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style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=325 valign=top style='width:243.75pt;background:white; padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=300 style='width:225.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <h2 style='margin-bottom:.25in'><strong><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'>Law and Policy News </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <h3><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'>On the Bench</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Senate Confirms McConnell, Overcoming Filibuster Threats</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>The Senate confirmed <a href="http://www.politico.rsvp1.com/s1ee5b4cXRKp">long-delayed judicial nominee John J. McConnell Jr.</a> to the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island by a vote of 50-44, after <a href="http://newsblog.projo.rsvp1.com/s12e9a4cXRKq">voting to invoke cloture</a> and end debate on his nomination, which<i> Politico</i> called a  major victory for Senate Democrats. Eleven Republicans joined with all of the Democrats to invoke cloture, bringing an end to filibuster <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.rsvp1.com/s12fda4cXRKr">threats by Senator John <span class=SpellE>Cornyn</span></a>, and forcing the confirmation vote on McConnell, who was first nominated by Obama in March 2010.&nbsp;Senator Patrick Leahy decried the politicization of McConnell s nomination and those of other district court nominees in a detailed statement <a href="http://www.gpo.rsvp1.com/s1ef1b4cXRKs">tracing the Senate tradition of deferring to the president s district court nominees</a>. The Senate also unanimously confirmed two other district court nominees: <a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.rsvp1.com/s12d5a4cXRKt">Roy  Skip Dalton Jr</a>., to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, and <a href="http://nashvillepost.rsvp1.com/s1ed9b4cXRKu">Kevin Hunter Sharp</a> to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.  With cooperation from both sides of the aisle, <a href="http://www.gpo.rsvp1.com/s1ecdb4cXRKv">the Senate could consider the additional 13 judicial nominees ready for final Senate action</a>, said Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy in a statement.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Obama Submits New Nominee for Second Circuit; Nominates Six to District Courts</span></b><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Osgoode_Hall%2C_courtroom_-2.jpg/488px-Osgoode_Hall%2C_courtroom_-2.jpg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:60.75pt; height:75pt;z-index:1;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:7.5pt; mso-wrap-distance-right:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:7.5pt; mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Osgoode_Hall,_courtroom_-2.jpg/488px-Osgoode_Hall,_courtroom_-2.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=81 height=100 src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Osgoode_Hall,_courtroom_-2.jpg/488px-Osgoode_Hall,_courtroom_-2.jpg" align=left hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Osgoode_Hall%2C_courtroom_-2.jpg/488px-Osgoode_Hall%2C_courtroom_-2.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>President Obama <a href="http://www.courant.rsvp1.com/s12c1a4cXRKw">nominated federal district court Judge Christopher F. <span class=SpellE>Droney</span> to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit</a>, <i>The Hartford Courant</i> reports. The president previously nominated U.S. District Court Judge Robert N. <span class=SpellE>Chatigny</span> to fill the vacancy, but that nomination was withdrawn following protracted Republican obstructionism.  <span class=SpellE>Droney</span> is not expected to encounter any of the political opposition that sunk <span class=SpellE>Chatigny's</span> confirmation in the U.S. in the Senate, <i>The Courant</i> reports. President Obama also nominated six others to district court seats, whose bios are <a href="http://www.whitehouse.rsvp1.com/s1285a4cXRKx">available here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <h3><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'>Civil Liberties and National Security</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Wikileaks</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> Dump Leads to Comprehensive List of Guantanamo Detainees </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Using the latest batch of military-intelligence files released by <span class=SpellE>WikiLeaks</span>, combined with public documents and interviews with lawyers and other U.S. officials, McClatchy <a href="http://www.miamiherald.rsvp1.com/s1e89b4cXRKy">released a comprehensive list</a> of the 172 men still held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, the <i>Miami Herald </i>reports. An Obama administration task force designated 89 of the detainees for release or transfer to another country, although all remain at the facility  thanks to a combination of recent congressional legislation that restricts transfers and administration concerns that their nations might abuse or not monitor them. Twenty-nine of the current detainees have sued for their release in federal court, 11 have won their cases, and with the exception of the case of five Uighur detainees from China, all of those decisions have been appealed by the government. Forty-seven detainees have been designated for indefinite detention without trial.