Federalist Power

Liberal legal wonks have long fumed about the power of the Federalist Society, the conservative legal group that counts three sitting Supreme Court justices among its members, as well as a host of other federal and state court judges and numerous Bush administration officials.

Next week, the group's connections will be on prominent display at its National Lawyers Convention here in D.C., where keynote speakers include: Justices Alito and Scalia, Vice President Dick Cheney, Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff, Sen. John McCain, and solicitor general Paul Clement. Not even the ABA can pull off that kind of line-up....