The Federalist Society

As we remember Judge Silberman’s contributions to the law, we are highlighting one of his most striking speeches, delivered to a Federalist Society gathering just one year after the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings.  Among other things, this is the speech which popularized the “Greenhouse effect.”

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