Even as Donald Trump has fumed at the conservative legal group, it remains the most influential player in Republican judicial ...

Steven Calabresi, who co-chairs the Federalist Society’s board with Leo, submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in the case alongside other prominent conservative attorneys calling Trump’s ...

Trump should be thanking Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society, not waging war Trump is lashing out at those who helped him pick judges in his first term. By John Yoo Updated June 6, 2025, 11:34 a.m.

A Federalist Society spokesperson did not return multiple requests for comment. It remains unclear why Trump specifically targeted Leo in his response to the tariff ruling.

The Federalist Society has become a bastion of that project, with Leo serving as its longtime former executive vice president. Formed in 1982 by a group of law students opposed to liberal ideology at ...

Leonard Leo, the right-wing operative who picked Trump’s Supreme Court appointees, has long been the president’s ally.

Pence defended Leo and the Federalist Society on X Monday, calling them “indispensable partners” throughout Trump’s first term and suggesting conservative Americans owe the group a “debt ...

Mr. Leo and former White House counsel Don McGahn were two of the Federalist Society stalwarts who helped Mr. Trump remake the federal judiciary in the President’s first term. Mr. Whitehouse ...

Leonard Leo has long been a key figure in the Federalist Society and was very much a part of the first Trump administration, working closely with the administration to put forward judges.

“I did so, openly and freely.” Trump then criticized Leonard Leo, the Federalist Society's former executive vice president and current co-chairman of the board, calling him a “bad person.” ...