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Denton Record-Chronicle
Friday, November 18, 2016
Justice Alito rallies conservatives
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the cause of constitutional gov-
ernment,” said Leonard Leo, the
group’s executive vice president.
Leo met with Trump in New
York on Wednesday and said af-
terward that Trump has yet to
pare down his long list of names
of Supreme Court hopefuls.
Nan Aron, the president of
Alliance for Justice, said the
Federalist Society “promotes a
way of looking at the law which
upholds the rights of the power-
ful and the wealthy.” Aron said it
is “regrettable that so many
nominees on Trump’s list are go-
ing to attend Federalist Society
events.”
By Mark Sherman
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
preme Court Justice Samuel Ali-
to issued a rallying cry to conser-
vatives Thursday amid new-
found strength following Don-
ald Trump’s election.
Alito told the Federalist Soci-
ety conference of conservative
lawyers, judges and legal think-
ers that religious freedom and
gun rights are among “constitu-
tional fault lines,” important is-
sues at stake in the federal
courts.
The conference of 1,800 of
conservatism’s leading lights
took on a new air of importance
with Trump’s victory, and in-
cluded a list of judges the presi-
dent-elect has named as candi-
dates to fill the vacancy created
by the death last February of
Justice Antonin Scalia.
In his remarks, Alito didn’t
mention the election or the va-
cancy, rather using the platform
to pay tribute to Scalia, a long-
time colleague and conservative
ally in high court battles on hot-
button social and political is-
sues.
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"Anytime there’s a major shift in the
power of government, it’s an enormous
opportunity for what is probably the
collection of the smartest, most talented
and most publicly minded lawyers in
the country to roll up their sleeves
and help advance the cause of
constitutional government. ”
— Leonard Leo, Federalist Society executive vice president
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito arrives at the Mayflower
Hotel in Washington on Thursday to address the Federalist
Society’s National Lawyers Convention.
assessment of his work. “It was a
formidable task to stand up to
Justice Scalia and say, ‘You have
gone too far.’ But he valued that,”
Larsen said.
Later, she declined to discuss
her status on Trump’s list, saying
she intends to complete her
state court term, which runs
through 202L
“That’s really where my focus
lies,” she said in a brief conversa-
tion with The Associated Press.
Other sessions were moder-
ated by Minnesota Supreme
Court Justice David Stras and
federal appellate judges William
Pryor and Thomas Hardiman,
all on Trump’s list. Before the
conference ends Saturday, nine
judges on the list are expected to
appear.
The court has been operating
with eight justices since Scalia’s
death because Senate Republi-
cans blocked action on Presi-
dent Barack Obama’s nomina-
tion of Judge Merrick Garland.
Supreme Court Justice Clar-
ence Thomas also was on the
schedule at the conference,
which has turned into an im-
promptu job fair for spots in the
new administration.
“The mood has changed. Ev-
eryone is going to be thinking,
‘Maybe someone here is going to
be filling Justice Scalia’s shoes,”’
said Abbe Gluck, a Yale Law
professor who is not a member
of the group but will participate
in the conference.
The Federalist Society got its
start on college campuses when
Ronald Reagan was in the
White House. It was conceived
as a way to counter what its
members saw as liberal domina-
tion of the nation’s law-school
faculties. Its influence was pro-
nounced during the presidency
of George W. Bush, when its
leaders helped rally support for
Senate confirmation of Alito and
Chief Justice John Roberts.
The group was so successful
that it spawned copycat liberal
organizations.
Speaking at a Federalist Soci-
ety event in the Bush years was
akin to an out-of-town preview
of a Broadway show for conser-
vative lawyers looking for ad-
ministration jobs or judgeships,
author Mark Tushnet has writ-
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He said Scalia, a hero to
many of the group’s 40,000
members, is sorely missed on
the court. ‘We are left to ask our-
selves WWSD,” what would Sca-
lia do, Alito said. The lettering is
a play on the phrase “WWJD,”
for what would Jesus do.
In the halls of the conference
there was little formal talk of the
election or the fight to seat a new
justice.
But attendees packed a
lunchtime panel moderated by
Michigan Supreme Court Jus-
tice Joan Larsen, one of 21 peo-
ple on Trump’s list, and the Su-
preme Court vacancy was the
talk of hallway chatter among
lawyers who ranged from
Trump backers to those who
proclaimed they would never
vote for him.
Larsen served as a Supreme
Court law clerk to Scalia and
said he valued his clerks’ frank
ten.
Over the past eight years, the
group provided a forum for op-
ponents of Obama’s court choic-
es and policies, although the
Federalist Society itself does not
endorse candidates or take pol-
icy positions.
Some of its leaders backed
Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell’s refusal to act on
Garland’s nomination. That po-
litical strategy paid unexpected
and huge dividends for conser-
vatives with Trump’s election.
Now the society’s star again
appears to be on the rise.
“Anytime there’s a major shift
in the power of government, it’s
an enormous opportunity for
what is probably the collection
of the smartest, most talented
and most publicly minded law-
yers in the country to roll up
their sleeves and help advance
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