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How deep does the conservative Federalist Society have its claws in the Justice Department? (Who's Who).


How deep does the conservative Federalist Society The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, most frequently called simply the Federalist Society, began at Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School in 1982 as a student organization that challenged what its members perceived  have its claws in the Justice Department? Pretty deep, according to according to
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 the speakers list for the group's upcoming 20th-anniversary gala. It includes no fewer than six out of the department's 10 assistant attorney generals: Ralph Boyd, Michael Chertoff, Viet Dinh, Charles James Charles James may refer to:
  • Charles James (attorney), former U.S. assistant attorney general
  • Charles James (chemist) (1880-1928)
  • Charles James (designer) (1906–1978)
  • Charles Tillinghast James (1805-1862), U.S. Senator
  • Charles O.
, Eileen O'Connor, and Tom Sansonetti. And that doesn't even include Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, Energy Department general counsel Lee Otis, Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
Department of Health and Human Services, HHS
 general counsel Alex Azar, and deputy. White House counsel Tom Flanigan, each of whom is also scheduled to speak. The keynote speaker, then, is someone whose career they have reason to celebrate: former independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr.
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Author:Threadgill, Susan
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Date:Oct 1, 2002
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