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The Federalist Society: A debating club for right-of-center lawyers and students, or a sinister element in the vast right-wing conspiracy?
Today’s guest on The Bookmonger is Amanda Hollis-Brusky, author of Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution. In our 10-minute conversation, she discusses the group’s origins and influence, as well as why the Left, even though it dominates law schools, has had trouble launching a competitor.
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It’s just like the left to name their new society for constitutional deconstruction The American Constitution Society.
Prior to the podcast, I didn’t realize what a big deal the Federalist society is or why it was different than preexisting leftist institutions.
According to the podcast, a Mr. Epstein was a founding member of the Federalist Society.
Without re-listening to the podcast, I’m not sure if it was Ricochet contributor Richard Epstein.
I tried a quick google, but was unable to confirm, as he is not listed as a founding member of the federalist society. Additionally, I was unable to quickly find a list of the founding members of the Federalist Society. The closest I found is wikipedia lists Peter Keisler as a “co-founder of the Federalist Society.”
http://www.fed-soc.org/aboutus/page/our-background
http://www.fed-soc.org/aboutus/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Society
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Allen_Epstein