High Drama at the High Court (with Joan Biskupic)
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The Federalist Society: A New Lens on Judiciary Selection
The federalist society started at Chicago and Yale by three former Yale undergrads who wanted to continue a conservative debating society that they had had in New Haven. In the 80s, at the very first session, I think Stephen Breyer spoke along with Robert Bork and Antonas Scalia. But then what happened is that it became much more of a networking money entity. And now anyone who wants to be appointed to the federal courts under a Republican president must get his or her ticket punched with the federalist society.
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