Editing Lowell Weicker (section)

==Later career==
[[File:Lowell Weicker in 2006 (206884444) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Weicker at a 2006 event for [[Ned Lamont]] in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]]]]

Weicker published a memoir entitled ''Maverick'' in 1995, co-written with [[Barry Sussman]].<ref name = Pazniokas/><ref name = Johnson/> The following year, he joined the board of directors for [[Compuware]].<ref name="COMPUWARE-CORPORATION-Jul-2002-DEF-14A">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/523/95012402002402/filing-main.htm |title=COMPUWARE CORPORATION, Form DEF 14A, Filing Date Jul 22, 2002 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =May 15, 2018}}</ref> In 1999, he became a member of the board of directors for the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (now known as WWE), and held this position until 2011.<ref>[http://www.greenwichtime.com/default/article/The-break-up-Weicker-to-leave-the-board-of-WWE-1342526.php "The breakup: Weicker to leave the board of WWE"], GreenwichTime.com, April 18, 2011</ref> Despite the long professional relationship, Weicker did not support former WWE CEO [[Linda McMahon]] in either of her unsuccessful bids for the U.S. Senate in [[2010 United States Senate election in Connecticut|2010]] or [[2012 United States Senate election in Connecticut|2012]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Backing-Murphy-Weicker-disparages-McMahon-s-3865380.php |title=Backing Murphy, Weicker disparages McMahon's credentials |author=Neil Vigdor |access-date=September 4, 2020 |date=September 14, 2012 |work=Connecticut Post}}</ref>

Weicker served from 2001 to 2011 as president of the board of directors of [[Trust for America's Health]], a Washington, DC–based non-profit, non-partisan health policy research organization and was formerly a member of the board of directors of United States Tobacco. From 2003 on Weicker served on the board of Medallion Financial Corp., a lender to purchasers of taxi medallions in leading cities across the U.S. He was named to the board through his personal and business relationship with [[Andrew M. Murstein]], president of Medallion.<ref>Medallion Financial Corp. annual report, 2010, p. 78</ref>

Weicker considered a rematch against Senator [[Joe Lieberman]] in [[2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut|2006]]. He objected to Lieberman's support for the [[Iraq War]] and told ''[[The New York Times]]'' in 2005, "If he's out there scot-free and nobody will do it [run against Senator Lieberman], I'd have to give serious thought to doing it myself, and I don't want to do it."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/06/nyregion/metrocampaigns/weicker-may-return-to-politics-over-liebermans.html|title=Weicker May Return to Politics Over Lieberman's Support of War|last=Yardley|first=William|date=December 6, 2005|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127143932/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/06/nyregion/metrocampaigns/weicker-may-return-to-politics-over-liebermans.html|archive-date=November 27, 2018|url-status=live|language=en}}</ref> Weicker ultimately did not run, but he endorsed [[Ned Lamont]], who defeated Lieberman in the Democratic primary, causing Lieberman to run as an independent.<ref name = Pazniokas/> The Lieberman campaign released an ad that borrowed from one aired during the 1988 Senate race, which depicted Weicker as a [[hibernating]] [[bear]] ignoring his Senate duties except at election time. In the 2006 ad, Weicker reappeared as a wounded bear while Lieberman's Democratic challenger, Lamont, was depicted as a bear cub sent and directed by Weicker. Lieberman ultimately defeated Lamont in November.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/CT/S/01/epolls.0.html | work=CNN | title=CNN.com – Elections 2006 | access-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref>

In 2015, despite criticizing Cuba for its lack of "human rights and democratic elections", Weicker described the country's [[Universal healthcare|free healthcare]] system as one of its most positive aspects.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lymeline.com/2015/01/former-governor-lowell-weicker-lauds-president-obamas-new-openness-to-cuba/|title=Former Governor Lowell Weicker Lauds President Obama's New Openness to Cuba}}</ref>

During the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016|2016 Republican primaries]], Weicker wrote an editorial in the ''[[Hartford Courant]]'' in which he criticized the repudiation of [[Rockefeller Republican]]s, the party's alienation of various population groups, and its obstructionist stance in Congress. He stated that the selection of [[Donald Trump]] as their presidential candidate "will complete their slow and steady descent into irrelevance."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-weicker-republicans-self-destructed-0515-20160513-story.html|title=Weicker: Trump Signals Sunset Of Republican Party|last=Weicker, Jr.|first=Lowell|date=May 14, 2016|work=[[Hartford Courant]]|access-date=June 18, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2020, he filed an [[amicus brief]] on the side of [[Pennsylvania]] in the notable election case ''[[Texas v. Pennsylvania]]''. Pennsylvania won the case and Biden was sworn in shortly after. Weicker had served with Biden in the U.S. Senate for 16 years.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://reason.com/volokh/2020/12/09/additional-filings-in-and-additional-thoughts-on-the-texas-election-suit/ |title=Additional Filings in and Additional Thoughts on the Texas Election Suit |date=December 9, 2020 |department=[[The Volokh Conspiracy]] |magazine=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]] |first=Jonathan H. |last=Adler |author-link=Jonathan H. Adler |access-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209234239/https://reason.com/volokh/2020/12/09/additional-filings-in-and-additional-thoughts-on-the-texas-election-suit/ |url-status=live }}</ref>