICE.[62][63] Hawley was supportive of Trump's immigration policy for those who cross the border illegally, saying it was a matter of upholding law and order.[5]

Agricultural tariffs

Hawley will not say whether he supports or opposes President Trump’s trade war which "has sent soybean prices down and affected other industries in the state"[64] Hawley hopes that the tariffs will be temporary, eventually resulting in lower tariffs on US agriculture than before the trade battles[65]

Gun rights

Josh Hawley has a 93% rating from the NRA.[66] He does not support an assault weapons ban, but does support some gun-control measures such as strengthening background checks, banning bump stocks, and banning mentally-ill people from having any type of guns[67]

Human trafficking

Hawley stated that human trafficking is the result of women's sexual revolution in the 1960s, due to the social encouragement premarital sex and the use of contraception. After receiving criticism for these statements, Hawley reiterated that Hollywood culture was a major cause of human trafficking. The reasons for this connection were not made clear by the campaign and are not supported by empirical evidence.[59][68][69]

LGBTQ

In June 2013, Hawley served[70] as a faculty member of the Blackstone Legal Fellowship, funded by Alliance Defending Freedom, an conservative Christian group, considered an Anti-LGBT hate group[71] by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

U.S. Supreme Court nominations

Hawley's first commercial in the 2018 Senate campaign focused on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court, which he supported.[72][73] After Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault, Hawley staunchly defended Kavanaugh and said that Democrats had staged an "ambush" on him.[73]

Electoral history

2016 Missouri Attorney General election: Republican primary results[74]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Josh Hawley 415,702 64.22
Republican Kurt Schaefer 231,657 35.78
Total votes 647,359 100.00%
2016 Missouri Attorney General Election: General election results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Josh Hawley 1,607,550 58.5%
Democratic Teresa Hensley 1,140,252 41.5%
Total votes 2,747,802 100.00%

Personal life

Hawley and his wife, Erin Morrow, a law professor, live in Ashland, Missouri.[75] After complaints arose that he was not abiding by a residency requirement in state statute, Hawley also rented an apartment in Jefferson City.[76] They have two sons, Elijah and Blaise.[77]

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Selected publications

  • Hawley, Joshua David (2008). Theodore Roosevelt, Preacher of Righteousness. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300120103.
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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Attorney General of Missouri
2016 		Most recent
Preceded by Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Missouri
(Class 1)
2018
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Missouri
2017–present 		Incumbent
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