News & Media Information
Media Inquiries and Support
ACS often connects interested journalists with legal and policy experts prepared to provide analysis and commentary on a variety of issues, including executive power, pending Supreme Court and other appellate cases, judicial nominations, voting rights, criminal justice issues, civil liberties and religion. These experts include former state and federal government officials, leading academics, public interest legal practitioners and former judges.
If you are a member of the press seeking a comment from a legal or policy expert, please contact the ACS Communications Department at (202) 393-6181 and ask to speak with:
ACS in the News
- "Early Moves Can Move Path to Power," Legal Times, 01-05-2009.
- "Balance of Power Swings to Liberal Legal Group," NPR, 01-03-2009.
- "Liberal Legal Group Comes to the Fore," Politico, 12-29-2008.
- "New Blood For Liberal Law Think Tank," The Blog of Legal Times, 12-11-2008."
Press Releases, Advisories and Statements (PDF)
March 2010
- Issue Brief Authors Propose "Just Alternative" to Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences (3.9.10) Press Release
- National Experts to Examine Filibuster and Judicial Confirmations (3.3.10) Media Advisory
February 2010
- President Obama Nominates Former ACS Board Chair Goodwin Liu for Federal Bench (2.24.10) Press Release
- ACS Issue Brief Reveals Flawed System for Poor Defendants Facing Death Penalty (2.23.10) Press Release
- ACS Event to Explore Reaction to Campaign Finance Decision (2.22.10) Media Advisory
January 2010
- Judicial Nominations in the First Year of the Obama Administration (1.22.10) Media Advisory
- ACS Resources on High Court Decision in Campaign Finance Case (1.21.10) Media Advisory
- ACS Announces New Board Members (1-12-10) Press Release
- ACS Symposium to Explore Access to Justice in Federal Courts (1-8-10) Press Advisory
December 2009
- ACS Issue Brief Confirms Constitutionality of Health Care Reform Legislation (12-23-09) Press Release
- ACS to Host 'A New Vision for the Civil Rights Division: An Address by Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez' (12-17-09) Press Advisory
- ACS Issue Brief Examines Workplace Fairness Laws (12-16-09) Press Release
- ACS Forum Highlights New Ideas for Criminal Justice System (12-15-09) Press Release
November 2009
- ACS Co-Hosting Panel Discussion on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (11-25-09) Press Advisory
- ACS to Host Major Forum on Criminal Justice Reforms (11-24-09) Press Advisory
- ACS Issue Brief on National Voter Registration Act (11-19-09) -- Press Release
- ACS Issue Brief Explores Possible Expansion of Corporate Rights (11-09-2009) -- Press Release
- ACS to Host Debate: Is America Ready for Popular Election of the President? (11-04-2009) -- Press Advisory
October 2009
- ACS to Host Event on Privacy Concerns in a Digital Age (10-30-2009) -- Press Advisory
- ACS to Examine Justice Brandeis's Influence on Privacy Rights (10-28-2009) -- Press Advisory
- ACS Symposium: National Security & Human Rights (10-05-2009) -- Press Advisory
September 2009
- New ACS Issue Brief Explores State of Disability Rights (09-21-2009) -- Press Release
August 2009
- New Advance Journal Provides Array of Analyses of Pressing Legal and Public Policy Issues (08-19-2009) -- Press Release
July 2009
- The Constitution in 2020: Assessing the Constitutional Issues on the Horizon (07-08-2009) -- Press Advisory
- ACS Issue Brief Outlines Challenges to Detention Policy (07-07-2009) -- Press Release
- ACS Co-Hosts “Narrowing the Justice Gap: Legal Services for the Poor in an Economic Downturn” (07-06-2009) -- Press Advisory
June 2009
- Court Experts to Examine Major Decisions, Trends of Court's Session (06-26-2009) -- Press Advisory
- ACS, CAP Action Fund To Host Press Call Briefing Upon Supreme Court's Ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano (06-26-2009) -- Press Advisory
- Sens. Whitehouse, Klobuchar Make Case For Importance of Background, Life Experiences in Weighing Judicial Appointees (06-21-2009) -- Press Release
- ACS Honors Authors, Top Chapters, 1st Carliner Public Interest Award Winner at ACS Convention (06-21-2009) -- Press Release
- Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Elizabeth Warren Address Policy and Judicial Responses To Economic Turmoil (06-21-2009) -- Press Release
- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Opens ACS Convention (06-19-2009) -- Press Release
- Sens. Klobuchar. Whitehouse, Gov. Granholm to Address 2009 ACS National Convention (06-16-2009) -- Press Advisory
May 2009
- White House Counsel Gregory Craig, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse to Headline at 2009 ACS National Convention (05-28-2009) -- Press Advisory
- ACS Names New Executive Director: ACLU Legislative Director Caroline Fredrickson Brings Wealth of Experience to Group's Top Position (05-19-2009) -- Press Release
- ACS to Access Supreme Court Term (05-08-2009) -- Press Advisory
- ACS Releases New Books Offering Vision of the Constitution and How to Interpret It -- (05-01-2009)
April 2009
- New Books to Shape Debate on Constitutional Law (04-22-2009) -- Press Advisory
- Google Books: Unprecedented Information Resource or IP Monoply? -- (04-17-2009)
- ACS Issue Brief Examines Dwindling High Court Support For the Fourth Amendment -- (04-06-2009)
March 2009
- Tribal Sovereignty: A Proposed Solution to an Epidemic (03-27-2009) -- Press Release
- ACS Annouces New Board of Directors Members (03-18-2009) -- Press Release
- New ACS Issue Brief Urges New Course On Combating Illegal Drug Use (03-18-2009)
- Courts Eroding Students' Free Speech (03-03-2009) -- Press Release
February 2009
- ACS To Host Briefing On Supreme Court Case Involving Judicial Elections (02-19-2009) -- Press Release
January 2009
- Court Rulings Undermine Nation's Major Health Care Laws, Authors Say (01-26-09) -- Press Release
- ACS Launches Executive Director Search (01-09-09) -- Press Release
