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Gorsuch takes victory lap at Federalist dinner
By JOSH GERSTEIN 11/16/2017 11:54 PM EST
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch mocked the conservative Federalist Society’s critics along with his own detractors during a speech to the group’s annual conference in Washington on Thursday.
Speaking in a cavernous hall just blocks from the high court, Gorsuch poked fun at those who’ve painted the Federalist group as a secretive organization intent on quietly taking over the judicial branch as well as other legal posts across the administration and White House.
“If you’re going to have a meeting of a secret organization, maybe don’t have it in the middle of Union Station and then tell everybody to wear a black tie,” Gorsuch quipped. “It’s not a shadowy cabal in need of Joe McCarthy.”
Gorsuch’s speech was a triumphant moment for the organization, which has played an outsized role in President Donald Trump’s judicial picks and now counts scores of its members in powerful positions throughout the Trump administration.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/16/neil-gorsuch-federalist-society-speech-scotus-246538
