The Federalist Society, flagship legal institution of Powell Memorandum judicial capture strategy, establishes systematic coordination with WHIG operations to provide legal justification infrastructure for crisis-accelerated implementation of executive power expansion objectives. This coordination …
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In April 1982, three Yale Law School alumni – Steven Calabresi, David McIntosh, and Lee Liberman Otis – founded the Federalist Society at a pivotal moment in conservative legal thought. Their inaugural conference, funded by the Institute for Educational Affairs and John M. Olin Foundation, featured …
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Yale Law School students Steven Calabresi, David McIntosh, Lee Liberman Otis, Spencer Abraham, and Peter Keisler founded the Federalist Society in 1982 to challenge liberal ideology in elite law schools. With initial funding of $24,000 from the John M. Olin Foundation, the organization created a …
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