1. The Federalist Society has a John Eastman problem, which is very similar to Mitch McConnell's Donald Trump problem: what to do with a crucial political ally who has bad optics & damages your attempt to present yourself as a responsible pillar of mainstream.
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5. The Federalist Society is caught in a trap with Eastman: they can neither explicitly disavow him (he represents too big a faction of their membership & donors) nor can they publicly embrace (which would reveal to even lunkhead centrists & MSM the nature of their politics).
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6. So far, Federalist Society has dealt with this through a quiet subrosa distancing from Eastman. But whether that can hold is doubtful. More here:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/the-federalist-societys-silent-brush?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source= …
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It isn't a problem for them though. They have enough judges giving prestigious clerkships to only federalist society grads that they no longer need that veneer of respectability. Now is the time for them to lift the veil and exercise their raw power.
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The Federalist Society vets right wing judicial nominees so they don't have to go on the record on controversial issues. The Federalist Society then vouches for them.
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This ties in with why Justice Alito was so incredibly prickly about the
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