The man credited with sending conservative jurists to the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts paid tribute Thursday to former Sen. Orrin Hatch and the rise of conservative judges.
Leonard Leo, the executive vice president of the Federalist Society, said he couldn’t imagine a “successful conservative legal movement” without Hatch.
“Senator Hatch, you've had an enormous impact on at least two generations of jurists and lawyers,” Leo said, “and we all owe you a tremendous debt of gratitude for that and for so much more.”
Hatch and Leo were among the speakers Thursday at a symposium hosted by the new Hatch Foundation at the University of Utah.