Mrs. Severino said promotion of Judge Barretts nomination is being coordinated from a war room at Judicial Crisis that includes the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List, Catholic Vote, America First Policies, the Club for Growth and Heritage Action.
While Judge Barretts advocates attack any suggestion that her judicial views might be influenced by her Catholicism, they are also proud of the churchs impact on the courts.
Catholics actually, in a very unique way, have a very keen understanding of the crisis that we were having with the judiciary, but not just because of the abortion issue, but because Catholics understood that theres something about following rules, and theres something about humility, which are important in human life, Leonard Leo, the longtime head of the Federalist Society, said in an interview for a presidential history archive.
Judicial Crisis Network was born in 2005, under the name Judicial Confirmation Network. The organization worked alongside Mr. Leo, who took a leave from the Federalist Society to organize conservative campaigns supporting two Supreme Court nominees, John G. Roberts Jr. and Samuel A. Alito Jr., according to an investigation of the Federalist Society network in The Washington Post.
The Judicial Confirmation Network became the Judicial Crisis Network during the Obama administration. Mrs. Severino took the helm in 2010.
Reporting was contributed by Eric Lipton, Erica L. Green, Katie Benner and Robert Pear. Kitty Bennett contributed research.read more
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