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Washington Post
June 2, 2001

A LOOK AT . . . JUDICIAL AGENDAS & THE FEDERALISTS

Dinh Plays Dumb

Several Bush administration judicial nominees belong to the 25,000-member Federalist Society. During law professor Viet Dinh's May confirmation hearing to be an assistant attorney general, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) questioned him about the organization's legal philosophy. Excerpts:

DURBIN: So it is your belief that the Federalist Society does not have a . . . stated philosophy when it comes to, for example, the future course of the Supreme Court?

DINH: No, I do not think it does have a stated philosophy...

DURBIN: Where would you put the Federalist Society on the political spectrum?

DINH: You know, I simply do not know...

DURBIN: Well, let me say that what I've read -- and I'm not an expert nor am I a member of the Federalist Society -- they do have a very conservative philosophy. I don't think they are a debating society. I think they have an agenda.

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