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21 Nov 2020, 10:24 am by admin
When Trump’s nomination as the Republican Party candidate for president seemed assured in June 2016, columnist George Will announced to the Federalist Society that he had changed his party affiliation from Republican to unaffiliated.[4] On the other side of the Atlantic, conservative thinkers such as the late Sir Roger Scruton rolled their eyes at the prospect of Donald Trump’s masquerading as a conservative.[5] After Trump had the benefit of a few months to get his sea… [read post]
17 Nov 2020, 4:38 pm by CAFE
In the full episode, Preet and Anne discuss President Trump’s decision to put Rudy Giuliani in charge of his legal efforts to contest the outcome of the election, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s controversial speech at the Federalist Society Convention, and more. [read post]
17 Nov 2020, 10:26 am by Tom Smith
The usual mainstream-media suspects wasted no time in blasting as inappropriate Samuel Alito’s address last week to the Federalist ­Society. [read post]
16 Nov 2020, 3:53 pm by Amy Howe
A few hours after the diocese filed its request last week, Justice Samuel Alito – who would have granted two requests over the summer by churches in California and Nevada for relief from COVID-19 shutdown orders – spoke at the annual convention for the Federalist Society, the conservative legal group. [read post]
15 Nov 2020, 6:01 pm by David Oscar Markus
And in other news, Justice Alito thought it was a good idea to go and give a political speech at the Federalist Society. [read post]
15 Nov 2020, 11:40 am by Howard Bashman
“Supreme Court Justice Alito mocks Cambridge, slams New England senators in speech to Federalist Society”: Jeremy C. [read post]
14 Nov 2020, 5:51 pm by Howard Bashman
“Supreme Court Justice Alito’s Federalist Society speech shows how political the court will get; One of the Supreme Court’s leading conservatives openly joined the culture wars, and clearly telegraphed his intentions now that he’s in the majority”: Professor Scott Lemieux has this essay online at NBC News. [read post]
14 Nov 2020, 1:58 pm by Sandy Levinson
  That is, much of consists of the equivalent of a "long train of abuses," or, perhaps more accurately, a "bill of particulars" with regard to the disconnect between the nature of the challenges facing us today as a society and the capacity of the existing Constitution to provide any hope for needed changes. [read post]
14 Nov 2020, 1:15 pm by Tom Smith
“Tolerance for opposing views is now in short supply,” Alito added in a virtual keynote speech to a conference of the conservative Federalist Society, in which he referenced the current state of discourse in the nation's law schools and the “broader academic community. [read post]
14 Nov 2020, 10:00 am by Howard Bashman
“In Unusually Political Speech, Alito Says Liberals Pose Threat to Liberties; The conservative justice’s pointed remarks, which he made in a speech to the Federalist Society, reflected thoughts he has expressed in his opinions”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times. [read post]
Supreme Court Justice Alito gave a speech at the Federalist Society’s annual National Lawyers Convention on Thursday in which he declared that “religious liberty is fast becoming a disfavored right. [read post]
14 Nov 2020, 5:28 am
Said Harvard lawprof Mark Tushnet, quoted in "In Unusually Political Speech, Alito Says Liberals Pose Threat to Liberties/The conservative justice’s pointed remarks, which he made in a speech to the Federalist Society, reflected thoughts he has expressed in his opinions" (NYT). [read post]
13 Nov 2020, 12:24 pm by Josh Blackman
ACS, created as a liberal counterweight to the Federalist Society, promotes the values of "individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, access to justice, democracy and the rule of law. [read post]
13 Nov 2020, 10:32 am by Kalvis Golde
In what became a theme of his remarks, he quoted from Justice Elena Kagan, who, while speaking at a Federalist Society event at Harvard Law School while she was dean, declared, “I love the Federalist Society … but you are not my people. [read post]
13 Nov 2020, 7:09 am by Associated Press
” “The pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty,” Alito said in an address to the conservative Federalist Society, which is ... [read post]