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Law Firm Independence Under Attack With Executive Orders

2 weeks ago | acslaw.org | Dan Cotter

(This piece was first published by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.) Over the last few months, unprecedented executive actions by the Trump administration have placed the legal profession, particularly large law firms, in the crosshairs.
Law School Deans Have a Moral Imperative

1 month ago | acslaw.org | Zephyr Teachout

President Donald Trump's public targeting of law firms and universities that oppose him or disagree with him is a direct assault on the rule of law in the United States. Over the weekend, Trump issued a memo directing the Justice Department to root out political opponents who use the law to challenge his actions.
The Time is Now | ACS

1 month ago | acslaw.org | Dan Cotter

In 1768, Founding Father John Dickinson wrote “The Liberty Song.” It included the lyrics, “Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall!”Lawyers, American Constitution Society members or not, stand at the edge of a great fall. Attacks on bar associations, on judges, on law schools, and on particular firms are rapidly becoming the norm. President Trump issued an executive order directly aimed at Perkins Coie, but threatening others.
Senate Should Continue to Confirm Judges to Prevent September Slippage

Sep 9, 2024 | acslaw.org | Russ Feingold

Despite the White House and Senate hitting the 200th judicial confirmation milestone in May, President Biden is set to fall behind former President Trump’s pace in judicial confirmations when the Senate returns this week. With zero Article IIII confirmations in June and only four in July, the current administration enters September only two confirmations ahead of its predecessor. Through the end of August of his fourth year, Trump had 203 confirmed judges. Biden is currently at 205.
Protected: The People’s Lawyers Take On Scofflaw Employers: Social Justice Oriented State AGs Stand Up for Workers

Aug 29, 2024 | acslaw.org | Terri Gerstein

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Protected: An Integrated Work Law

May 14, 2024 | acslaw.org | Jonathan Harris |Dylan Holmes

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New York Times: As Biden Judicial Confirmations Slow, Senate Gains Ground on Red-State Judges

Jan 29, 2024 | acslaw.org | Russ Feingold

Back to top ACS President Russ Feingold was quoted in a New York Times article focusing on the recent success that Senate Democrats have had in negotiating with Republicans to confirm judges in conservative states.
Judges and Democracy

Jan 26, 2024 | acslaw.org | Russ Feingold

Finally, the Louisiana legislature has complied with the courts and redrawn its legislative maps to include two majority-Black congressional districts. This outcome in favor of representative democracy is a timely reminder of why courts matter come election time. It has now been a few years since all states have redrawn their electoral maps based on the results of the 2020 census and with the redistricting process came a wave of litigation challenging those maps.
Do Not Give Ground on the Death Penalty

Jan 18, 2024 | acslaw.org | Russ Feingold

President Biden is the first publicly anti-death penalty president to be elected in this country. That is not a small achievement. Even as this country made progress in abolishing the death penalty in previous decades, with individual states choosing to repeal it and federal courts imposing moratoriums on the federal death penalty for stretches of time, the country consistently elected presidents who publicly supported the federal government knowingly and intentionally executing people.
SCOTUS To Take Up Abortion, Again

Jan 11, 2024 | acslaw.org | Russ Feingold

The Right packed the Supreme Court to do its bidding, no more so than on the issue of abortion. The Court’s conservative supermajority readily complied, overruling Roe v. Wade less than two years after the Right secured its supermajority with the confirmation of Justice Barrett. Now, for the first time since Dobbs, the Court is poised to take up the issue of abortion again, with the same conservative supermajority in control of the outcome.