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Donald Trump Takes On the Conservative Judiciary

2025/6/2
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Paul Gigot: 作为《华尔街日报》观点版编辑，我主要负责引出话题并引导讨论，关注特朗普总统对联邦党人学会的攻击，以及这对保守派司法运动的潜在影响。我试图理解特朗普转变立场的原因，并分析这对未来的司法提名可能产生的影响。同时，我也关注保守派法律运动内部可能出现的分裂，以及这种分裂对未来司法选择的影响。 John Yoo: 我认为特朗普对 Leonard Leo 的攻击是“真正令人愤慨的”，并且不理解特朗普为何要背弃他在第一任期内最大的成就之一，即任命了三位大法官，巩固了最高法院的保守派多数。我强调了联邦党人学会对保守派法律运动的重要性，以及原旨主义在当今司法辩论中的主导地位。我认为特朗普可能因为对某些案件的结果不满意而迁怒于联邦党人学会，但他没有意识到独立司法实际上对他自己也有利。此外，我也指出保守派法律运动内部存在着对原旨主义的不同看法，一些人希望更积极地利用司法权力来推进他们的价值观。

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President Trump's recent attack on the Federalist Society and Leonard Leo is unexpected, given their crucial role in his first term judicial appointments. This chapter explores Trump's motivations behind this surprising shift and its potential implications for future judicial nominations.
  • Trump's criticism of the Federalist Society and Leonard Leo.
  • The role of the Federalist Society in Trump's first-term judicial appointments.
  • Trump's appointment of Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.
  • The impact of Trump's judicial appointments on conservative legal movement.

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Paul Gigot talks to law professor John Yoo about Donald Trump's attack on the Federalist Society and Leonard Leo, what's motivating the President, and what it means for the President's second-term judicial nominations.

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