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New Leo group seeks to influence culture

Inside the “private and confidential” conservative group that promises to “crush liberal dominance”

Salon

My New Video on Kelo v. City of New London

The video is part of the Federalist Society's series on important Supreme Court decisions.

Reason

Prof. Steven Calabresi (Northwestern) Joining Us as a Co-Blogger

I'm delighted to report that Prof. Steven Calabresi (Clayton J. & Henry R. Barber Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law) is joining our merry band! Steve has written or cowritten over seventy law review articles and three books on constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, federal jurisdiction, and…

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Commentary: Antonin Scalia and the uncertain future of legal conservatism

During her 2010 Senate confirmation hearings, centrist-liberal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan famously allowed that “we are all originalists.” In a 2015 interview at Harvard Law School honoring her then-colleague Justice Antonin Scalia, Kagan proclaimed that “we are all textualists now.”

Chicago Tribune

Podcast on United States v. Texas

In this Federalist Society podcast on a major immigration case currently before the Supreme Court, I go over the issues at stake, and make some tentative predictions about the case's likely outcome.

Reason

What Happened When Mark Joseph Stern Interviewed Judge William Pryor

Slate's legal correspondent questioned the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit about the Federalist Society.

Reason

Kansas justice chides state law school for 'closed' climate

A Kansas Supreme Court justice has resigned in protest from a part-time teaching job at a state law school following what he says was an unsuccessful university attempt to pressure students into canceling an event featuring a leader of a group that opposes LGBTQ rights

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From Kansas S. Ct. Justice, About Univ. of Kansas Law School's Response to a Federalist Society Event

"Consider that—as reported in the local paper—several students were so distraught over this event and afraid for their 'physical and emotional safety' that they claimed they could not even be inside Green Hall at the same time as the speaker. Perhaps this should alert us to an institutional failure to…

Reason

Ultra-conservative gala welcomes supreme court justices who ended Roe v Wade

Opinion author Samuel Alito gets long ovation at anniversary dinner for Federalist Society

The Guardian - US

Justices cheered at conservative group's anniversary dinner

Four of the five Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion showed up at the conservative Federalist Society’s black-tie dinner marking its 40th anniversary

The Independent UK

What's Next For FedSoc?

Politico writes about the future of the Federalist Society

Reason

Video of Federalist Society Panel on "What are the Limits of Executive Emergency Powers"

The panelists included Elizabeth Goitein (Brennan Center, NYU), Daniel Dew (Pacific Legal Foundation), and myself.

Reason

The US government wants to argue against North Carolina lawmakers at the Supreme Court

RALEIGH, N.C. — The United States government is so opposed to a theory North Carolina lawmakers plan to argue in front of the Supreme Court that it now wants to be included in oral arguments.

Tribune News Service

Senate elections portend future of judiciary

WASHINGTON — Republicans are vowing to pressure President Joe Biden to nominate moderate judicial candidates if the GOP wins back control of the U.S. Senate in midterm elections.

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Judge boycotts Yale over cancel culture

“I don't want to cancel Yale. I want Yale to stop cancelling people like me," said Judge James Ho

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court starts new term in political spotlight, tilted right

WASHINGTON — An empowered conservative majority of the Supreme Court begins a new term next week replete with cases that could reshape how the country considers social issues such as race in elections and higher education, after decisions from the last term brought the justices to the forefront of the…

Roll Call

Supreme Court starts new term in political spotlight, tilted right - Roll Call

The high court begins a new term with cases that could reshape how the country considers race in elections and higher education.

Salon

Bill Barr's crackpot theory got us here

Bill Barr, John Yoo and their Federalist Society pals told Trump that presidential power had no limits. Whoops!

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The Guardian - US

The Trump judge ruling on the Mar-a-Lago affair is defying established law

Why is a young, ideologically-driven judge with a lifetime appointment to the bench allowed to ignore legal precedents?

Reason

"Classified" On-Line Events Tuesday and Thursday; Bernstein Meets Academic Critics/Skeptics/Allies?

On Tuesday night at 8pm ET, I have a Federalist Society event styled as a debate this with Harvard Law's Randall Kennedy on racial classifications. I'm sure we will disagree on some things, but I expect overall will be more of a discussion. Register here. On Thursday at 3pm ET,…

The Guardian - US

Special master ruling shows Trump’s takeover of courts has started to sting

Aileen Cannon, who Trump nominated in 2020, granted his wish over the Mar-a-Lago search – a maverick decision that is the thin end of the wedge

Tribune News Service

Trump-appointed judge courts controversy with Mar-a-Lago order

When U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon was up for Senate confirmation in 2020, she was pointedly asked whether she’d had discussions about loyalty to then-President Donald Trump before he nominated her to Florida’s federal bench.

The Guardian - US

Leonard Leo: the secretive rightwinger using billions to reshape America

Marble Freedom Trust, advocacy group headed by Leo, has received staggering $1.6bn donation to push conservative causes

Reason

"Do University Diversity Statement Requirements Violate the Constitution?"

I very much enjoyed participating in this Federalist-Society-organized webinar, together with Prof. Brian Soucek (UC Davis). As is common for such Federalist Society programs, the panelists were chosen to present different views (though I think it's fair to say that Prof. Soucek and I agree on some things as well…

Salon

Secretive GOP billionaire's $1.6B gift

Industrialist Barre Seid gave $1.6 billion to new group run by Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo

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