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Stellar reporting from @DavidLat on three members of the Federalist Society who urged leadership to condemn the insurrectionists in its ranks (namely Eastman, Hawley, and Cruz).
FedSoc has not condemned this insurrectionists, and I don't think it will. https://davidlat.substack.com/p/the-federalist-society-and-the-capitol?r=4ptxa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter
FedSoc has not condemned this insurrectionists, and I don't think it will. https://davidlat.substack.com/p/the-federalist-society-and-the-capitol?r=4ptxa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter
Lat's piece has a lot of interesting analysis, and you should read it.
I'll add one thing: I suspect Federalist Society leadership is worried about where to draw the line. Eastman, Hawley, and Cruz are a symptom of a disease that has infected the conservative legal movement.
I'll add one thing: I suspect Federalist Society leadership is worried about where to draw the line. Eastman, Hawley, and Cruz are a symptom of a disease that has infected the conservative legal movement.
Eastman, Hawley, and Cruz weren't the only FedSoc members who sought to overturn the election. 18 state attorneys general joined them; most are affiliated with FedSoc. They are the next generation of FedSoc leadership. And they abetted a failed coup. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/trump-doomed-supreme-court-filing-civil-war.html
Republican state AGs have emerged as the backbone of the conservative legal movement over the last decade. They also provide a training ground for young, ambitious conservative attorneys. FedSoc will not distance itself from 18 Republican AGs; it would be like cutting off a limb.
