"Our 2020 grads have inspired us through their accomplishments in law school" -- ACS President @russfeingold kicks off the virtual graduation for our #StudentsofACS#Graduation2020
"Many of you have tried to organize program discussions around the broader constitutional issues that the pandemic has produced" - ACS Board of Directors member @ProfMMurray during the virtual graduation of our #StudentsofACS#Graduation2020
.@A_Y_Castillo, ACS Board of Directors member and CEO of @ywca tells #StudentsofACS, "Now a new journey begins, but through it all you now have a community that will be there: A community of lawyers, a community of believers that we can make a difference." #Graduation2020
@A_Y_Castillo@ywca "Please consider serving as a law clerk" urges the Honorable Carlton Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi to the #StudentsofACS graduating law school this year #Graduation2020
The Honorable Carlton Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi tells this year's graduating #StudentsofACS to ask themselves: "What have I done to make America more perfect?"
Congratulations to the 2020 ACS Rising Chapter of the Year, the @uidaholaw ACS Student Chapter!
Now we announce the 2020 ACS Student Chapter Programming Awards! These #StudentsofACS chapters have hosted at least 15 substantive events this past academic year focusing on ACS’s national priorities. This year’s recipients are:
And last but not least, congratulations to @ACS_MLaw, the 2020 Student Chapter of the Year!
In partnership w/ @ReproRights we announce the 2020 recipient of the Reproductive Rights and Justice Award: Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law! #StudentsofACS
Naomi Martin, Student Member of the ACS Board of Directors, University of Denver Sturm College of Law asks #StudentsofACS to reflect on the privilege that they have and the responsibility that comes with that privilege. #Graduation2020
Congratulations to the class of 2020!!
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ICYMI: “A More Perfect Union: The Future of Labor Law in a Post-COVID Economy” took place yesterday (1/7)
We need labor law reform. We need sector-wide solutions to address the multiple crises of the environment, the healthcare system, the economic crisis, said Nicole Berner of @SEIU (2/7)
Labor law has become an obstacle for workers to come together and countervail the power of corporations, said @sharblock (3/7)
In a new blog post on our expert forum, @MyConstitution’s David Gans explores California v. Texas, the latest attempt in the long-running effort by conservatives to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act bit.ly/3klf20x (1/5)
“Both Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh—who together with the Court’s three more liberal Justices could form a majority—repeatedly stated that it would be inappropriate to strike down the statute as a whole.” (2/5)
Gans argues that while the Roberts Court is deeply conservative, for now it seems unwilling to upend settled legal principles to strike down the ACA. (3/5)
From our first issue brief by Kristina Silja Bennard back in 2005 (!) on the confirmation hearings of #RBG and answering questions while maintaining judicial impartiality (1/21)
Bennard: The hearings for #RBG in 1993 provide a good example of how a nominee balances her obligation of impartiality with the need to shed light on her fundamental views (3/21)
.@espinsegall in the ACS Expert Forum Blog: Judge Amy Coney Barrett stated during her confirmation hearings that she's an originalist, which is meaningless as it relates to interpretation, but suggests that she'll consistently cast conservative votes acslaw.org/expertforum/ju… (1/9)
There are conservative, moderate and liberal judges, but there are no originalist judges, Professor Segall argues (2/9)
In the 1970s and 80s, originalists like Robert Bork were opposed to judges overturning state & federal law absent a clear inconsistency with constitutional text (3/9)
ACS President @russfeingold released this statement as the Senate begins hearings for #SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett (1/8):
The illegitimate plan to seat another extremely conservative #SCOTUS justice will allow the Right to achieve their ultimate goal: locking down a supermajority that could last for a generation (2/8)
By doing so, the Right will effectively steal the future of the younger generation – and generations to come. This generation will not be able to forge its own way or make manifest the promises in our Constitution (3/8)