Ads assail conservative legal group over Trump’s court picks

MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A liberal activist group is launching a digital ad campaign targeting the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization that has championed judges appointed by President Donald Trump, such as Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch. The ads, to appear on LinkedIn and Facebook, assail major law firms that sponsored the Federalist Society's recently annual dinner, where Kavanaugh addressed more than 2,000 people in tuxedos and gowns at Washington's Union Station. The ads feature photos of a snarling Kavanaugh, along with Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers, a charge he denied. "The Federalist Society is rebuilding Kavanaugh's image" through events su