The Senate should not address the SCOTUS vacancy until after the inauguration. (1/5)
ACS President Russ Feingold: "As we continue to celebrate the life and mourn the passing of Justice Ginsburg, in thinking about her towering accomplishments I am again struck by how completely devoted she was to using the law as a means to improve the lives of all people." (2/5)
"Now, ironically and potentially tragically... those obsessed with destroying the ACA and denying millions of Americans their basic human right to health care will be back in the Supreme Court. On Nov 10. they will argue again that the Court should strike down the ACA." (3/5)
"Now, SCOTUS enters a new, perilous phase. The Right has launched a lavishly funded and politically ruthless campaign to capture the Court. We as a community of progressive legal professionals have an obligation to help guide the nation through this next phase. (4/5)
"Justice Ginsburg was one of the most influential and inspirational lawyers and jurists in American history. Under no circumstances should the Senate consider a replacement for Justice Ginsburg until the inauguration of our next President.” (5/5) acslaw.org/press_release/…
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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)