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Topic: The Federalist Society

Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign event at the Orpheum Theater on October 29, 2023 in Sioux City, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump's purge begins

Heather Digby Parton
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Why GOP justices are so whiny

Amanda Marcotte