Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, speaking during a panel discussion titled “The Future of the Past: Stare Decisis,” at The Federalist Society’s 2018 National Lawyers Convention, held at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, November 15, 2018. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
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The Federalist Society’s annual convention in Washington, D.C., has historically given the public a glimpse into the legal minds guiding President Donald Trump and those overseeing the federal judiciary. Given turnover at the White House counsel’s office, Justice Department and the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federalist Society’s 2018 convention yielded clues about who could be in line to lead government in the years to come.
