Young Federalist Society members spout ‘radical new theories’ at ‘alarming’ gathering: report

A Texas-based gathering of the right-wing legal group the Federalist Society saw members pushing “radical new theories” about election laws — and possibly secession from the United States, reported POLITICO on Friday. The Federalist Society — which is best known for training an army of conservative lawyers for jobs on the federal bench, where they have undermined everything from abortion rights to labor laws to the basic ability of the civil service to pass rules — was long a champion of “judicial restraint,” as it was founded in an era when the judiciary was far more liberal than it is toda…

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