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President Trump and his allies are waging war with the Federalist Society as he sees parts of his second-term agenda blocked by some of his own judicial appointees.

Simmering tensions broke into full public view after Trump called longtime Federalist leader Leonard Leo a "sleazebag" after a court blocked the bulk of Trump's tariffs.

The boiling point has unleashed a rebellion pitting the Make America Great Again movement against the conservative legal stronghold that helped Trump reshape the courts during his first term by offering up conservative judges as suggestions to fill benches across the country.

As the president embarks on choosing his next set of judicial nominees in his second-term, his decis

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