- David Carliner Public Interest Award Recognizes Commitment to Social Good (01-07-09) -- Press Release
- Panel of Experts to Use Lincoln and Obama Celebrations To Explore Constitution’s Promise of Liberty and Equality (01-07-09) -- Press Release
December 2008
- NFL Still Struggling To Improve Coaching Diversity, New ACS Issue Brief Says, (12-17-2008) -- Press Release
- ACS Announces New Board of Directors Members (12-10-2008) -- Press Release
- ACS Board Member Eric Holder Selected by Obama To Be Attorney General (12-01-2008) -- Press Release
November 2008
- ACS Executive Director Lisa Brown Tapped to Serve As White House Staff Secretary (11-19-2008) -- Press Release
- New ACS Issue Brief Offers Ways To Address 'ID Divide' (11-10-2008) -- Press Release
- ACS To Preview Major Supreme Court First Amendment Case (11-04-2008) -- Press Release
- ACS Hosts Post-Election Call on Voting Issues (11-05-2008) -- Press Release
October 2008
- ACS Issue Brief Promotes Transition Ideas For Ending Workplace Discrimination (10-24-2008) -- Press Release
- ACS Issue Brief Offers Ways to Bolster Office of Special Counsel (10-21-2008) -- Press Release
- ACS Reveals Proposals For Reforming Law and Justice Policies in a New Administration (10-15-2008) -- Press Release
September 2008
- New Study Shows Employment Discrimination Plaintiffs Do Poorly (9-18-2008) -- Press Release
- Latest Issue of ACS-Sponsored Harvard Journal Addresses Responses to Hurricane Katrina and Upcoming Presidential Transition (9-15-2008) -- Press Advisory
- ACS Hosts Press Briefing on The New FBI Guidelines and the Risk of Racial Profiling (9-3-2008) -- Press Advisory
August 2008
- ACS Supreme Court Review Scheduled for September 24, 2008 (8-27-2008) -- Press Advisory
- ACS Issue Brief Critiquing NLRB Decision Declaring Graduate Teaching and Student Research Assistants Are Not Employees (8-20-2008) -- Press Release
- ACS Criticizes Attorney General's Inaction on Justice Department Hiring Scandal (8-13-2008) -- Press Release
July 2008
- U.S. Supreme Court Experts Available for End of Term Analysis (7-25-2008) -- Press Advisory
- Video Message from ACS Executive Director Lisa Brown on Allegations of Politicized Hiring by the U.S. Department of Justice (7-10-2008) -- Statement
- ACS Holds U.S. Supreme Court Review (7-01-2008) -- Press Advisory
June 2008
- ACS Criticizes Justice Department Use of Politics in Hiring for Career Honors, Intern Programs (6-24-2008) -- Press Release
- ACS Honors Writing Competition Winners at ACS National Convention (6-18-2008) -- Press Release
- Former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder Blasts Administration's War on Terror at ACS National Convention (6-14-2008) -- Press Release
- Senate Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy Says U.S. Supreme Court Rulings Adversely Impact Americans' Well-Being in Speech at ACS National Convention (6-13-2008) -- Press Release
- U.S. Compliance with International Agreement on Racial Discrimination Under a Microscope at ACS Hill Briefing (6-08-2008) -- Press Release
- U.S. Senator Richard Durbin, Illinois Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn and ACS Executive Director Lisa Brown Address Chicago Area Attorneys (6-05-2008) -- Press Advisory
ACS Publications
The American Constitution Society places high priority on making scholarly output accessible to a wide audience. To transmit these ideas as broadly as possible, ACS publishes a number of journals and papers. These include: the Harvard Law & Policy Review, the official journal of the American Constitution Society, and Advance, the journal of the ACS Issue Groups, to Issue Briefs, event transcripts and blogs.
Harvard Law and Policy Review. A semi-annual journal founded and edited by students at Harvard Law School, it serves as the official journal of ACS. Authors of articles in HLPR have included distinguished policymakers, judges, scholars and others.
ACS Issue Briefs. ACS Issue Briefs are accessible white papers that offer insights and proposals on legal and policy topics within the scope of the ACS Issue and Working Groups. They are distributed widely to ACS members, the progressive legal community, the media and policymakers. ACS Issue Briefs are authored by scholars, practitioners, policymakers and others in the ACS community with valuable ideas to share.
Advance: The Journal of the ACS Issue Groups. Advance features a selection of Issue Briefs released in the preceding months or a series of papers on a particular subject emanating from an ACS conference or symposium.
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society. ACSBlog is a source for news, analysis and opinion on today's important legal and policy issues. From previews of the week's congressional activities to analysis of important Supreme Court decisions, and with links to new legal resources and news and informed opinion on critical legal and policy issues, ACSBlog features articles by practitioners, scholars and policymakers. ACSBlog also provides special series, such as blog posts from Guantanamo Bay, debates on current controversies, exploration of big-picture legal issues, coverage of major legal and policy news and reports from ACS events.
ACS Multimedia Library. In an effort to share the benefits of ACS events more widely, the ACS Multimedia Library contains videos, transcripts and podcasts from an array of ACS events that take place in Washington and across the nation. Events include conferences and symposia, ACS's National Convention, Supreme Court Previews and Reviews and chapter programming.
ACS Annual Report. In a remarkably short time, ACS has grown from a small student club at a single law school into the nation's fastest-growing organization of progressive lawyers, academics, judges, policymakers and law students, with a strong presence in the nation's law schools and major legal markets.
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