Takeover: How a Conservative Student Club Captured the Supreme Court

Six of the nine sitting justices of the Supreme Court are current or former members of The Federalist Society-a private, conservative legal organization which has grown to dominate modern American jurisprudence.

Takeover tells the story of how The Federalist Society started as a student club and grew to become the most influential legal organization in US history. Over the last three decades, they managed to shape judicial policy and secure numerous seats for its members on courts of appeals...