>The people behind the Federalist Society are filing lawsuits to attack President Trump and his efforts to get fair trade deals.
The Federalist Society, a conservative organization founded at Yale Law School, built a pipeline between law schools and top judgeships and influenced the selection of the past three Supreme Court justices.
By 2024, six of the nine Supreme Court justices considered themselves members or affiliates of the Federalist Society — the culmination of a longstanding pipeline connecting members of Federalist Society chapters at America’s top law schools to high-level judgeships and political offices.
With six of the nine current Supreme Court justices serving as members or affiliates of the Federalist Society — Clarence Thomas LAW ’74, Samuel Alito LAW ’75, John Roberts, Kavanaugh, Barrett and Gorsuch — the group’s impact on the national judiciary is notably more significant than its founders anticipated.
Other affiliates include former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray ’89 LAW ’92, former U.S. Attorneys General Edwin Meese ’53 and John Ashcroft ’64 and senator Josh Hawley LAW ’06.
An “affiliate relationship” to the society is defined by membership in one of its divisions, regular attendance at events or speaking at events.
Today, the Society is represented at all 204 ABA-accredited law schools in the country
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/11/04/how-the-federalist-society-shaped-americas-judiciary/
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