In defense of the Federalist Society

May 9, 2007 7:50 AM | | Comments (477) | TrackBacks (0)

I'm slightly annoyed when I read a lefty blog that uses past membership in the Federalist Society as some sort of marker for scary views and political ruthlessness:

House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), a member of the committee, wrote Alberto Gonzales today to ask about U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Rachel Paulose, the Federalist Society member and former senior aide in the Justice Department who was installed there last year.

Generally, I don't agree with what Federalist Society types believe in. I am more in line with the American Constitution Society. At my law school, Federalists get along with ACSers like me, we co-sponsor several events each year and they personally attend ACS speakers. They range from libertarians to the religious right, but most of them are involved in the group because law school has limited opportunities for drawn-out legal philosophy discussions, as professors have to get through the syllabus in a limited amount of class time. They don't agree, and at the law school level, they certainly don't conspire. I just don't find it as scary as, for example, the Project for a New American Century, for example.

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It's the secret handshake that puts most lefties off. That and their unrelenting hatred of the essential American belief that all men (and women) are created equal and they all have certain inalienable rights. Damn those lefties. They should all know their place.

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