The University of Texas at Austin is a public research university in Austin,Texas. It is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 52,384 students as of Fall 2022,it is also the largest institution in the system.
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.
William John Bennett is an American conservative politician and political commentator who served as secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. He also held the post of director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W. Bush.
The Heritage Foundation,sometimes referred to simply as Heritage,is an activist American conservative think tank based in Washington,D.C. Founded in 1973,it took a leading role in the conservative movement in the 1980s during the presidency of Ronald Reagan,whose policies were taken from Heritage Foundation studies,including its Mandate for Leadership.
Elizabeth Lynne Cheney is an American attorney and politician. She represented Wyoming's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023,and served as chair of the House Republican Conference—the third-highest position in the House Republican leadership—from 2019 to 2021. Cheney is known for her vocal opposition to former President Donald Trump. As of March 2023,she is a professor of practice at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Gregory Wayne Abbott is an American politician,attorney,and jurist serving as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015 and as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 1996 to 2001.
Leonard Anthony Leo is an American lawyer and conservative legal activist. He was the longtime vice president of the Federalist Society and is currently,along with Steven Calabresi,the co-chairman of the organization's board of directors. Leo has been instrumental in building a network of influential conservative legal groups funded mostly by anonymous donors,including The 85 Fund and Concord Fund,which serve as funding hubs for affiliated political nonprofits. He assisted Clarence Thomas in his Supreme Court confirmation hearings and led campaigns to support the nominations of John Roberts,Samuel Alito,Neil Gorsuch,Brett Kavanaugh,and Amy Coney Barrett.
Robert Peter George is an American legal scholar,political philosopher,and public intellectual who serves as the sixth McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He lectures on constitutional interpretation,civil liberties,philosophy of law,and political philosophy.
The University of Texas at Austin was originally conceived in 1827 under an article in the Constitución de Coahuila y Texas to open a public university in the state of Texas. The Constitution of 1876 also called for the creation of a "university of the first class." Thus,they created "The University of Texas." Since the school's opening in 1883,the University of Texas has expanded greatly with the Austin institution remaining the flagship university of the University of Texas System. By the late 1990s,the University had the largest enrollment in the country and contained many of the country's top programs in the areas of law,architecture,film,engineering,and business.
Donny Ray Willett is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2018 as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was previously a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 2005 to 2018.
Brooke Leslie Rollins is an American attorney who is the president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute. She previously served as the acting director of the United States Domestic Policy Council under President Donald Trump. Prior to assuming that role,Rollins oversaw the White House Office of American Innovation. Rollins was president and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation,an Austin-based free-market think tank,from 2003 through 2018. During her tenure at TPPF,the think tank grew from having a staff of 3 to a staff of 100.
Wyoming Catholic College (WCC) is a private Catholic college in Lander,Wyoming. WCC is the only Catholic college or university in the state.
Brett Michael Kavanaugh is an American lawyer and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on July 9,2018,and has served since October 6,2018. He was previously a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2006 to 2018.
Brett P. Giroir is an American pediatrician. He was formerly the U.S. assistant secretary for health,a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and an acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner.
The 2024 United States elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday,November 5,2024. During this presidential election year,the president and vice president will be elected. In addition,all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested to determine the membership of the 119th United States Congress. Thirteen state and territorial governorships and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested.
James Chiun-Yue Ho is a Taiwanese-born American lawyer and jurist serving since 2018 as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed by President Donald Trump. Ho formerly served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2008 to 2010.
The 2024 United States presidential election will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election,set to be held on Tuesday,November 5,2024. Voters will elect a president and vice president for a term of four years. Incumbent President Joe Biden,a member of the Democratic Party,is running for re-election. His predecessor Donald Trump,a member of the Republican Party,is running for re-election for a second,non-consecutive term,after losing to him in 2020. The election notably comes after Trump's prior attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and the January 6 United States Capitol attack. This will mark the first presidential rematch since 1956. If Trump wins,he would become the second president to be elected to a non-consecutive second term,after Grover Cleveland in 1892.
David Mayes Middleton II is an American businessman and politician serving as a member of the Texas Senate for the 11th district. Previously,he served as a Texas House of Representatives for District 23. A member of the Republican Party,Middleton has been in the Texas legislature since January 8,2019.
Gregorio Eduardo Casar is an American politician who is the member for Texas's 35th congressional district in the United States Congress since 2023. He served as a member of the Austin City Council from the 4th district from 2015 to 2022. Casar is a member of the Democratic Party and was endorsed by the Working Families Party in his run for Congress. Casar is an unendorsed member of the Democratic Socialists of America. He was first elected to the Austin City Council in 2014,representing District 4. He was reelected in 2016 and 2020. He was elected to Congress in 2022.
Project 2025,also known as the Presidential Transition Project,is a collection of policy proposals to thoroughly reshape the U.S. federal government in the event of a Republican victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Established in 2022,the project aims to recruit tens of thousands of conservatives to the District of Columbia to replace existing federal civil servants—whom Republicans characterize as part of the "deep state"—and to further the objectives of the next Republican president. It adopts a maximalist interpretation of the unitary executive theory—which asserts that the president has absolute power over the executive branch—upon inauguration.
