Tag: Federalist Society

A Potentially Huge Supreme Court Case Has a Hidden Conservative Backer

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday that, on paper, are about a group of commercial fishermen who oppose a government fee that they consider unreasonable. But the lawyers who have helped to propel their case to the nation’s highest court have a far more powerful backer: the petrochemicals billionaire Charles Koch. […]

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Senate Panel Approves Subpoenas for Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow

The Senate Judiciary Committee authorized subpoenas on Thursday for conservative allies of Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr., acting over angry objections from Republicans to secure more information about luxury travel, gifts and other benefits provided to members of the Supreme Court. The panel concluded an acrimonious session with Republicans storming out as […]

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America Needs a Pro-Democracy Conservative Legal Establishment

American democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law are the righteous causes of our times, and the nation’s legal profession is obligated to support them. But with the acquiescence of the larger conservative legal movement, these pillars of our system of governance are increasingly in peril. The dangers will only grow should Donald Trump […]

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Trump’s Allies Want a New Breed of Lawyer if He Returns to Power

Close allies of Donald J. Trump are preparing to populate a new administration with a more aggressive breed of right-wing lawyer, dispensing with traditional conservatives who they believe stymied his agenda in his first term. The allies have been drawing up lists of lawyers they view as ideologically and temperamentally suited to serve in a […]

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An About-Face on Whether the 14th Amendment Bars Trump From Office

A little more than a month ago, a law professor who helped found the Federalist Society, the conservative legal group, enthusiastically endorsed a new law review article arguing that Donald J. Trump was ineligible to be president. The article was “a tour de force,” the professor, Steven G. Calabresi, told me. It demonstrated, he said, […]

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