According to a Federalist Society press release, Sheldon Gelbert will succeed Eugene Meyer as President of the Federalist Society. The announcement is here, via Jonathan Adler at Volokh Conspiracy. Also at Volokh Conspiracy, Steven Calabresi (one of the Society's founders) comments enthusiastically here. An excerpt:
… Sheldon is a brilliant libertarian conservative who is 44 years old, has four children, and has held leading positions at the Chamber of Commerce litigation team, the Institute for Justice litigation team, the National Constitution Center headed up by Jeff Rosen, and as a senior counsel at Walmart, which recently decided to end its DEI policy. Sheldon is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Sheldon is highly respected by the rising generation of Federalist Society lawyers in their thirties and forties. He is known for being friendly and kind to everyone, and he has a huge number of friends. Sheldon is an originalist who is committed to the rule of law, to the idea of the separation of powers, and to the principle that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is and not what it should be.
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