Lawyers: what do you think of Federalist Society today?

[Anonymous]

When I was in law school I thought they were edgelords. After I graduated I thought they were mostly pretty normal, just a mainstream right-leaning org. But then Trump came along and I don't even know what they are about now.

[Anonymous]

bunch of nut jobs destroying the country

[Anonymous]

I don't know "what they are about now." But I know an awful lot of folks who have been politically very successful thanks in part to their work/connections there. Not me, I'm a lefty. But I've seen a lot of federalist society leadership climb that career ladder well.

[Anonymous]

They seem really neutral to me.

[Anonymous]

“Edgelord”? No wonder you thought they were normal at some point.

They are way far from neutral.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Edgelord”? No wonder you thought they were normal at some point.

They are way far from neutral.

I don't get what you mean by this in relation to the term edgelord?

[Anonymous]

Pass. I was never comfortable drinking their brand of tea. Even when I was more conservative in my politics as a law student, pre-Obama. They were all in on the torture memos back then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They seem really neutral to me.

Same. Wish I had joined in law school. But I was caught up in Obamamania and didn’t get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pass. I was never comfortable drinking their brand of tea. Even when I was more conservative in my politics as a law student, pre-Obama. They were all in on the torture memos back then.

Also never my cup of tea, but I was likely more conservative than you. Now, I think it's completely shameful that they are aligned with pretty far right politics and that they've packed the courts with nakedly political federal judges, some of whom clearly should not be on the bench. They've destroyed the reputation of the Supreme Court in a fairly permanent way.

In law school I aimed to do appellate law. I am thankful that I am not practicing today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:bunch of nut jobs destroying the country

+1

[Anonymous]

Just like “republicans “ they were something years ago that they don’t resemble today.

But even years ago they were fringe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pass. I was never comfortable drinking their brand of tea. Even when I was more conservative in my politics as a law student, pre-Obama. They were all in on the torture memos back then.

Also never my cup of tea, but I was likely more conservative than you. Now, I think it's completely shameful that they are aligned with pretty far right politics and that they've packed the courts with nakedly political federal judges, some of whom clearly should not be on the bench. They've destroyed the reputation of the Supreme Court in a fairly permanent way.

In law school I aimed to do appellate law. I am thankful that I am not practicing today.

Agree. I know a few excellent conservative scholars who didn’t buy in, and would have made great judges some day—but they weren’t wanted, they were too independent.

[Anonymous]

I pass on any law student resume that lists membership. I’m not gonna bake them a cake.

[Anonymous]

Edgelords is a good word for what I thought in school: people who were taking an unpopular position for the attention.

Now I think they actually want to destroy the country. Their obsession with undoing "the administrative state" will set us back decades, at best, in all kinds of science, safety, and public health fields, but they think they won't be the ones hurt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Edgelords is a good word for what I thought in school: people who were taking an unpopular position for the attention.

Now I think they actually want to destroy the country. Their obsession with undoing "the administrative state" will set us back decades, at best, in all kinds of science, safety, and public health fields, but they think they won't be the ones hurt.

I don’t understand their goal. Why?