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A defining moment in the conservative legal movement was Planned Parenthood v Casey. They'd appointed conservative judges and were finally ready to reverse Roe

A defining moment in the conservative legal movement was Planned Parenthood v Casey. They'd appointed conservative judges and were finally ready to reverse Roe v Wade. Then the court ruled (mostly) against them. This followed a general historical trend of judges moderating over time. The federalist society planned to fix this in two ways: vet judges better and provide judges with a rightwing social circle so they won't be gradually moderated by having mostly liberal friends. These trips are a small investment if they make sure Thomas is less likely to have occasional idiosyncratic rulings like Gorsuch does.

slibhb 3y ago
I feel like you've turned friendship into a conspiracy theory. It seems more likley that a rich conservative might admire and want to be friends with a conservative supreme court justice (and have the means to arrange a meeting).
- iudqnolq 3y ago
  > Schenck, who was once an anti-abortion activist but broke with the religious right in the last decade over its aggressive tactics and support for gun rights, said the couples were instructed before the dinners to use certain phrases to influence the justices while steering clear of the specifics of cases pending before the court — for example, to “talk about the importance of a child having a father and a mother,” rather than engage in the particulars of a gay-rights case. > “We would rehearse lines like, ‘We believe you are here for a time like this,’” which is a reference to the Old Testament Book ... > Schenck said the goal was to create an ecosystem of support for conservative justices, as a way of making them more forthright in their views. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/08/religious-right-supreme-court-00044739 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/08/religious-right-sup... (this is a different org, not fedsoc)
- EatingWithForks 3y ago
  I actually think this is a conspiracy theory. The Federalist's society's explicit goal is to make more justices in courts that will not waver in very specific belief systems. It's a fairly transparent process going back decades. It isn't like this is an organic club from people who already held these beliefs. It's a group of people who held these beliefs thereby installing recruitment centers and solicitations in specific academic institutions in order to influence the students therein towards certain career trajectories. This is like when wealthy people purchase economist departments (this is also a real thing that happens!) by donating tons of money with the stipulation that the head of the department is a specific academic who has views aligning with the wealthy.
- nappy-doo 3y ago
  Go through your eight other closest coworkers. If at least two of them (including you) have billionaires as friends, I'll accept that it's normal.
  - latency-guy2 3y ago
    Would you accept billionaires as their parents and/or through relationships/marriage with billionaire kids? I don't think it's that hard. I know quite a few people at maybe bacon number of 2 that falls in this case.
- HDThoreaun 3y ago
  I think federalist society is the closest thing this country has to a deep state cabal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yt2xUJfdyw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yt2xUJfdyw
  - slibhb 3y ago
    Seems like the left wing version of the "George Soros is behind everything I disagree with"
    - HDThoreaun 3y ago
      Did you watch the documentary
      - slibhb 3y ago
        No have you checked out BILLIONAIRE RADICAL: GEORGE SOROS AND THE SCHEME TO REMAKE AMERICA?

slibhb 3y ago

I feel like you've turned friendship into a conspiracy theory. It seems more likley that a rich conservative might admire and want to be friends with a conservative supreme court justice (and have the means to arrange a meeting).

iudqnolq 3y ago
> Schenck, who was once an anti-abortion activist but broke with the religious right in the last decade over its aggressive tactics and support for gun rights, said the couples were instructed before the dinners to use certain phrases to influence the justices while steering clear of the specifics of cases pending before the court — for example, to “talk about the importance of a child having a father and a mother,” rather than engage in the particulars of a gay-rights case. > “We would rehearse lines like, ‘We believe you are here for a time like this,’” which is a reference to the Old Testament Book ... > Schenck said the goal was to create an ecosystem of support for conservative justices, as a way of making them more forthright in their views. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/08/religious-right-supreme-court-00044739 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/08/religious-right-sup... (this is a different org, not fedsoc)
EatingWithForks 3y ago
I actually think this is a conspiracy theory. The Federalist's society's explicit goal is to make more justices in courts that will not waver in very specific belief systems. It's a fairly transparent process going back decades. It isn't like this is an organic club from people who already held these beliefs. It's a group of people who held these beliefs thereby installing recruitment centers and solicitations in specific academic institutions in order to influence the students therein towards certain career trajectories. This is like when wealthy people purchase economist departments (this is also a real thing that happens!) by donating tons of money with the stipulation that the head of the department is a specific academic who has views aligning with the wealthy.
nappy-doo 3y ago
Go through your eight other closest coworkers. If at least two of them (including you) have billionaires as friends, I'll accept that it's normal.
- latency-guy2 3y ago
  Would you accept billionaires as their parents and/or through relationships/marriage with billionaire kids? I don't think it's that hard. I know quite a few people at maybe bacon number of 2 that falls in this case.
HDThoreaun 3y ago
I think federalist society is the closest thing this country has to a deep state cabal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yt2xUJfdyw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yt2xUJfdyw
- slibhb 3y ago
  Seems like the left wing version of the "George Soros is behind everything I disagree with"
  - HDThoreaun 3y ago
    Did you watch the documentary
    - slibhb 3y ago
      No have you checked out BILLIONAIRE RADICAL: GEORGE SOROS AND THE SCHEME TO REMAKE AMERICA?