ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Laura Field

Laura K. Field is a writer and political theorist in Washington, DC, and a senior advisor for the Illiberalism Studies Program at The George Washington University. Her book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, will be published by Princeton University Press in November.

POSTS BY Laura Field

09 July 2025

Laura Field

Trump’s Final Frontier?

Trump nominated Emil Bove III, a former attorney of his, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The Bove nomination signals a turn away from the Federalist Society, the signature institution of the conservative legal movement. With it, the radical forces of the New Right movement are now making inroads into the inherently conservative judiciary. This is a development that could be a key step in consolidating Trump's power. Continue reading >>