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Osama bin Laden s Death and the Issue of Interrogation</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br> <br> One consequence of Osama bin Laden s killing by U.S. forces in Pakistan is a <a href="http://news.yahoo.rsvp1.com/s1e9db4cXRKz">revival of the debate</a> over whether  enhanced interrogation techniques are  a valuable tool or an unnecessarily violent tactic. In an op-ed in <i>The Wall Street Journal, </i>former DOJ official John <span class=SpellE>Yoo</span> writes that Bin Laden s death  <a href="http://online.wsj.rsvp1.com/s13a9a4cXRKA">vindicates the Bush administration</a>, while <i>The Daily Beast s</i> Andrew Sullivan takes on <a href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.rsvp1.com/s13bda4cXRKB">the arguments that torture</a> of certain detainees in U.S. custody helped lead the CIA to the Pakistani compound where Bin Laden had been living, noting,  There is <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>no</span></em> evidence that it played any part whatsoever.&quot; In <i>The Atlantic,</i> Andrew Cohen <a href="http://www.theatlantic.rsvp1.com/s1fb1b4cXRKC">proposes</a><i>, </i> If&nbsp;our nation's&nbsp;torture apologists still really want to fight this fight again they should do so for real and not via the media by asking the president to appoint a Truth Commission on Torture. Writing in <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Politico</span></em>, American University law professor and regular ACS contributor William <span class=SpellE>Yeomans</span> says President Obama &quot;has <a href="http://www.politico.rsvp1.com/s1395a4cXRKD">nobody to blame but himself</a>&quot;&nbsp;for this &quot;diversion,&quot;&nbsp;a result of his &quot;failing to investigate and hold to account those who tortured.&quot; CNN s Jeffrey <span class=SpellE>Toobin</span> <a href="http://www.cnn.rsvp1.com/s1f99b4cXRKE">highlights five challenges</a> that the U.S. would have faced if they had captured Bin Laden alive, something <span class=SpellE>Yoo</span> in his op-ed suggests would have been preferable. In <i>Slate</i>, Dahlia <span class=SpellE>Lithwick</span> <a href="http://www.slate.rsvp1.com/s1f8db4cXRKF">summarizes</a> the arguments of those arguing that these techniques served a purpose as,  We tortured people. Later, we caught Bin Laden. Ergo, torture works. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <h3><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'>Supreme Court</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Court Set to Decide Whether to Hear Convicted Man s Wrongful Conviction Claim</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>The justices are set to decide <a href="http://www.nytimes.rsvp1.com/s1381a4cXRKG">whether to hear an appeal of a man convicted of a murder in New York</a> who argued that his attorneys  badly bungled his alibi defense, <i>The New York Times</i> reports. Richard <span class=SpellE>Rosairo</span>, convicted of murder, says his court-appointed attorneys failed to properly use eyewitnesses who said he was in Florida at the time of the murder.  The question of what may be expected of lawyers in terms of rudimentary competence has lately been high on the court s agenda, <i>The Times</i> notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Justices Decline High School Cheerleader s Case over Refusal to Cheer Team Player Accused of Assault</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>The Supreme Court declined to review a case involving a high school student s <a href="http://blogs.edweek.rsvp1.com/s13c5a4cXRKH">claim of a constitutional violation</a> after Texas high school officials removed her from the cheerleading squad for her refusal to cheer for a basketball player she accused of sexually assaulting her, <i>Education Week</i> reports. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled last year that the high school had not violated the constitutional rights of the student, identified in court records as H.S.  In her capacity as a cheerleader, H.S. served as a mouthpiece through which [the school district] could disseminate speech  namely, support for its athletic teams, the appeals court found in <a href="http://www.ca5.uscourts.rsvp1.com/s1fc9b4cXRKI">Doe v. Silsbee Independent School District</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Justice Stevens Critiques Recent High Court Opinion on Prosecutorial Misconduct</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens criticized the Court s recent <a href="http://www.supremecourt.rsvp1.com/s1fddb4cXRKJ">opinion</a> in <span class=SpellE><i>Connick</i></span><i> v. Thompson</i>, which nullified a multi-million dollar jury verdict in favor of a Louisiana death row inmate. Prior to an event honoring the former justice, Stevens  <a href="http://legaltimes.typepad.rsvp1.com/s13d1a4cXRKK">highlighted what he said were the  shocking facts of the case, which pointed to prosecutorial