President Trump helped reshape the federal courts during his first term in office. And he relied heavily on the Federalist ...

What America is witnessing is a remaking of the American presidency into something closer to a dictatorship. Trump is ...

Even as Donald Trump has fumed at the conservative legal group, it remains the most influential player in Republican judicial nominations.

In a series of lawsuits spanning trade, higher education, and legal ethics, historically conservative-leaning lawyers and ...

Whitney Hermandorfer is the first far-right judicial nominee to be confirmed during the president’s second term, and she ...

This is the Federalist Society that was on display during McConnell and Barr’s speeches last week. We saw a rare public glimpse of it during McConnell’s address, when he bragged that “we ...

The Federalist Society, which promotes originalism, also helped Trump choose Supreme Court nominees. Critics, including some Democratic lawmakers, say the group has too much influence on the court.

The Federalist Society doesn’t exert its influence in ways that are familiar to observers of American politics. As a self-professed “society of ideas,” the Federalist Society exerts its ...

Naming it the Federalist Society was a bit like anti–abortion rights people dubbing themselves "pro-life." It sounds good but, as Liberman noted, may lack in accuracy.

The Federalist Society, which advocates strictly interpreting the Constitution according to what conservatives say was its original meaning, ...

Federalist Society lawyers flood the court with amicus briefs, including in the Harvard and UNC cases that killed affirmative action. The Federalist Society nurtures its base well.

Another prominent Federalist, Princeton Prof. Robert George, who has chaired the society's Religious Liberties Executive Committee, was crucial in killing the bid of Montana Gov. Marc Racicot to ...