Law Firms, Legal Networks, and Nominations

For Monday, Schatzinger, ch. 1-2.

Jones Day

A critical story

Tobacco

 "Moral qualms can be left to the legislators." (Enrich 166):  the threat of litigation as a deterrent.

Coalitions:  what other interests would oppose limits on tobacco sales?

• Astroturf

Public Health Advocacy Institute

Exception: governments large enough to fight back

• Los Angeles County (RJR even fell short at SCOTUS)
• Columbus:  but note the source and framing

Jones Day Washington

Issues and Appeals (190) and pro bono work

The contraceptive mandate

Legal Groups (scroll down to "Law and Legal Studies")

• Networking:  clerks and subsequent jobs (195)
• Analysis
• Litigation

The Federalist Society and Judicial Crisis Network

 

FEDERALIST SOCIETY FUNDING 

Supreme Court nominations (with a familiar name)

The lists

Jay Michaelson at The Daily Beast:

“Our opponents of judicial nominees frequently claim the president has outsourced his selection of judges,” McGahn said at a Federalist Society event last year. “That is completely false. I’ve been a member of the Federalist Society since law school, still am, so frankly it seems like it’s been in-sourced.”