misconduct</a> well beyond a single act  including concealment of blood evidence and of conflicting police reports, <i>The Blog of Legal Times</i> reports. In a recent guest post for <span class=SpellE>ACSblog</span>, John <span class=SpellE>Hollway</span>, co-author of a book on the inmate s legal  odyssey, criticized the majority opinion for  <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/no-more-disincentives-for-prosecutorial-misconduct?mgs1=ff5b4cXRKL">limiting the ability of Americans to hold elected officials</a>  specifically, the District Attorneys offices  accountable for repeated and blatant prosecutorial misconduct that results in the unjust imprisonment of innocent men and women. Separately, in a  rare interview with<i> The Atlantic,</i> Stevens discussed a <a href="http://www.theatlantic.rsvp1.com/s13f9a4cXRKM">book he is writing</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Sotomayor</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> Discusses Career Challenges at Princeton Event</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Supreme Court Justice Sonia <span class=SpellE>Sotomayor</span>, a Princeton alumna, discussed her career path at a university conference, noting that she had <a href="http://www.dailyprincetonian.rsvp1.com/s13eda4cXRKN">experienced discrimination in the legal profession</a>, <i>The Daily <span class=SpellE>Princetonian</span></i> reports.  It takes both yourself and people around you to support breaking those barriers down, <span class=SpellE>Sotomayor</span> said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <h3><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'>Executive Branch and Government Agencies</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Holder Defends Agency s Gun Smuggling Investigation</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder challenged Rep. Darrell <span class=SpellE>Issa s</span> questioning of whether a federal <a href="http://www.iwatchnews.rsvp1.com/s1fe1b4cXRKO">government investigation of gun smuggling</a> wound up placing firearms in the possession of Mexican drug cartels, the Center for Public Integrity s <span class=SpellE><i>iWatch</i></span><i> News</i> reports. During a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, <span class=SpellE>Issa</span> asked whether the federal government was responsible for allowing guns to fall into the hands of smugglers who then killed Americans, citing a 2010 incident involving the murder of a border patrol in Arizona. The Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) bureau in charge of the operation as part of its gun smuggling investigation says the murder weapon found near the border patrol agent was not part of its operation. Holder said,  The notion that somehow or other the Justice Department is responsible for those deaths that you mentioned, that assertion is offensive. Holder will be the opening gala banquet speaker at the <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/convention11?mgs1=365a4cXRKP">Tenth Anniversary ACS National Convention</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Solicitor General Nominee Says Politics Won t Play a Part in His Job</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The Obama administration s nominee to be the next solicitor general says <a href="http://legaltimes.typepad.rsvp1.com/s1f69b4cXRKQ">he would leave his position</a> if the administration were to pressure him to take positions  based on partisan political considerations or other illegitimate reasons, <i>The Blog of Legal Times</i> reports. Donald <span class=SpellE>Verrilli s</span> statement was made in written responses to questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee s Ranking Member, Sen. Charles Grassley.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Settlements Reached to Make Online Law School Application Process Accessible to Blind</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><br> The Law School Admissions Council has <a href="http://www.law.rsvp1.com/s1f7db4cXRKR">agreed to make accessible to the blind its online application website</a>, which is used by almost all American law schools, <em><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>The National Law Journal</span></em> reports. The agreement is part of a settlement with the National Federation of the Blind, with help from the Department of Justice in ensuring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The <a href="http://www.justice.rsvp1.com/s1371a4cXRKS">DOJ entered into a separate settlement agreement with Atlanta s John Marshall Law School</a>, which provides that the law school will post a procedure for blind applicants, and will stop using the LSAC application process if LSAC s online application is not fully accessible by fall 2012. The DOJ is working with other law schools to reach similar agreements.