Originalism and Judicial Oversight: A Report From the Federalist Society’s 2025 National Lawyers Convention

Originalism and judicial oversight: A report from the Federalist Society’s 2025 National Lawyers Convention

Late last week, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett took center stage at the Federalist Society’s annual gala in the nation’s capital, offering reflections on what it means to take the judicial oath and deal with public scrutiny. Moderated by Judge Trevor McFadden, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner saw the justices address a sold-out crowd at the Washington Hilton on t…

An Extraordinary Panel at the Federalist Society's National Lawyers' Convention

[Readers: this post has a long windup before it gets to the relevant Federalist Society panel. If your patience wears thin, feel free to scroll to the end.] The last decade has been an extraordinarily difficult one for Jewish Americans. It began in 2015, when Donald Trump's populist candidacy unleashed a wave of vicious antisemitism on social media from right-wing extremists convinced that Trump was secretly on their side and that his presidency…