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In our 10+ years of history, ACS has become a powerful institution helping to shape the law. Learn more here about ACS from our president, Caroline Fredrickson. You can also hear what Gov. Deval Patrick, Sen. Tom Daschle, Sen. Al Franken, White House Director of Domestic Policy Melody Barnes, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and others have to say about our great work in this video.

ACS will hold its 4th Annual Student Convention January 22-23, 2016 at Duke University School of Law in Durham, NC. Registration is now open! 

The nation's top legal minds offer their perspective and commentary on the most pressing constitutional issues facing the nation and our political and justice systems. Read ACSblog today and check back frequently for up-to-date information.  

Skewed Justice—sponsored by ACS and authored by Joanna Shepherd and Michael S. Kang—shows the growing relationship between money and state supreme court decisions on criminal cases.

Keeping Faith with the Constitution is a common-sense approach to constitutional interpretation written by Goodwin Liu, Pamela S. Karlan, and Christopher Schroeder. Its themes continue to frame much of what ACS does across the country, from events to issue briefs and more.

For more reading, see posts from ACSblog's 2015 Constitution Day symposium and our webpage, "Myths and Facts About Courts and the Constiution."

ACS hosted its 2015 National Convention in June, drawing progressive scholars, lawyers, law students and judges from across the country. Featured speakers included U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, former Attorney General Eric Holder, former Texas state Senator Wendy Davis, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court Goodwin Liu. 

Video is available here and YouTube.  

We would like to say thank you to the ACS supporters who have demonstrated their commitment to protecting our constitutional values with a gift!

Your support enables us to produce the programming, publications and activities that help us make a difference on so many important issues.

In the wake of Shelby County v. Holder and in the face of a persistent assault on the right to vote, ACS continues to serve as a voting rights resource. At the 2014 ACS National Convention, Wendy Weiser, Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center, led a conversation on the current state of voting rights. ACS also published an Issue Brief defending the constitutionality of provisions of the Voting Rights Amendment Act, which seeks to reverse some of the damage done by the Shelby.

How will Congress handle the confirmation of judges to the federal bench where vacancies are already high? Stay up-to-date with statistics, analysis and coverage of congressional action at JudicialNominations.org and ACSblog.