Guided by Leonard Leo, the society built a pipeline for traditional conservative judges. But that might not be enough for President Trump in his second term.

The Federalist editor-in-chief and FOX News contributor Mollie Hemingway joined "The Ingraham Angle" to speak about the lawsuit her news site and others filed against the State Department, alleging ...

While I am a Jeffersonian in my genuine faith in democracy and popular government,” President Theodore Roosevelt once said, ...

In the Trump years, the group has doubled down on the doublespeak, claiming that they are devoted believers in the rule of ...

It seems like ancient history, but it was only 15 years ago that Hillary Clinton appeared on the Today show and accused Republicans of a “vast right-wing conspiracy” to take down President Bill ...

The Federalist Society, which sits atop the many organizations that might be called the right-wing legal movement, has come to dominate both our courts and our body of legal thought. Six of nine ...

So, Google was demonetizing the Federalist, and then it wasn’t. NBC News has the story, or it doesn’t. This was all generally related to criticism of the recent protests originating in Minneapolis and ...

President Trump and his allies are waging war with the Federalist Society as he sees parts of his second-term agenda blocked by some of his own judicial appointees. Simmering tensions broke into full ...

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In the early-morning hours of April 19, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a highly unusual order. Released at 12:56 a.m., it covered only half a page; it was unsigned; and it dealt a blow to the Trump ...

In the aftermath of the election, critics have pounced on the conservative legal movement for its role in the Trump administration. But they miss the crucial role of those who boldly defended the rule ...

Ian Ward is a contributing writer for POLITICO Magazine. AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas sun was just beginning to rise over central Austin as groups of neatly-dressed law students arrived at the AT&T Hotel ...