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The Influence Of The Federalist Society On Judical Politics And Law In The United States, Peter S. K. Lynch
The Influence Of The Federalist Society On Judical Politics And Law In The United States, Peter S. K. Lynch
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This dissertation examines the Federalist Society, which is a network of conservative and libertarian attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students. The organization was founded by law students at Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School in 1982, and has, over the last four decades, come to play a central role in law and politics in the United States. Individuals affiliated with the Federalist Society influence the law through a variety of avenues.
Federalist Society-members advance the goals of the conservative legal movement in a variety of capacities—by writing amicus curiae briefs providing the …