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <h3><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'>Other Courts</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Ninth Circuit Expands Gun Rights</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>In what <span class=SpellE><i>SCOTUSblog</i></span> calls  an important sequel to the Supreme Court s two decisions on the right to have a gun, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit <a href="http://www.scotusblog.rsvp1.com/s1f55b4cXRKT">declared in a 2-1 ruling</a> that gun regulation laws will be struck down if they impose  a substantial burden on the right to have a gun for self-defense, making it easier for gun owners to challenge regulation of gun rights outside the home. The ruling comes in the <span class=SpellE><i>Nordyke</i></span><i>, et. Al v. King, et. Al.</i>, a case that challenged an Alameda County ordinance barring guns on county property and that has been making its way through the courts for the past 12 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Suit Filed to Block Utah Immigration Law</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Arguing that it is unconstitutional and will foster racial profiling, several civil rights groups <a href="http://www.sltrib.rsvp1.com/s1359a4cXRKU">filed a lawsuit</a> to block HB497, a Utah enforcement-only immigration law that is due to take effect next week, <i>The Salt Lake Tribune </i>reports. The bill was originally based on Arizona s controversial SB1070, but was adjusted during a legislative session in an attempt to avoid the lawsuits that the Arizona law provoked. The Utah suit alleges that the state law interferes with the federal government s role in overseeing immigration law, violates the Fourth Amendment s prohibition of unreasonable search and seizure, encourages racial profiling, and puts an undue burden on local police.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Federal Court Rules Florida Minimum Wage Must Rise</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>A Florida judge ruled that <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.rsvp1.com/s134da4cXRKV">the state violated its constitution</a> when it failed to raise the minimum wage in 2011, because the state constitution does not permit the wage to be decreased when the cost of living falls, reports the <i>Orlando Sentinel</i>. &quot;This ruling is a victory for Florida's working families and for the voters, who decided back in 2004 that the minimum wage needs to keep pace with the rising cost of necessities like groceries and gas,&quot; said National Employment Law Project attorney Paul <span class=SpellE>Sonn</span>. The newspaper notes that  the war may not be over, given that two bills currently before the Florida legislature would allow the state to decrease the  base minimum wage if deflation occurs.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Appeals Court Lifts Ban on Stem Cell Research </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Scientists hailed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit s <a href="http://www.latimes.rsvp1.com/s1f41b4cXRKW">reversal of a decision</a> that temporarily halted funding of research using human embryonic stem cells as a  victory for medical progress, reports the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. Last year, U.S. District Judge Royce <span class=SpellE>Lamberth</span> blocked funding for new research grants, arguing that it violated a congressional ban on using federal money for research in  which embryos are destroyed, though the appeals court blocked Judge <span class=SpellE>Lamberth s</span> injunction while it considered the appeal. On <span class=SpellE>ACSblog</span>, Professor Hank Greely of Stanford University calls it  a good day for embryonic stem cell research and  also <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/a-good-day-for-embryonic-stem-cell-research-a-good-day-for-the-law?mgs1=f05b4cXRKX">a good day for the law</a> given that the decision to reverse <span class=SpellE>Lamberth s</span> injunction was made by judges appointed by conservative Republican presidents.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <h3><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'>Law and Public Policy&nbsp;</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Texas Man Executed Using Animal Sedative</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Texas for the first time <a href="http://online.wsj.rsvp1.com/s1309a4cXRKY">used a sedative common in euthanizing animals to perform a lethal injection</a>, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> reports. The execution came following a failed appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, in which Cary Kerr, who was convicted in 2003 of sexual assault and murder, alleged that his lawyers had failed to present mitigating circumstances. Texas is the third state to use pentobarbital in an execution, following a nationwide shortage of thiopental sodium, more commonly used in executions. During his final statement, Kerr said  <a href="http://www.dailymail.rsvp1.com/s131da4cXRKZ">I am an innocent man</a>, the <i>Daily Mail</i> reports.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Gov. Daniels Says He ll Sign Bill to Cut All Planned Parenthood Funds</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, a likely Republican presidential candidate, <a href="http://www.latimes.rsvp1.com/s12e584cXRL0">says he plans to sign a bill cutting off federal funds to all 28 Planned Parenthood clinics in his state</a>, only four of which offer abortions, the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> reports. There does not appear to be an  obvious remedy for the federal government, other than punishing the state by cutting off all Medicaid funds, but that would harm low-income residents, explained Sara Rosenbaum, who wrote an <span class=SpellE>ACSblog</span> <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/the-affordable-care-act-and-the-poor?mgs1=ee994cXRL1">guest post about the Affordable Care Act and the poor</a> earlier this year.