From the New York Times, unlike above all, this is a day to day with useless discipline and plans decades in the making. The republican Party is carrying out a sweeping transformation of the federal issue. In many comments with bread, cabin whose Supreme Court confirmation here begin its Tuesday.

September forth in a unanimous decision, the nine Supreme Court Justice is ruled racial segregation in publicly supported schools to be unconstitutional, declaring that it denied equal opportunity. The Supreme Court and their nineteen fifties and sixtys state cannot infringe upon. The right the original Mildred, loving Mary, because of rings and into the seventies first remember. Suddenly key role against way became a real vehicle, liberal social policy that every man you're getting versus Wainwright present title to the benefit of council. Miranda ruling IRAN were ready and the right to an attorney. The other right remain silent. Then all the way up to Roby Wade, obviously a landmark ruling the Supreme Court,

the guy legalised abortions. All these decisions were quite liberal- by progressive and really advance a liberal view of american society. Chieftains England, with this story for the Times magazine. So all liberals are obviously cheered by this meal. It starts to dawn on conservatives that the courts are behaving in ways that are hostile to their own interests and in the minds of these conservatives, who object to these landmark cases. What was behind these liberal rulings? There are two things one. There was just the culture of the legal fashion which beginning in law, schools they felt tended to peddle liberal bias. So just by them nature. You were gonna. Have these law schools produce more liberal lawyers amends can think they believed was that republican politicians, republican President's warrant necessarily thinking about conservatism when they pick supreme

justice is. They were looking for people who had experience and integrity, but they were necessarily thinking but their judicial philosophies, so they were appointing judges, injustices who weren't themselves necessarily that conservative. So conservatives feel in this period that the entire pipeline, the kind of entire legal system that puts people into judge ships, including the Supreme Court, was doing a pretty bad job of representing their viewpoints and cultivating them, yes, that pipelines a great word. There is no mechanism for conservatives to climb that latter necessarily and then the nation elected a new president tonight, Ronald and laid over, President Carter is threatening to become a landslide victory, Ray and is the lesson and nineteen. Eighty and Reagan represents a real sea change for them

a working party in a number of ways and his snow he's the leader of the conservative movement, but that that movement now extends to the courts. De sherry, melodic conservatives, who were angry about the Supreme Court decisions and the fifty Sixtys and Seventys you in Reagan. They had a real vehicle and a champion for, posing an ideological view these judicial appointments. The court were no longer walled off from these other political considerations, but it's another actually have enough of these NEO conservative minded judges to actually peck and put on the bench, and I think conservatives recognise that they needed to start laying the groundwork to actually create these kind of judges if elite law schools. Hubs of liberalism. They work on a produce, the kind of lawyers that conservatives would need to stop the bench and actually serve as a counterweight to the liberal judges who, made all these rulings. So what do they do to try to create that counterweight in nice

Eighty two: you have a group of somewhat disaffected conservative law students at Yale and at Chicago who are feeling beleaguered and out of place, and you know, surrounded by liberals everywhere and they on their own, establish an organisation that they call the federal society ungenerous calibration, the president at the University of Chicago Federalist Society, which will be a home for them. Before I begin, I that suggestion all of you should put, the city or from on your name tag. So everybody can get better acquainted guarantee they just viewed it in some ways is a safe space just somewhere you go to find. Like minded people, you offer really appreciate it see a lot of new faces in a lot of new faces in the hallway come into effect, a society that, but pretty soon the group start spreading to other campuses, everyone. My name is Ben Massey and on the president of the University of Virginia chapter of the federal society and conservative law, professor sees young federalists and they are still most in at twenties,

think of themselves as a new generation of young Turks begin to recognise it as a possible via for young conservative lawyers to get the kind of career, training and professional connections that They will allow them to be ready to assume a place on the bench and service group that forms the federalist society. What's that a reference to its a reference to the Federalist papers, which were a series of essays written by some of the framers the constitution that led forth the ground rules that govern the early days of American Republic, the Constitution, a written document whose words were debated at length and carefully chosen and therefore the founders handiwork may be presumed to convey and then meaning the federal society. People were kind of Islam, washing themselves as the guardians of what this country is countries to be about. Prostitution itself by its own terms

in law of the land, not the body of constitutional decisions, which have grown up around they're, going to hearken back to its original days. The courts are bound by the written commands of the constitution, no less than the executive, no less than the Congress and make sure that what was happening today was following what the founders intended. These assertions about american law found hospitality at the heart of the Federalist society at a time when legal academic establishment had bar distort the conservative critique of the court's, was that they were out of step with what they were intended be that you had judges, kind of imposing their own political and personal opinions on things and not sticking to the or of the law and I think that's the federal society believed they were gonna counteracting look. I would say the way the country was in the nineteen. Fifty sixtys and Seventys goes very different country in the seventeen seventy two seventy Ladys and therefore it was perfectly-

