About the Federalist Society

We are conservative and libertarian students concerned with the current state of our legal system. The Federalist Society was founded on the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be.

Each semester, we work to promote awareness of these principles at UM Law and beyond, through a wide range of activities including speeches and debates, as well as social and networking events. For more information, visit the national Federalist Society website, or contact us.

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Justice Ginsburg can't retire soon enough. However, we will probably have to live with her for a while. As this article points out, she has very extreme views on the role of international law in the context of Constitutional interpretation. Foreign law has no place in determing how our government is constructed. Her veiw is the legal equivalent of trying to construct a building by looking at the blueprints and specifications for a completely different building. Even if she does not retire soon, we will hopefully get one more Bush appointed justice who will resist this line of thinking.
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