<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> New York Times</span></em> columnist Gail Collins <a href="http://www.nytimes.rsvp1.com/s1efd94cXRL2">offers further comment</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>A  Turning Point for Same-Sex Marriage?</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>To</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> many, the recent controversy over law firm King &amp; Spalding s decision to withdraw from the defense of the Defense of Marriage Act represents  a <a href="http://www.nytimes.rsvp1.com/s12f184cXRL3">turning point in the debate</a>  the moment at which opposition to same-sex marriage came to look like bigotry, writes Adam <span class=SpellE>Liptak</span> in <i>The New York Times</i>. University of Minnesota Law Professor Dale Carpenter makes a similar point in an op-ed entitled  <a href="http://www.nytimes.rsvp1.com/s1ed594cXRL4">How the Law Accepted Gays</a>. Following King &amp; Spalding s decision not to represent the House of Representatives in the case, two major conservative clients ended their relationship with the firm: <a href="http://legaltimes.typepad.rsvp1.com/s12d984cXRL5">the National Rifle Association</a> and Virginia Attorney General <a href="http://legaltimes.typepad.rsvp1.com/s12cd84cXRL6">Ken <span class=SpellE>Cuccinelli</span></a>, <i>The Blog of Legal Times</i> reports. The NRA called the firm s decision  indefensible. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Study Reveals Need for Legal Representation for Immigrants</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><a href="http://www.nytimes.rsvp1.com/s1ec194cXRL7">Immigrants with legal representation in deportation cases are at least five times as likely to win their cases as those without</a> representation, but in New York, only 40 percent of detained immigrants have lawyers, according to a study released this week by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge Robert A. <span class=SpellE>Katzmann</span>, who has coordinated a research group on this topic, <i>The New York Times</i> reports. About 200 legal and policy leaders gathered this week to discuss the problem, with a keynote address by Justice John Paul Stevens, who said,  [t]he need for legal representation for immigrants is really acute. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>A Caution to Prospective Law Students on Merit Scholarships</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>A <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New York Times </span></em>report on law school scholarships <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/a-caution-to-prospective-law-students-on-merit-scholarships?mgs1=e8594cXRL8">reveals the risk many law students may face</a> in attending schools where their scholarships are tied to grade point average requirements. As American law schools have  quietly gone on a giveaway binge in the last decade, with more than one in four law students now receiving a scholarship, many students will inevitably lose those grants, because grading curves at some schools &nbsp;make it mathematically impossible for all of those who receive scholarships to keep them, the article explains.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Health Care Update</span></b><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Both the Florida Senate and House of Representatives have approved a measure that would <a href="http://www.legalnewsline.rsvp1.com/s128984cXRL9">prohibit state residents from being compelled to buy health insurance</a>, <i>Legal <span class=SpellE>Newsline</span></i> reports. North Dakota passed a similar provision, declaring any requirement to purchase health insurance unenforceable in the state, <span class=SpellE><i>LifeSiteNews</i></span> reports. The Heritage Foundation s blog points out that the <a href="http://blog.heritage.rsvp1.com/s1d2994cXRLa">bill was softened from its original form</a>, which aimed to nullify the Affordable Care Act.&nbsp;In a column in <i>Slate</i>, Senior Citizens Law Center Public Policy Counsel Simon Lazarus, the author of <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/publications/issue-briefs/the-health-care-lawsuits-unraveling-a-century-of-constitutional-law-and-th?mgs1=d3d94cXRLb">two ACS</a><a href="http://www.acslaw.rsvp1.com/s113184cXRLc"> Issue Briefs</a> on the topic, <a href="http://www.slate.rsvp1.com/s1d1594cXRLd">explains</a> that Rep. Paul Ryan s  Roadmap to America s Future contains provisions that would pressure people to purchase health insurance just as much as the Affordable Care Act does. <i>The Washington Post</i> s Ezra Klein <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.rsvp1.com/s111984cXRLe">elaborates</a>. For a complete update of <span class=SpellE>of</span> articles, videos, and other information about the Affordable Care Act and challenges to it, visit the <a href="http://r20.rs6.rsvp1.com/s110d84cXRLf">ACS Affordable Care Act (ACA) web page</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> <td width=325 valign=top style='width:243.75pt;background:white; padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=300 style='width:225.