capable and right for judges to try to take these broad principles and guidelines established, was back then and apply them to stay. But if you stick to the letter of what they're saying it's a fool's errand services, we the debate about whether the law should be allowed to be interpreted, given the context and the timing of the country at any given moment verses thinking that the law is immutable immovable and should remain a constant, no matter what happened? Yes, so it sounds like the federal society is focusing on establishing that pipeline of lawyers. Who will adhere to this judicial philosophy that you just laid out. Meanwhile, what is President Reagan doing to support that seem kind? vision. I am pleased to announce that, upon completion of all the necessary checks by the Federal Bureau of Investigation will he gets the upper to mirror point three conservative justices. I will send the Senate nominees

Judge Sandra Day, O Connor of Arizona. He points I am today announcing my intention, dynamic United States Circuit Judge, Anthony Kennedy and Kennedy and Somalia, and he also elevates renquist the chief justice. I've had the honour of nominating justice renquist to be the next chief justice, the United and Judge Scalia to be the associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. So this seems to be going very well. This plan to transform the judiciary and pretty fast if you're, conservative thinker or a member of the Federalist deciding yeah

image at the same time, the Reagan is doing this in servitude, sir winning the day, the Borg nomination to scream corridors and inflection point. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my privilege to night to laughable most able proponent of the rule of law and the great constitution this devout time Robin, and why the boar nomination to Spring Board is real moment. My opinion is that there are too many laws in this country and that we are re dressing too many petty grievances Democrats on the hill recognised the threat that Borg pose Goerck sides with the president in opposing legalised aboard and many affirmative action decisions. Robert forks America is a land of which women would be forced into back alley abortions. Robert Borax America. There is no room at the Inn for blacks and no place in the constitution for women and men.

America, there should be no seat on the Supreme Court. Robert Borg and defeated him. Bork refuse to withdraw and the Senate rejected his nomination. Fifty eight to forty two with that created a sense among some Republicans that they couldn't get too aggressive when he d be a little bit cagey or about what you're trying to do because, if you nominates someone like Bork who was so outspoken and just frontal in terms of his judicial views, they work and be able to confirm and how much of a setback was this for Reagan, conservatives and the federal society In some ways it was the defining event furthest federal society in its young life I mean, I think, for a lot of conservative here's today they look back on board defeat as a real moment for one day when they realise what they were gonna be up against, but then just on a practical level because they overshot with work. They needed to arraign things back

and so ultimately Reagan nominates, Anthony Kennedy to the seat that work would have occupied and then George W Bush appoints David suitor too, import your Reagan and Bush thought that suitor and Kennedy we're gonna, be quite conservative, but there wasn't a lot of evidence for it and ass. It turned out, They weren't that conservative they weren't nearly as conservative as I think that people hoped they would be The biggest consequences plan, parenthood, verse Casey. It's early disturbing that we have to come out here in March, for something which is so fundamental is a woman's right to choose and so a ninety. Ninety two you get this case, that is the vehicle to overturn row, and you have a supreme court that has now been stocked with justices. You been appointed by

presidents, who are considering ideology, considering judicial philosophy. This is what everything has been leading up to and then by a vote of seven due to Accord agreed to uphold three of for restrictions on abortions in Pennsylvania, the court whiffs justices sender, day, O Connor, David suitor and Anthony Kennedy, wrote after considering the fundamental constitutional questions resolved by row. We are led to conclude this, the essential holding

Roby wage should be retained and once again affirmed the blood of thirty million. Children is already crying out to Almighty God for vengeance, and today three Reagan. Bush appointee dab the prologue movement in the back and Burma the bloodshed it with. Because of these three judges who were appointed by Reagan Ambush, you can't pull the trigger, they can actually follow through and overturn row, and I think that conservative legal activists view this as you kind of a failure of nerve that they had not put people on the bench. You could actually carry out the mission. So what conclusion do conservatives draw from this experience about what

What to do next. There two conclusions, one: they need to just start vetting judicial candidates better and then at the more sort of ground level. They want to redouble their efforts to produce legal mines that ultimately can get on the bench and carry out the and you see that at the law, schools we are with the federal society, which is now maybe ten years old and has really kind of established itself and has created a network not just in these laws schools, but your posts law school there. Now enough. Conservative judges on the bench that, if you're a federal society, no law student, you can then get a clerk ship with one of these judges and that's gonna. We do a clerk ship on the Supreme Court and new after you clerk on the Supreme Court, you go to a law firm where their other federal society members other conservatives and they groom you and you're. Just kind of carried along at each step of your career by this network has been built for you. Thank you very much

