Like father, like son. Well, maybe not. On Friday, the satirist and conservative columnist Christopher Buckley endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Membership in the Federalist Society, a group for conservative or libertarian law students and lawyers, has recently helped open doors to jobs in the federal government, especially the judiciary.

But given the Democratic Congress and other factors, Federalist Society membership, or even past Federalist Society membership, may not be the plus it was.

At least that’s what Rachel K. Paulose has alleged.