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0in; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt; mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-table-left:left;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#F3F3F3; padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="#ACSNews"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Up Front: ACS News and Information</span></strong></a> <o:p></o:p></span></li> <ul type=circle> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l11 level2 lfo1;tab-stops: list 1.0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="#MemberNews">Member News</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l11 level2 lfo1;tab-stops: list 1.0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="#MembershipRenewal">Membership Renewal</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l11 level2 lfo1;tab-stops: list 1.0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="#VideoContest">Constitutional Video Contest</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l11 level2 lfo1;tab-stops: list 1.0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="#NatlConvention">Tenth Anniversary National Convention</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l11 level2 lfo1;tab-stops: list 1.0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="#StudentChapterweek">Student Chapter of the Week</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="#BookTalk"><span class=SpellE><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>BookTalk</span></strong></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="#BlogHighlights"><span class=SpellE><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ACSblog</span></strong></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Highlights</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="#Events"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ACS National and Chapter Events</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo1;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="#Jobs"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Job Listings for ACS&nbsp;Members</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div style='margin-left:60.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333;mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1032" src="http://genius-cs.com/lpe/lpe/1014/p259.gif" alt="http://genius-cs.com/lpe/lpe/1014/p259.gif"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td valign=top style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#F3F3F3; padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <h2><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'>Up Front:&nbsp;</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'><br> <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ACS News and Information</span></strong><a name=ACSNews></a><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Member News Bites</span></b><a name=MemberNews></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>American University Professor and regular ACS contributor <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>William <span class=SpellE>Yeomans</span> </span></strong><a href="http://www.politico.rsvp1.com/s1395a4cXRKD">weighed in</a> on the debate about the impact that torture had on the killing of Osama bin Laden in a column in <i>Politico</i>, criticizing President Obama for failing to investigate and hold torturers accountable.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </div> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: list .5in'><span class=SpellE><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Hazeen</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Ashby</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, Senior Policy Counsel for Third Way s Culture Program and former ACS Associate Director for Student Chapters, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.rsvp1.com/s1d0194cXRLg">suggests looking to Canada s immigration policy</a>, which links immigration to economic growth, to  make progress in overcoming the persistent and escalating division in our immigration debate in an article in <i>The Huffington Post</i>. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>In an article for <i>Slate</i>, <b>Simon Lazarus</b>, National Senior Citizens Law Center public policy counsel and author of </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.acslaw.org/publications/issue-briefs/the-health-care-lawsuits-unraveling-a-century-of-constitutional-law-and-th?mgs1=d3d94cXRLb"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>two ACS Issue Briefs</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> examining the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act<b>, </b><a href="http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/rep-ryan%E2%80%99s-budget-proposal-embraces-an-element-of-the-landmark-health-care-law-notes-simon-l?mgs1=d4594cXRLh">argues</a> that Rep. Paul Ryan s so-called  Roadmap to Prosperity contains elements essentially identical to the ACA s individual coverage provision. <i>The Washington Post s </i>Ezra Klein <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.rsvp1.com/s111984cXRLe">summarizes and expands</a> on Lazarus s article.