The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies (FedSoc) is an American conservative and libertarian legal organization that advocates for a textualist and originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. Headquartered in Washington,D.C.,it has chapters at more than 200 law schools and features student,lawyer,and faculty divisions;the lawyers division comprises more than 70,000 practicing attorneys in ninety cities. Through speaking events,lectures,and other activities,it provides a forum for legal experts of opposing conservative views to interact with members of the legal profession,the judiciary,and the legal academy. It is one of the most influential legal organizations in the United States.
Patricia Ann McGowan Wald was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1986 until 1991. She was the Court's first female chief judge and its first woman to be elevated,having been appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. From 1999 to 2001,Wald was a Justice of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary,also called the House Judiciary Committee,is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is charged with overseeing the administration of justice within the federal courts,federal administrative agencies,and federal law enforcement entities. The Judiciary Committee is often involved in the impeachment process against federal officials. Because of the legal nature of its oversight,committee members usually have a legal background,but this is not required.
James Lindsay Almond Jr. was an American lawyer,state and federal judge and Democratic party politician. His political offices included as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th congressional district (1946–1948),26th Attorney General of Virginia (1948–1957) and the 58th Governor of Virginia (1958–1962). As a member of the Byrd Organization,Almond initially supported massive resistance to the integration of public schools following the United States Supreme Court decisions in Brown v. Board of Education,but when Virginia and federal courts ruled segregation unconstitutional,Almond worked with the legislature to end massive resistance.
Priscilla Richman is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She served as Chief Judge of that court from 2019 to 2024. She was previously a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 1995 to 2005.
Patrick Errol Higginbotham is an American judge and lawyer who serves as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
David Ryan Stras is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He is a former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
David Brookman "Brooks" Smith is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was previously Chief Judge of both the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania,and is the only judge in the history of the Third Circuit to have served as both a chief district judge and chief of the Court of Appeals.
Oren Harris was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Carolyn Barbara Kuhl is a judge on the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She became a Superior Court judge in 1995 and was nominated to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 22,2001,by President George W. Bush.
Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. was an American attorney,politician,and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was best known for overseeing the lawsuit to desegregate the Dallas Independent School District.
On May 26,2009,President Barack Obama announced his selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Sotomayor's nomination was submitted to the United States Senate on June 1,2009,when the 111th Congress reconvened after its Memorial Day recess. Sotomayor was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 6,2009 by a 68–31 vote,and was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts on August 8,2009,becoming the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court.
Cam Ward is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Alabama Senate,representing District 14 from 2010 to 2020. He previously represented District 49 of the Alabama House of Representatives from 2002 to 2010.
Robert Laidlaw Brown served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Susan Gertrude Braden is a former judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. Braden was appointed to that court in 2003 by President George W. Bush. She was appointed chief judge by President Donald Trump on March 13,2017 and assumed senior status on July 13,2018,and retired in 2019.
William Frederic Jung is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Brian Craig Buescher is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Barbara Womack Webb is an American judge from Arkansas who is an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
James M. Alexander is a retired American judge who served on Michigan's Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Oakland County for 19 years. He served in the Family Court for his first nine years,and in the newly created Business Court for his last seven as one of its original judges,writing hundreds of business court legal opinions over that time. He has held significant leadership positions as a judge,and received numerous awards and honors for his public service.
Jerome B. Abrams is an American judge who served as a district court judge in Minnesota for 14 years. He has been involved with studying and implementing changes to the civil litigation process in Minnesota and nationally.
