The Federalist Society is dedicated to America's founding values of limited government, free markets, and the preservation of what James Madison called "the sacred fire of liberty." In the past, the Federalist Society has held discussions on Supreme Court decisions, federal practice matters, privatization issues, and a host of other topics. As Justice Clarence Thomas said, when dedicating Chapman'
s Kennedy Hall, "Too few [lawyers] understand, like our nation's founders, that when we submit the baser side of our natures to the rule of noble law, we rise above our passions and partake, in some small degree, of the divine." "The Federalist Society does not take policy positions...it does not litigate or lobby...They measure success, they say, by the vitality of the society’s ideas in public discourse. It is a debate club, they says – perhaps THE debate club." – Joe Palazzolo, Legal Times
