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Article: Federalist Society to Hold Annual Conference in D.C., Nov. 15-17.
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- November 13, 2001
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New-York Based Research Group, Institute for Democracy Studies, Notes That
Ultra-Conservative 'FedSoc' Members Play Key Role in Bush Administration
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ --
What's at Issue:
When the Federalist Society gathers in Washington for their annual conference, it will not be business as usual. The Society of some 25,000 conservative and ultra-conservative lawyers has been around for two decades, but it is only in the past year that they have witnessed a sea change in their influence and visibility-a direct result of the 2000 presidential election.
Even before taking office, candidate George Bush surrounded ...