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'''Leonard A. Leo''' (born 1965) is an American [[Wikipedia:lawyer|lawyer]] and conservative activist.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leonard A. Leo|url=http://www.fed-soc.org/publications/author/leonard-a-leo|publisher=Federalist Society|accessdate=21 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521215904/http://www.fed-soc.org/publications/author/leonard-a-leo|archive-date=21 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''Leonard A. Leo''' (born 1965) is an American [[Wikipedia:lawyer|lawyer]] and conservative activist.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leonard A. Leo|url=http://www.fed-soc.org/publications/author/leonard-a-leo|publisher=Federalist Society|accessdate=21 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521215904/http://www.fed-soc.org/publications/author/leonard-a-leo|archive-date=21 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Leo has led campaigns to support the Supreme Court nominations of [[John Roberts]], [[Samuel Alito]], [[Neil Gorsuch]] and [[Brett Kavanaugh]]. In 2017 (before Justice Kavanaugh's appointment and confirmation), legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin wrote that Leo was "responsible, to a considerable extent, for one third of the justices on the Supreme Court."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/04/12/523495201/how-one-man-brought-justices-roberts-alito-and-gorsuch-to-the-supreme-court|title=How One Man Brought Justices Roberts, Alito And Gorsuch To The Supreme Court|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-06-10}}</ref> Leo described himself in 2019 as "a leader of the conservative legal movement."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/leonard-leo-federalists-society-courts/|title=A conservative activist's behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation's courts|last=|first=|date=2019|work=The Washington Post|access-date=}}</ref>
Leo has led campaigns to support the Supreme Court nominations of [[:Category:Justice John Roberts|John Roberts]], [[:Category:Justice Samuel Alito|Samuel Alito]], [[:Category:Justice Neil Gorsuch|Neil Gorsuch]] and [[:Category:Justice Brett Kavanaugh|Brett Kavanaugh]]. In 2017 (before Justice Kavanaugh's appointment and confirmation), legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin wrote that Leo was "responsible, to a considerable extent, for one third of the justices on the Supreme Court."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/04/12/523495201/how-one-man-brought-justices-roberts-alito-and-gorsuch-to-the-supreme-court|title=How One Man Brought Justices Roberts, Alito And Gorsuch To The Supreme Court|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-06-10}}</ref> Leo described himself in 2019 as "a leader of the conservative legal movement."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/leonard-leo-federalists-society-courts/|title=A conservative activist's behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation's courts|last=|first=|date=2019|work=The Washington Post|access-date=}}</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*{{Wikipedia-inline|Leonard Leo}}
*{{Wikipedia-inline|Leonard Leo}}
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Leonard_Leo Leonard Leo], SourceWatch.
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Leonard Leo
Born 1965 (age 58–59)
Northport, New York, U.S.
Education Cornell University (BA, JD)
Political party Republican

Leonard A. Leo (born 1965) is an American lawyer and conservative activist.[1]

Leo has led campaigns to support the Supreme Court nominations of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. In 2017 (before Justice Kavanaugh's appointment and confirmation), legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin wrote that Leo was "responsible, to a considerable extent, for one third of the justices on the Supreme Court."[2] Leo described himself in 2019 as "a leader of the conservative legal movement."[3]

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