ACS Member News: Week of July 23, 2018

ACS Board member Erwin Chemerinsky wrote a piece for the Sacramento Bee arguing that Congress must stop Trump from firing Mueller. He is also quoted in McClatchy DC concerning California’s sanctuary state law.

ACS Board member Nancy Gertner wrote an op-ed for The Huffington Post on how the lower courts can still serve as a check on President Trump.

ACS Board member Adam Winkler is quoted in NPR and The Washington Post addressing gun control laws.

ACS Board of Advisors member Peter Edelman is quoted in Truthout regarding the intersection of the debates over wealth distribution and poverty.

ACS Faculty Advisor at Southern Illinois University School of Law Cindy Buys was named interim dean of the law school.

ACS Faculty Advisor at Syracuse University College of Law Keith Bybee is quoted by CBS News regarding political conflict and civil dialogue in the Trump era.

ACS Faculty Advisor at the University of Kentucky College of Law Joshua Douglas is quoted in Reuters regarding Trump’s payment intended to silence allegations of an affair.

ACS Faculty Advisor at Roger Williams University School of Law Jared Goldstein spoke on Dan Yorke State of Mind about President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

ACS Faculty Advisor at Stetson University College of Law Ciara Torres-Spelliscy wrote a piece for Shondaland about voting rights for ex-felons in Florida.

ACS member Juan Thomas was appointed General Counsel of the Morehouse College National Alumni Association.

ACS Senior Director of Policy and Program Christopher Wright Durocher wrote about the dangers of "stand your ground" laws in USA Today.