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Brandon Garrett</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, a law professor at the University of Virginia and a frequent ACS contributor, <a href="http://abcnews.go.rsvp1.com/s114984cXRLi">comments on the use of DNA</a> evidence to identify Osama bin Laden s body in an article on ABC News. <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: list .5in'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Jeffrey Rosen</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, a professor at George Washington University Law School and regular ACS event participant, <a href="http://www.brookings.rsvp1.com/s115d84cXRLj">authored a paper</a> for the Brookings Institution s  The Future of the Constitution Series on <span class=SpellE>Facebook</span>, Google, and the future of privacy and free speech. <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Lisa Hayes</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, ACS s Development Director and General Counsel, spoke at an Earth Day event that was <a href="http://blogs.usdoj.rsvp1.com/s1d5194cXRLk">covered by</a> the Justice Department s blog.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Our Thoughts Go Out to Our University of Alabama Chapter</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><br> As many of you are aware, Tuscaloosa experienced a devastating tornado recently, affecting, among others,&nbsp;our University of Alabama chapter leaders and members.&nbsp; Thankfully, they are all safe, but continue to feel the impact.&nbsp; <span class=SpellE>Karthik</span> Subramanian, the chapter President and the only chapter leader with an undamaged home, is currently hosting the other chapter leaders, as well as many others in the community.&nbsp; If you would like to help the ACS University of Alabama community, please reach out directly to <span class=SpellE>Karthik</span> at <a href="mailto:Karthik.Subramanian@law.ua.edu">Karthik.Subramanian@law.ua.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><br> 2011 Annual Membership Renewal</span></b><a name=MembershipRenewal></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.acslaw.org/donate/2011-Annual-Membership-Renewal?mgs1=17584cXRLl"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Click here</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> to renew your 2011 Annual Membership with ACS today. Because of the support of our members, ACS has rapidly grown into a formidable nationwide network of more than 17,000 members and 200 chapters, working together to ensure that the law is being used to improve the lives of <i>all</i> people. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white; background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%;background-attachment: scroll'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>ACS Announces Second Annual Constitutional Video Contest</span></b><a name=VideoContest></a><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>ACS is now accepting submissions for the second annual ACS video contest, &quot;Constitution at the Crossroads: Progress Imperiled?&quot;&nbsp; We invite ACS members and other creative progressives to produce a short (four minutes or less) digital video that illuminates the Constitution's long and evolving tradition of protecting rights and liberties, genuine equality, access to justice, democracy and the rule of law. Videos can be humorous, dramatic, historic, documentary-style, animated, musical, scripted, free-form, or narrated. <b>First prize is $1,500</b> and free registration to the ACS Tenth Anniversary National Convention June 16 - 18 in Washington, D.C. The second-place entrant will receive a $250 prize. <b>The deadline for entries is May 31, 2011.&nbsp; </b>For more information about the contest, complete rules, and last year's winning videos, click <a href="http://r20.rs6.rsvp1.com/s1d7994cXRLm">here</a>. A flier about the contest for distribution is available <a href="http://r20.rs6.rsvp1.com/s1d6d94cXRLn">here.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><br> <b>National Job Listings &amp; Other Resources for ACS <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Members </span></strong><br> </b><br> ACS is pleased to announce the launch of a </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.acslaw.org/members?mgs1=16184cXRLo"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>new members-only section</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> on our redesigned website. Members who are current on their dues can view a progressive job bank, take action on legal and public policy issues and chat with other members. If you do not have log-in information, please email </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="mailto:membership@acslaw.org"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>membership@acslaw.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> and we will enable access to your account.