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Trump and Leonard Leo: The most important ‘allow them to struggle’ ever

Editorial Board Published May 30, 2025
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Are you able to consider two individuals you’d moderately see in a cat struggle than President Donald Trump and head Federalist Society goblin Leonard Leo? No, you can’t. 

Trump has apparently soured on Leo, at the least in response to the prolonged screed he posted on Reality Social Thursday evening. 

“I was new to Washington, and it was suggested that I use The Federalist Society as a recommending source on Judges. I did so, openly and freely, but then realized that they were under the thumb of a real ‘sleazebag’ named Leonard Leo, a bad person who, in his own way, probably hates America, and obviously has his own separate ambitions,” he wrote.

Properly, he’s not unsuitable in regards to the “sleazebag” half. 

Trump is livid as a result of considered one of his personal judicial picks was a part of the three-judge panel that threw out his ridiculous “Liberation Day” tariffs. However Trump isn’t able to admitting he made a poor alternative in nominating Timothy Reif to the U.S. Courtroom of Worldwide Commerce in 2018, so it have to be another person’s fault. 

However there doesn’t appear to be any proof that Reif was a Leo decide. The Courtroom of Worldwide Commerce has probably not been a hotbed of controversy, and nominations are normally not contentious, which was the case with Reif, who was confirmed through voice vote. In truth, the Wall Road Journal made certain that the very first thing it reported about Reif was that he was a Democrat who labored within the Obama administration, as a result of conservatives need to spin Reif as a wild-eyed Trump hater. 


Leonard Leo is seen talking on the 2017 Nationwide Legal professionals Conference.

What that is actually about is that Trump can’t comprehend considered one of his nominees ruling towards him. He treats judicial nominations like a mob boss, anticipating perpetual favors for his largesse, so when that doesn’t occur, he’s equal components confused and outraged. So now he’s going after Leo. 

Leo isn’t being drawn in as a result of he’s not a toddler like Trump, however he did throw some delicate shade in his official assertion. 

“There’s more work to be done, for sure, but the Federal Judiciary is better than it’s ever been in modern history, and that will be President Trump’s most important legacy,” he wrote.

In fact, it’s actually extra Leo’s legacy than it’s Trump’s, and someplace deep in his unhappy, shriveled soul, Trump is aware of that—which might be partially why he’s so mad. 

It’s Leo, not Trump, who labored for many years to get a conservative majority on the Supreme Courtroom. It’s Leo, not Trump, who deftly shepherded a long time of assaults on abortion till he acquired that conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. It’s Leo, not Trump, who’s Justice Clarence Thomas’ greatest buddy, going all the best way again to Thomas’ affirmation hearings in 1991. It’s Leo, not Trump, who acquired to hang around with billionaire Harlan Crow whereas he showered items on Thomas, ensuing within the weirdest photo-realistic portray ever. It’s Leo, not Trump, who really has the respect of the authorized institution—not that it’s warranted.

However a technique that Leo may be very very like Trump is that he’s a darkish cash machine who landed what might be the largest political donation ever: $1.6 billion from Barre Seid, an extremely wealthy conservative. That makes Elon Musk’s donations to Trump look small-time, although Musk did get the reward of tearing down the federal authorities. 

So it seems to be like Leo and the Federalist Society is not going to be selecting Trump’s judges for him this time round. Sadly, this implies we’ll get individuals with the entire vicious ideology however not one of the judicial expertise. Leo is a sleazebag and an amoral monster who would fortunately put everybody beneath his thumb, however at the least he knew some attorneys with precise related expertise. With out Leo, it’s simply going to be an limitless parade of nominees like Emil Bove. 

Sadly, after White Home deputy chief of workers Stephen Miller instructed CNN Friday that the Trump administration gained’t be utilizing the Federalist Society for vetting this time round, a chilly realization settled in: If Leo isn’t selecting the judges, Miller in all probability is. Can’t look forward to a raft of groypers from Liberty College to get lifetime appointments. 

One factor Trump might not have taken under consideration when selecting this struggle is that if there may be one particular person within the nation who wields sufficient behind-the-scenes energy to harm Trump, it’s Leo. 

Leo has constructed his community fastidiously over about 4 a long time, and he is aware of—and has funded—practically everybody. If Trump’s judicial picks owe loyalty to anybody, it’s Leo. 

Who can say the place this spat will find yourself, provided that Leo doesn’t appear to be bending the knee to Trump. However one factor is for sure: When the worst individuals on the earth struggle one another, all of us win—if solely as a result of we get to observe.

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