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http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/afederalist

"On its face, the Federalist Society is just another think tank in a town awash with them. But critics see something more - a well-oiled juggernaut out to remake the courts in the image of Robert Bork, the Supreme Court nominee rejected by the Senate in 1987, who predicted that a new generation, "often associated with the Federalist Society," would transform the legal profession:"

GASP!!! Oh Nooooo! Mr. Bill!


SIXTEEN PARAGRAPHS LATER:

"In the 1990s, Republican senators grilled Clinton nominees on their membership in the American Civil Liberties Union, which many conservatives view as a liberal bookend to the Federalist Society."


And no mention of the grief Hart took for being 'a card carrying member of the ACLU"

Seems like BOTH parties are capable of holding their own little 'witch hunts'.

Wait a second. Bork wasn't rejected because of his membership in the Federalist society. He was rejected because he was on the crazy-right and he had the writings from a long judicial career to prove it. And his subsequent writings have done nothng but bear that point out to an even greater degree.

And by the way--just because some conservatives think that the Federalist society makes a nice bookend to the ACLU doesn't make it so. Some conservatives think giving blacks the right to vote was a bad move for crying out loud. Besides--the ACLU often defends right-wing idiots like Limbaugh and DeLay. I don't see the Federalist Society doing the same for anyone on the left.

Wait a second. Bork wasn't rejected because of his membership in the Federalist society. He was rejected because he was on the crazy-right and he had the writings from a long judicial career to prove it. And his subsequent writings have done nothng but bear that point out to an even greater degree.
Oh no! - he was on the right! (gasp!) How DARE he!

And by the way--just because some conservatives think that the Federalist society makes a nice bookend to the ACLU doesn't make it so. Some conservatives think giving blacks the right to vote was a bad move for crying out loud.
Some liberals think religion should be banned and the purveyors arested. There are bigots on both sides. Your point?

Besides--the ACLU often defends right-wing idiots like Limbaugh and DeLay. I don't see the Federalist Society doing the same for anyone on the left.

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=435942

http://news.yahoo.com/s/latimests/20050804/ts_latimes/robertsdonatedhelptogayrightscase

Now you do.