What is the Federalist Society and what does it want from our courts?

Protests at the U.S. Supreme Court are pictured on the day Roe v. Wade was overturned 2023 The Tufts Daily

The Federalist Society (FS) is the most successful activist group to shape, if not make, federal court decisions. How has that come about? Where did they come from? And what do they want? Before answering those questions, one must appreciate their immense presence in the federal court system.