Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations

The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is a Washington, D.C.-based, nationwide, nonpartisan group of conservative and libertarian attorneys, law students, and others who seek to promote individual rights, free markets, traditional values, and the rule of law through debate, education and public policy.� Federalist Society chapters exist throughout the United States and list as their members prominent members of the legal community and the judiciary.� The Federalist Society is founded upon the principles that the state exists to preserve freedom, that separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is emphatically the province of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what the law should be.� In working to achieve the goal of promoting greater awareness of these principles, the Society has created an intellectual network that extends to all levels of the legal community.

What is the Hartford Chapter?

The Hartford Chapter is a local chapter of the Federalist Society.� Formed in 1996, it has presented numerous discussions and debates featuring locally and nationally prominent speakers and leaders from a broad diversity of perspectives on key legal and public policy issues of our day.� The Chapter provides a forum for lawyers and others interested in public policy to meet to discuss issues concerning the state of the law and the legal order.