Leonard leo is executive vice president of the federalist society, which advances the cause of limited constitutional government. He organized conservative support for clarence thomas and john roberts and sam malido. His role increased dramatically when candidate trump asked him to draw up a list of potential nominees.
Indiana lawyer Jim Bopp has spent most of his life chipping away at Roe v. Wade. His incremental approach to overturning the Court’s decades-old precedent appears to have paid off.
This episode was produced by Jillian Weinberger, edited by Katherine Wells with Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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