{"product_id":"federalist-society-hardcover","title":"Federalist Society - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Avery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDanielle McLaughlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the last thirty years, the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies has grown from a small group of disaffected conservative law students into an organization with extraordinary influence over American law and politics. Although the organization is unknown to the average citizen, this group of intellectuals has managed to monopolize the selection of federal judges, take over the Department of Justice, and control legal policy in the White House. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday the Society claims that 45,000 conservative lawyers and law students are involved in its activities. Four Supreme Court Justices--Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, and Samuel Alito--are current or former members. Every single federal judge appointed in the two Bush presidencies was either a Society member or approved by members. During the Bush years, young Federalist Society lawyers dominated the legal staffs of the Justice Department and other important government agencies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Society has lawyer chapters in every major city in the United States and student chapters in every accredited law school. Its membership includes economic conservatives, social conservatives, Christian conservatives, and libertarians, who differ with each other on significant issues, but who cooperate in advancing a broad conservative agenda. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did this happen? How did this group of conservatives succeed in moving their theories into the mainstream of legal thought? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is the range of positions of those associated with the Federalist Society in areas of legal and political controversy? The authors survey these stances in separate chapters on \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- regulation of business and private property\u003cbr\u003e- race and gender discrimination and affirmative action\u003cbr\u003e- personal sexual autonomy, including abortion and gay rights\u003cbr\u003e- American exceptionalism and international law\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow conservative ideas rose to a position of dominance in law and politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDanielle McLaughlin, currently an Associate in the Boston office of Nixon Peabody LLP, clerked for the Honorable William Young in the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts and served as editor-in-chief of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of High Technology Law\u003c\/i\u003e at Suffolk University Law School. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Avery, Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School where he teaches constitutional law and evidence, is a former president of the National Lawyers Guild. From 1970 to 1998, he was in private practice, specializing in plaintiffs' civil rights litigation and criminal defense.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 10.1 x 7.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52777046737229,"sku":"9780826518774","price":151.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/VUQzRVhtZ3RUYzV2ZVlORkZJSkNyZz09.webp?v=1763153507","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/federalist-society-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}