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FILE - In this May 5, 2020, file photo, Sen. Ben Sasse, D-Neb., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sasse’s attempt at humor during a speech at a Nebraska high school's online commencement, which included jokes about students’ fitness and psychologists and also blamed China for the coronavirus outbreak, has drawn strong criticism. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

Judicial Conference scraps proposed ban on judges’ Federalist Society, American Constitution Society

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States mingles after delivering a keynote address during a dedication of Georgia's new Nathan Deal Judicial Center, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Clarence Thomas confronts proposed ban on judges’ Federalist Society membership

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

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Judicial Conference policy would ban judges from Federalist Society, American Constitution Society

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump judicial adviser Leonard Leo forming new conservative advocacy group CRC Advisors

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 4, 2019 file photo, Justice Neil Gorsuch, speaks during an interview in his chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Neil Gorsuch: Opponents ‘can throw their slings and arrows, and I’m still here’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this May 9, 2109, file photo, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions smiles during a farewell ceremony for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in the Great Hall at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Jeff Sessions looks for conservative allies in bid for Alabama Senate seat

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 8, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands before a ceremonial swearing-in in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Brett Kavanaugh addresses private Federalist Society gathering: ‘I will always be not afraid’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this July 11, 2018, file photo, Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and director of the Office of Management, listens during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington. White House Chief of Staff Mulvaney said in an interview with &quot;Fox News Sunday&quot; Democrats will &quot;never&quot; see President Donald Trump's tax returns. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) **FILE**

Mick Mulvaney: Balance of federal power is ‘out of whack’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this July 26, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Brett Kavanaugh ready for Senate questions about his ties to Federalist Society

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Trump will reveal his Supreme Court nomination at 9 p.m. Monday at the White House but told reporters on his way back to Washington from a weekend at his New Jersey golf club that he hadn't yet decided. "I'm very close to making a final decision. And I believe this person will do a great job," he said. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump to reshape Supreme Court with nomination

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

In this April 3, 2017, file photo, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Richard Blumenthal: Trump ‘outsourced’ Supreme Court pick to Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 13, 2013 file photo, then-Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt gestures as he answers a question during a news conference in Oklahoma City. Newly obtained records show Pruitt’s penchant for travel and concerns about security was notable even before he became head of the Environmental Protection Agency. The records show that as Oklahoma’s attorney general, Pruitt frequently traveled out-of-state for appearances before conservative groups and used an office investigator as a driver. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Pruitt reassigned lawmen as drivers, bodyguards in Oklahoma

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2017, file photo Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks at the Federalist Society's 2017 National Lawyers Convention in Washington. Gorsuch has been almost exactly what conservatives hoped for and liberals dreaded when he joined the Supreme Court in April. He has consistently, even aggressively, lined up with the court’s most conservative justices. He has even split with Chief Justice John Roberts, viewed by some as insufficiently conservative because of his two opinions upholding the Obama health care law. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Gorsuch establishes conservative cred in 1st year on court

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump applauds new Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during a public swearing-in ceremony for Gorsuch in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on April 10, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Federalist Society seen as danger to progressives

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Judge Amul Thapar, President's Trump nominee for an appeals court vacancy, was taken to task by Democrats in his confirmation hearing over his considering campaign contributions to be political speech. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Amul Thapur nomination questioned by Democrats over cash as political speech

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Federalist Society art celebrates American story with thoughtful sense of history

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

ALICEA: The academy’s war on free thinking

By Joel Alicea