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Press Release

ACS Condemns Executive Orders, Calls on Legal Profession to Defend Those Targeted by Administration

March 10, 2025

InBrief Blog

ACS is Committed to Growing the Progressive Community, Protecting Our Democracy, and Upholding the Constitution

Zinelle October March 5, 2025

 

Podcast

Episode 169: We Are in a Constitutional Crisis

March 4, 2025

 

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Article V: America’s Hidden Constitutional Crisis

March 3, 2025

 

Press Release

More than 950 Law Scholars Sound Alarm on Constitutional Crisis

February 26, 2025

InBrief Blog

“We Believe We Are in a Constitutional Crisis”: Law Professors and Law Teachers Stand Against Administration's Illegal and Unconstitutional Actions

February 26, 2025

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