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Article: `Progressive' lawyers group ready to challenge formidable Federalist Society

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Dateline: WASHINGTON Liberals watched anxiously as the Federalist Society rose from a loosely organized conservative legal organization on a few law school campuses to become a Washington powerhouse with influence in the White House, Congress and various federal agencies.

Now they are fighting back.

The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy is having a coming- out party this week.

For three days starting Friday, law students and attorneys will hear speeches by liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton; attend discussions on the environment, abortion, gay rights, government surveillance, human rights and ...

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