Home   About Us   Events   Contact Us   Join		"The courts must declare the sense of the law; and if they should be disposed to exercise WILL instead of JUDGMENT, the consequence would be the substitution of their pleasure for that of the legislative body." -- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 78 Watch this Space for Announcements Regarding Upcoming Events! Look for New Events to be Announced in the Fall Term of 2003. The Federalist Society is a law and public policy forum dedicated to the free and lively discussion of conservative and libertarian ideas on law school campuses across the country. It is founded on the prinicples that the state exists to preserve freedom, that separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be. The Society seeks to promote an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its activities. The Ole Miss Chapter of the Federalist Society is the premier organization on campus for law students who are interested in delving deeper into the philosophical, political and legal ideas which undergird the legal order in the United States. It is our belief today's law schools typically shortchange their students when it comes to educating them about these ideas. To combat this problem, we regularly host a variety of speakers and sponsor other activities, at all times with an eye towards increasing a free and profitable discussion of law and public policy outside the classroom. Membership in the the Ole Miss Chapter of the Federalist Society is open to any student in the law school. The Society is also open to practicing attorneys who may wish to affiliate with our chapter. If you are interested in increasing the discussion of concepts such as federalism, limited government and judicial restraint, the Federalist Society is tailor-made for you. If you are interested in these ideas, please join our chapter and the national society today. We'd love to have you! "[T]he candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government, upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties, in personal actions, the people will have ceased, to be their own rulers, having, to that extent, practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal." -- Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address
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