<Table> Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The society logo is a silhouette of James Madison </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Formation </Th> <Td> 1982 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> Legal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Legal status </Th> <Td> 501 (c) (3) nonprofit </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Purpose </Th> <Td> "To promote 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 province and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it should be ." </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1776 I Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20066 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Coordinates </Th> <Td> 38 ° 54 ′ 04" N 77 ° 02 ′ 28" W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.901 ° N 77.0412 ° W ﻿ / 38.901; - 77.0412 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Membership </Th> <Td> 60,000--70,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> President </Th> <Td> Eugene B. Meyer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Executive Vice President </Th> <Td> Leonard Leo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> Revenue: $18,197,898 Expenses: $15,077,690 (FYE September 2015) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.fed-soc.org </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The society logo is a silhouette of James Madison </Td> </Tr>

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