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.
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2016 ACS Student Convention
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!
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Report: Money Influences State Courts
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.
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Explaining Constitutional Interpretation
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."
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2015 National Convention
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.
ACS publications and events provide a forum for many of the nation’s best legal minds to articulate a progressive vision of our Constitution and laws. For more on how ACS Shapes Debate, click here.