What is a "Federalist"? cont.

I'm not as big of fan of Robert Bork as some others, but this quote from Tradition and Morality in Constitutional Law illuminates the core beliefs of the Federalist Society nicely:

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of the law must be given by the morality of the framer or the legislator, never the judge. The sole task of the latter- and it is quite large enough for anyone's skill, wisdom, or virtue- is to translate the framer's or the legislator's morality into a rule to govern unforeseen circumstances. That abstinence from giving his own desires free play, that continuing and self-conscious renunciation of power, that is the morality
of the jurist.