I got a rare, on-the-record inside look at how the elusive group operates.
It is the media’s insistence on explaining these ties, as well as the people who find them disturbing, that Pryor mocked in his speech. I confronted him with the facts repeatedly in our interview, and like most Federalist Society members, he dismissed their importance, focusing instead on frontstage activities that depict the organization as a mere debate club.
As a condition of our interview, we agreed that Slate would publish a transcript of our conversation, with only minor edits for length and clarity. I also agreed to show him a final transcript that identified the cuts to confirm that the edits did not change the meaning of his responses. While the judge had no input on the published transcript, he did see it in advance of publication. As a standard, Slate does not do this.
He served as attorney general of Alabama from 1997 to 2004, when George W. Bush appointed him to the 11Mark Joseph Stern: Let’s start with your experience with the Federalist Society in law school.I had read about the Federalist Society as a new student organization at law schools in National Review. I started subscribing to National Review in college. I thought I should get in touch with this organization I had read about and see about the possibility of forming a student chapter at Tulane.
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