a delight to be here, and I appreciate very much. The invitation by the federal society to come and visit with you by the late nineties. It's gone way beyond just law school campuses. It's sort of her hated every level of republican politics good afternoon. Senator or in hedge I'm very happy to be with you this afternoon there we were and it has become a kind of the legal arm of the Republican Party. In some ways, the judicial are a model to be worthy of thanks appreciate they with an organization understands by your free speech, so much so that gene asked about give one. So if you're republican you're subscribing to the views of the federal society when it comes

to do this a philosophy and who should be it in the court's yeah. The federal society is now big enough that you have to: u have to abide by its use in wishes, and that's something that George W Bush learn for. Hardway justice must be a person of a car women in sound legal judgment. He has an open Supreme court's E justice must strictly The constitutional laws in the United States are not legislate from the bench and he decides to nominate, carry admirers fill it I've known her for more than a decade. I our heart, I over character. She. Someone who knew the federal society knows nothing about. Is White House counsel. I haven't the opportunity to work with the members of the Congress and that it She didn't go to one of these elite law school. She didn't attend federal society meetings. She didn't really subscribe

to their general philosophy or their judicial project and now look forward to the next step in the process that has begun this morning. She's not one of them at all, and they make their objections known. And by that point, There are powerful enough that their objections resonate on Capitol Hill. You must be kidding this. This cannot be happening and republican senators start to signal that they're not gonna, go to confirm her We again this evening with Harry admires earlier today. She withdrew her nomination for the: U S: Supreme Court and Myers Hasta Withdraw and operations and NEO it's quite telling that the person Bush nominated in Meyer Stead I am now and for more than twenty years, have been a member

of the Federalist Society with Samuel leader, who is a federal society, darling and, I would add, even a card carrying member of the Federalist society, except for the fact that I left my membership card back in my desk and newer and I was a real moment where the federal society kind of showed that they have to be listened to. Submit feel pretty remarkable that in the span of just about twenty years, this organization that head started by opening up chapters on college campuses now has enough power to put its foot down and tell the President of United States no for something as being, important. As a Supreme Court seed yeah, we thought we were just planning a wild flowers along the weeds of academic liberalism, and it turned out

to be an oak, and so the o by two thousand seven when they have their twenty fifth anniversary gala in Washington, three sitting Supreme Court sources show up for that and pay homage and pay tribute to the Federalist society continues to grow. My concern is that there will not be any location in Washington D C, that will be big enough to hold the event may be Fedex wherever itself. I hope to be there, and I know- and I will see Justice Thomas and this is really a there, and I hope I will see all of you there. So congratulations to the Federalist society Keep will be right back.

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itself and becoming this year, eight hundred pound guerrilla republican politics, Donald Trump. Mrs all, that you have the federal society is not involved in landlord tenant disputes in New York City like they dont, have a view on that, and so it's a good bet. He doesn't know what the federal society is when he begins his campaign and the federal society certainly doesn't know. Donald Trump Trump adviser actually tried to broker a meeting. If a justice of the Supreme Court cannot be counted on dish. Oh complete fidelity to the constitution? Then? How can we expect that of anyone between Leonard LEO who is the executive? Vice president of the Federal said, he's kind of the person at the centre of the federal society it has never been in ever will be too much to ask the justices of our highest court act in honourable adherence to the Supreme LAW of the land and a Trump advisor. SAM Schonberg. He taught me the story about one or two LEO and said you know your but I believe, MR from changed all put all of its positions on the things you

they're about he's now on your side and you you're, not gonna, believe how good he's gonna be for you and number said that leads. Gonna nodded his head very polite we listen to me Collar Washington, listen and the meeting never happened. But he is men agenda front runner for months now, even Donald Trump controversial comments don't seem to hurt his pole numbers too much by early two thousand. Sixteen Donald Trump number is bigger than the number two three and four key at its combined and their real letter? Leo's thoughts about Donald Trump political aspirations have evolved and he realizes that he's not position where he can really afford to ignore Trump any more, but I think at another

level, it's even more interesting than that, all the things that would lead the federal society to cut a turn, their nose up a trump all the sudden, become opportunities trumpets so on formed in terms of his judicial philosophy. In terms of his thoughts about judges, just how much he cares about this stuff. I think LEO recognises that this is actually an incredible opportunity that they can get in on the ground floor with Trump, and they can take ownership of this issue and they ve always had influenced with republican President's, but Trump offers them. Something even more than influence is almost like TAT could be willing to subcontract them? This entire thing, because he's kind of a blank slate when it comes to tradition, philosophy, yeah, so it so. I can see what the federal society wouldn't want to work with Trump, but why would tromp want to work with the federalist society? Why would this fiercely in depth?

and figure who is challenging everything about the Republican Party and its orthodoxies as a candidate want to work with this group. That's an emblem of Republican Eddie Ology, because Trump, despite all of his rebelliousness, played all this outside or status, there's just the matter of getting votes, and he knows that there is a large group of republican voters that the thing they care about most is the key.

