The Federalist Society (FS) is the most successful activist group to shape, if not make, federal court decisions. How has that come about? Where did they come from? And what do they want? Before ...
In an email chain addressed to two of his colleagues in March 2001, Brett Kavanaugh, then associate counsel to President George W. Bush, complained to his colleagues about recent press reports ...
Peter S. Canellos is POLITICO managing editor for enterprise and author of the 2021 book, The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Hero. When the Federalist Society ...
An ethics committee, composed of federal judges, recently circulated a draft opinion concluding that it would be unethical for a federal judge to be a member of the Federalist Society for Law and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jon Krause for the Deseret News In the early-morning hours of April 19, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a highly unusual order.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks during the Federalist Society's 40th Anniversary dinner at Union Station in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2022. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP So ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Who is Andrew Bain? Federalist Society judge picked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to replace State Attorney Monique Worrell ORLANDO ...
That’s the title of my new Confirmation Tales post, which explores a surprising controversy that arose at the outset of John Robert’s nomination to the Supreme Court in 2005. The White House raced to ...
The judge appointed by former President Obama who ruled this week that Trump pick Alina Habba lacks the authority to serve as the acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey is a longtime Republican, with ...
After President Bush tapped John G. Roberts Jr. for the Supreme Court, the nominee was widely reported to be a member of the Federalist Society -- an assertion that White House officials vigorously ...
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Andrew Bain, a member of the conservative Federalist Society, former prosecutor and Orange County judge, was picked Wednesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis to replace Monique Worrell after he suspended her as ...