The nomination of the president's former personal lawyer Emil Bove to an appellate judgeship could represent a pivot point in ...

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

The nomination of the president's former personal lawyer Emil Bove to an appellate judgeship could represent a pivot point in ...

The confirmation of the president's former personal lawyer Emil Bove to an appellate judgeship could be fairly smooth, as ...

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

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.

Leonard Leo, Executive Vice President of the Federalist Society, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Oct. 6, 2018. ERIN SCHAFF/NYT ...

Nevertheless, President Trump recently launched an undeserved attack on Leonard Leo, cochairman of the Federalist Society, an organization of 90,000 conservative and libertarian lawyers, law ...

Leonard Leo ploughs millions of dollars into amplifying religious and conservative filmmakers. ... Mr Leo, who joined the Federalist Society as a student in the 1980s, ...

Simmering tensions broke into full public view after Trump called longtime Federalist leader Leonard Leo a “sleazebag” after a court blocked the bulk of Trump’s tariffs.

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2016 file photo, Federalist Society Executive Vice President Leonard Leo speaks to media at Trump Tower in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ...

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 ...