Roy Kohn and Ronald Wilson Reagan

In 1980 Roy Kohn got involved in national politics in a way he really hadn't before. One of his friends was another fellow you might have heard of Ronald Wilson Reagan. Despite being a registered Democrat Kohn and his partners at the law firm campaigned and raised money for Reagan's campaign. Using his young friend Roger Stone Kohn bribed the liberal party which was a third party to endorse John B. Anderson, who would take votes away from Jimmy Carter. Now when Reagan won the election the New York Times noted like lawyer campaigners of all parties before them the two now have a voice in the appointment of judges that members of their law firm appear before.