Cristian Farias

Cristian Farias writes about the intersection of law and politics for New York magazine. He is also a writer-in-residence at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. (August 2018)

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Trump’s Tenth Justice

Assuming Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed as Justice Kennedy’s replacement, a 5-4 conservative majority on the Supreme Court will be all but locked in. Which means that Solicitor General Noel Francisco, in effect the government’s leading lawyer before the Court, will be in the driving seat to guide a new era of conservative jurisprudence.

August 9, 2018

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