The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies is an organization of conservative and libertarian lawyers and others dedicated to debate of these principles.

Olson was a founding member of the Federalist Society.

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The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, most frequently called simply the Federalist Society, is an organization of conservatives and libertarians seeking reform of the current American legal system in accordance with a textualist or originalist interpretation of the U. S. Constitution.

The Federalist Society began at Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School in 1982 as a student organization that challenged what its members perceived as the orthodox American liberal ideology found in most law schools.

Through speaking events, lectures, and other activities, the Federalist Society provides a forum for legal experts of opposing views to interact with members of the legal profession, the judiciary, law students, and academics.

The Society looks to Federalist Paper Number 78 for an articulation of the virtue of judicial restraint, as written by Alexander Hamilton: " It can be of no weight to say that the courts, on the pretense of a repugnancy, may substitute their own pleasure to the constitutional intentions of the legislature ....

Commissioner Paul S. Atkins of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission considered Federalist Society members " the heirs of James Madison's legacy " in a speech he gave in January 2008 to the Federalist Society Lawyers ' Chapter of Dallas, Texas.

" In the words of Dan Lowenstein, a Democrat and political appointee of former California governor Jerry Brown, " The Federalist Society is one of the few student organizations putting on public events that contribute to the intellectual life of the law school.

Federalist Society members helped to encourage President George W. Bush ’ s decision to terminate the American Bar Association ’ s nearly half-century-old monopoly on rating judicial nominees ' qualifications for office.

The Federalist Society believed the ABA showed a liberal bias in its recommendations.

* formerUnited States Assistant Attorney General Peter Keisler, a co-founder of the Federalist Society

While not necessarily members, several figures in the public eye have written for Federalist Society publications:

The Washington Post later located the Federalist Society Lawyers ' Division Leadership Directory, 1997-1998, which listed Roberts as a member of the Washington chapter steering committee.

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* New York Times, August 1, 2005, " Debating the Subtle Sway of the Federalist Society "

* Washington Post, July 29, 2005, " What the Federalist Society Stands For "

A major aspect of Federalist No. 9 is Hamilton's response to the common Anti-Federalist argument based on the theories of Montesquieu, who wrote famously in his The Spirit of the Laws that " it is natural to a republic to have only a small territory, otherwise it cannot long subsist.

Federalist No. 1 introduces a series of essays published in the Independent Journal, the New-York Packet and the Daily Advertiser as a response to Anti-Federalist opposition to the proposed US Constitution.

In 1812 he was again elected to the U. S. Congress as a Federalist but served only five months before he resigned on August 2, 1813.

John Stanly ( 9 April 1774 – 2 August 1834 ) was a Federalist U. S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1801 and 1803 and again between 1809 and 1811.

North was appointed as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Sloss Hobart and served from May 5, 1798, to August 17, 1798, when James Watson was elected and qualified to succeed.

Federalist No. 84 ( Federalist Number 84 ), an essay entitled " Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered ," is one of the Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, published under the pseudonym Publius on July 16, July 26, and August 9, 1788.

It was published on August 13 and 16, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published.

* March 1 – Federalist James Ross becomes President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate.

According to Federalist 1:

He wrote in Federalist No. 1 that the series would " endeavor to give a satisfactory answer to all the objections which shall have made their appearance, that may seem to have any claim to your attention.

Modern scholars generally use the text prepared by Jacob E. Cooke for his 1961 edition of The Federalist ; this edition used the newspaper texts for essay numbers 1 – 76 and the McLean edition for essay numbers 77 – 85.

In Federalist No. 1, Hamilton listed six topics to be covered in the subsequent articles:

* Ridgway, Whitman H. " Fries in the Federalist Imagination: a Crisis of Republican Society ," Pennsylvania History 2000 67 ( 1 ): 141-160

Winthrop Sargent ( May 1, 1753 – June 3, 1820 ) was a United States patriot, politician, and writer ; and a member of the Federalist party.

Lloyd was elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Henry and served from December 8, 1797 until December 1, 1800, when he resigned.

Christopher Gore ( September 21, 1758March 1, 1827 ) was a prominent Massachusetts lawyer, Federalist politician, and U. S. diplomat.

Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 1.

Federalist No. 1 ( Federalist Number 1 ) is an essay by Alexander Hamilton.

Eloquently written, yet manifestly biased, Federalist No. 1 heaps praise upon the Constitution as an efficient system of government.

In fact, Federalist No. 1, as an introductory essay, can be interpreted mainly as an attempt to impress upon readers that opinions will always contain bias when it comes to important matters such as this.

It was published on December 1, 1787 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published.

It was published on January 1, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published.

It was published on March 1, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published.

It was published on February 1, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published.

The former is covered by Article II, Section 1, v of the United States Constitution, while the latter is covered by Hamilton in Federalist 68, noting that the person who will become President will have to be a person who contains the faculties necessary to become President, stating that,

It was published on April 1, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published.