Alito's SCOTUS corruption starts a fire How the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision made climate change worse Salon · Jul 20, 2023
How the Supreme Court's conservative majority came to be The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump's term, but its roots go back to the Bushes and the political circumstances of 1991 and 2005. WEKU · Jul 13, 2023
Ethics reform not enough to restore public confidence in partisan Supreme Court Our nation seems stuck with a court that is selectively responsive to the arguments and interests of only some Americans — those on the right. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 11, 2023
How the Supreme Court's conservative majority came to be The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump's term, but its roots go back to the Bushes and the political circumstances of 1991 and 2005. WEKU · Jul 1, 2023
Billionaires' SCOTUS investment pays off A pair of SCOTUS decisions make clear the corruption that conservatives on the court have worked hard to obfuscate Salon · Jun 30, 2023
KBJ torches affirmative action ruling The “visibly angry” justice said Thomas “ignites too many straw men to list” Salon · Jun 29, 2023
Alito linked to Moore v. Harper law firm Alito has a close relationship with Charles Cooper, whose law firm is representing petitioners in the pivotal case Salon · Jun 28, 2023
US dark-money fund spends millions to back Republican attorneys general Concord Fund, linked to Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo, a lavish supporter of Republican Attorneys General Association The Guardian - US · Jun 23, 2023
Why GOP justices are so whiny The Federalist Society keeps SCOTUS judges in a perpetually whiny state Salon · Jun 23, 2023
Federal health care rulings highlight court shopping The practice of court shopping has gained recognition due to the recent abortion pill case. Axios · Jun 22, 2023
Alito took lux trip with GOP billionaire Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself Salon · Jun 21, 2023
Pence nods to role of judges in conservative push on abortion - Roll Call Former Vice President Mike Pence told a legal group Tuesday that the next Republican administration should curtail the power of agencies. Roll Call · Apr 25, 2023
Judge James C. Ho's Remarks on Justice Thomas and Judge Kacsmaryk "We should apply the highest ethical standards, not hypocritical double standards." Reason · Apr 18, 2023
Video of My Federalist Society "Seat at the Sitting" Talk on Tyler v. Hennepin County My presentation covers an important takings case currently before the Supreme Court. Reason · Apr 14, 2023
Reason · Apr 9, 2023 The "Denominator" Problem At Stanford Law School At what point does a permissible protest turn into unlawful heckling?
The Guardian - US · Apr 6, 2023 Rightwing legal activist accused of misusing $73m from non-profit groups A watchdog complaint filed with the IRS presents an accounting of the money paid to Leonard Leo’s for-profit businesses
Salon · Mar 18, 2023 A Federalist Society for all things Donald Trump's so-called Supreme Court whisperer wants to expand his success to other parts of American society
The Guardian - US · Mar 14, 2023 Election-denying donors pour millions into key Wisconsin supreme court race ‘An organized group of insurrectionists’ is seeking to swing a vote with big implications for voting rights, redistricting and abortion
Reason · Mar 12, 2023 Stanford President and Stanford Law School Dean Apologize to Judge Kyle Duncan From today's letter (posted by Ed Whelan [National Review Online]): Dear Judge Duncan, We write to apologize for the disruption of your recent speech at Stanford Law School. As has already been communicated to our community, what happened was inconsistent with our policies on free speech, and we are very…
Salon · Mar 9, 2023 New Leo group seeks to influence culture Inside the “private and confidential” conservative group that promises to “crush liberal dominance”
Reason · Feb 6, 2023 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 · Jan 15, 2023 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…
Chicago Tribune · Jan 3, 2023 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.”
Reason · Dec 16, 2022 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 · Dec 12, 2022 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.