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Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society is the man to see if you aspire to the Supreme Court
No hearing for Judge Garland, one justice jammed through the Senate by the slightest margin, and now another. Meet the man at the center of the religious rights court packing plan.
Senators should ask nominees about any and all contacts with him.
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Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society is the man to see if you aspire to the Supreme Court
By DAVID G. SAVAGE JUL 06, 2018 | 3:00 AM | WASHINGTON
Leonard Leo, a vice president of the conservative Federalist Society, will soon have his own grateful bloc of ideological allies on the Supreme Court.
Since the 1990s, he has been one of the most important inside players in the conservative legal movement and the man to see for those who aspire to sit on the nations highest courts.
Leo has been a longtime friend and champion of Justice Clarence Thomas, and he played a crucial role in promoting the two most recent Republican appointees to the high court: Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch.
And on Monday, President Trump is expected to nominate another new justice from the short list prepared by Leo and the Federalist Society.
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By DAVID G. SAVAGE JUL 06, 2018 | 3:00 AM | WASHINGTON
Leonard Leo, a vice president of the conservative Federalist Society, will soon have his own grateful bloc of ideological allies on the Supreme Court.
Since the 1990s, he has been one of the most important inside players in the conservative legal movement and the man to see for those who aspire to sit on the nations highest courts.
Leo has been a longtime friend and champion of Justice Clarence Thomas, and he played a crucial role in promoting the two most recent Republican appointees to the high court: Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch.
And on Monday, President Trump is expected to nominate another new justice from the short list prepared by Leo and the Federalist Society.
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Being Catholic isnt a bad idea if you want to ascend to the Supreme Court.
Its amazing to see something like this, in an article also promoting the Federalist Society, in a major newspaper in 2018. And our Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist Justices are ....
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Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society is the man to see if you aspire to the Supreme Court (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2018
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dalton99a
(81,091 posts)1. Francis, please excommunicate this Trump-loving trash from your church.
czarjak
(11,197 posts)2. Have these fools never considered that everything Donald Trump...
Will be declared null and void eventually?