And he needs to convince those voters that he's gonna be reliable. I'm going to submit a list of justices potential justices of the United States Supreme Court that I will appoint from the list and the best way he can signal to those voters that he will do what they want him to do and we ll let people know because some people say maybe I'll, appoint a liberal judge. I'm not appointing a liberal church is by getting the seal of approval from the federal societies. I went to the Federalist society, which is sort of the gold standard. He needs the Federalist societies endorsement as much as the federal citing it's him. So I went out- and I said you don't wanna- do I'm gonna pick ten judges or eleven judges and we'll see what happens and I picked eleven gotten from the Federalist society run through. So he goes to letter LEO. Who does nothing but think about who the right generous with the Supreme Court- and he said I want you to give me a list of names who I can put on the court and your letter LEO's very happy to oblige

so he centrally does sub contracting out to the Federalist aside. Not any kind of metaphorical way, like literally yeah. All pretences have fallen away. I mean George W Bush picked Samuel Alito because he knew the federal society liked him and after the Myers debacle, he needed to make sure he state on the good side of the federal society, but he wouldn't necessarily admitted that he wouldn't do it out in the open tromp hasn't. He doesn't worry about those niceties he's just he needs to reassure these people that he's gonna pick the right judges in the best way to do. That is to say. I had the federal society pick them for me, so he just go then says appreciate all of the health and safety. And when you do event is you're. So what is handing this process over to the federalist society? Actually look like once Trump is elected

four trump even takes office LEO joins the transition team and, together with Don began, who was from campaign lawyer and has now been tab to be trumps. White House counsel and gear, who also happens to have been a long time, member, the federal society he and LEO begin picking people for these vacancies, because they're so many other men when, when tromp is elected there over a hundred judicial vacancies, oh, they start nominating dozens at a time. But White House announces its quote: sixteenth, wave of judicial Many of the when the White House releases the names These nominations they refer to them as waves of assumed, an army of traditional nominees throughout the United States, federal court systems or other setting down to the seventeenth wave while end up on the hill here, the ones in a bowl pen right now waiting for their time for confirmation, they're just try to push these things through as fast as they

Mitchell. All do the right thing get me a lifetime weapons on the bench right, so Trump has gotten twenty six. The US court judges confirming the first two years, which is unprecedented trump, is outpacing. All of his predecessors in those pellinore judges are inevitably in the pipeline to become Supreme Court justice eventually yeah. That's it giving ground NEO gorse at you was Troms First Supreme Court nominees. Now on Supreme Court. He came from the ten circuit Court of Appeals, Brookhaven, ah, who trumpets nominated scream, pours waiting to be confirmed. He came from the deep Circuit Court of Appeals, and they originated in that Federalist Society pipeline. Yes, good afternoon, bread, cabin all the Eu S court of appeals for the DC circuit, so Taper Cavanaugh, whose confirmation hearing start today thank you to the Federalist society, in particular

Jane Meyer, Leonard LEO for organizing this superb convention he's pure product at the federal society as exists. The joint the federal society when he's at Yale LAW School, the alternately goes to work and George W Bush is White House. George. W Bush appoints him to the Dc Circuit Court of appeals. Before that, he clerk for Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court in some ways he's the poster child for what the federal society has tried to do so now. We of course such already on the cord an cavenaugh on the verge of being on the we have in the federalist society. This group described scrap newly formed out of of opposition to what they see as this the rule judicial system now very much on the cusp of taking over the most powerful court in the country and effectively reversing this thing that they were formed. To try to challenge yeah. They ve been playing along game for three decades

There are now on the cost of achieving what they set out to do. It's amazing how efficiently this group has done something Its unfathomable ambitious to do in a generation, yes, a real testament to there vision and then their discipline. They haven't taken there off the ball on other people were paying attention to this and they were very focused in terms of accomplishing their goals. Jason. Thank you very much for a project based around me on irish use. What. If you need to appoint I'm gonna make is that this is not normal. You have a nominee with excellent credentials with its family. Behind him, you have the cameras area,

the senators questioning. But this isn't normal. It's not normal, because we are not able to see a hundred thousand documents because third ministration has said we can't see them. The trumpet ministrations is refusing to give the Senate more than one hundred thousand pages of records from Judge Cavanaugh time. As a lawyer and the Administration of George W Bush infuriating Democrat. In withholding the documents, the administration is citing executive privilege, arguing that the records contained internal deliberations and candid advice to President Bush and those around that were never intended to be public. The white has already turned over more than four hundred and fifteen thousand pages of Cavanaugh Records to the Senate, which are likely to be the basis for senators questions to cabinet. During his confirmation hearing, those hearings begin

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