On October 6-7, 2006, ACS and the
Vanderbilt Law School co-sponsored a conference, “Keeping Faith with the Constitution in Changing Times” in Nashville, Tennessee.  This conference, which is an integral part of our Constitution in the 21st Century project and its Constitutional Interpretation and Change Issue Group, kicked off a major effort by ACS to affect the way lawyers, policymakers, advocates and students think and talk about the Constitution.  This conference was a thought-provoking, highly substantive, and inspiring event, given the array of speakers that attended and the importance of topics that were addressed.  The Conference featured seven panels over two days discussing issues such as the originalism debate; the roles of history, text and democratic legitimacy in constitutional interpretation; judicial perspectives on constitutional decision-making; and utilizing and communicating theories of constitutional interpretation in legal advocacy and to the public. A number of leading practitioners and academics addressed the conference, for which you can access the agenda and schedule by clicking here. Video from the conference is also available in the ACS Multimedia Archives.