Member News: Week of April 1, 2019

ACS Board member Garrett Epps wrote a piece for The Atlantic on whether Chief Justice John Roberts will block the triumph of legal conservatism.

ACS Board member Shira Scheindlin wrote a piece for The Guardian about Trump’s rapid transformation of the judiciary.

ACS Board of Advisors member Walter Dellinger wrote a piece for the Washington Post on how the Mueller report can still threaten Trump’s legitimacy.

ACS Board of Advisors member Geoffrey Stone wrote a review in the Washington Post of Joan Biskupic's biography of Chief Justice John Roberts.

ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter Co-Chair Dan Cotter wrote a piece for the Des Moines Register arguing that Democrats should hesitate to make over the Supreme Court. He also wrote a piece for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on books that are spotlighting the Supreme Court.

ACS Madison Lawyer Chapter Chair Jeffrey Mandell spoke on All In with Chris Hayes and at UW-Madison Law School about the Wisconsin extraordinary session litigation.

ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter Board of Advisors member Lori Lightfoot won the Chicago mayoral race.

ACS Georgia Lawyer Chapter Board of Advisors member Leah Ward Sears is quoted in the Daily Report regarding diversity in the legal profession.

ACS Faculty Advisor at University of Kentucky College of Law Josh Douglas is quoted in the Huffington Post explaining why he’s optimistic about the future of voting rights. He also spoke on WKYT about mandatory voting.

ACS Faculty Advisor at Fordham Law School Olivier Sylvain wrote a piece for The New York Times about Facebook’s advertising practices.

ACS Distinguished Fellow for Consumer Protection Marietta Robinson is quoted in the Washington Post regarding the Britax jogging stroller recall.

Former ACS Boston Lawyer Chapter Board member Anne Landry won a seat on the Reading, Massachusetts Select Board.