&nbsp; Please allow 1-2 business days for processing. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br> <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ACS to Honor Progressive Champions</span></strong>&nbsp;at Tenth Anniversary National Convention</span></b><a name=NatlConvention></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>Please join <b><a href="http://r20.rs6.rsvp1.com/s1de594cXRLp"><span class=SpellE>Laleh</span> <span class=SpellE>Ispahani</span></a>, <a href="http://r20.rs6.rsvp1.com/s11e984cXRLq">John <span class=SpellE>Kowal</span></a> and <a href="http://r20.rs6.rsvp1.com/s11fd84cXRLr"><span class=SpellE>Gara</span> <span class=SpellE>LaMarche</span></a></b> to honor and celebrate the work and accomplishments of <i>Progressive Champions </i><b>Atlantic Philanthropies</b> and the <b>Open Society <span class=SpellE>Foundationat</span> the 2010 Annual Convention</b>.&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black'>ACS is delighted to be presenting these distinguished guests and valued partners with the <i>Progressive Champions</i> award during the convention on Friday, June 17. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>The full schedule for the 10th Anniversary National Convention is available <a href="http://r20.rs6.rsvp1.com/s1df194cXRLs">here</a>.&nbsp;Please check our <a href="http://r20.rs6.rsvp1.com/s11d584cXRLt">official <span style='color:#1F497D'>c</span>onvention page</a> weekly for updates. <b>Early bird registration ends this month so </b><a href="http://r20.rs6.rsvp1.com/s1dd994cXRLu"><b>register now</b></a><b> and </b><a href="http://r20.rs6.rsvp1.com/s1dcd94cXRLv"><b>reserve</b></a><b> your hotel room with the early-bird discounted ACS rate at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC</b>.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>This year's convention festivities will begin on the afternoon of Thursday, June 16, with the national moot court championship, panel discussion on alternative careers for lawyers, and the Gala banquet and dinner with Attorney General Eric Holder.&nbsp; <b>ACS is pleased to announce that panel discussions and plenary sessions offering continuing legal education credit will be available all day Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18, with the Convention formally concluding with a Saturday luncheon. &nbsp;</b>Later that day, there will be the ACS Student Retreat, followed by intimate mentor dinners with prominent Washington lawyers, as well as an opportunity for convention attendees to join other ACS members at the pre-Broadway premiere of <a href="http://r20.rs6.rsvp1.com/s11c184cXRLw"><i>A Time to</i> <i>Kill</i></a><i>.</i> The lawyer chapter with the most paying registrants at the Convention will win a grand prize! &nbsp;For more information, please click <a href="http://r20.rs6.rsvp1.com/s118584cXRLx">here</a>.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.acslaw.rsvp1.com/s1d8994cXRLy">ACS thanks its early 10th Anniversary sponsors</a>.&nbsp; If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, contact Lisa Hayes at <a href="mailto:lhayes@acslaw.org">lhayes@acslaw.org</a>.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><br> Student Chapter of the Week: Howard University</span></b><a name=StudentChapterweek></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>The Howard Law chapter has had an extremely productive year. The fall semester began with a Constitution Day presentation by former solicitor general <b>Walter Dellinger</b>. The chapter then hosted a panel discussion on <i>CLS v. Martinez</i>, featuring <b>Kim Colby,</b>&nbsp;General Counsel, Christian Legal Society;<b> Bradley Klein, </b>Associate Attorney, <span class=SpellE>Skadden</span>, <span class=SpellE>Arps</span>; and <b>Sherman Rogers</b>, Professor of Law, Howard University. Members also gathered for a brownbag lunch discussion on <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Constitution in 2020</span></em> and an immigration policy discussion. During the spring semester, the chapter held a successful brown bag lunch series which delved into several issues including Racial Identity in 2020 and U.S. Drug Policy, featuring <span class=SpellE><b>Aderson</b></span><b> Francois</b>, Professor of Law, <span class=GramE>Howard</span> University. This spring, the chapter hosted the panel discussion, &quot;How to Become a Judge,&quot; featuring the <b>Honorable David <span class=SpellE>Tatel</span>, </b>U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the <b>Honorable Paul Friedman, </b>U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and Howard Law Professor <b>Patricia Worthy</b>. Recently, the chapter hosted a &quot;Progressive Student Networking Event&quot; with other progressive law students and lawyers in the D.C. area. The chapter has elected a new e-board and it is excited to continue to host dynamic and intellectually engaging programming in the upcoming academic year, and to be engaged in the upcoming National Convention.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=300 style='width:225.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0in; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt; mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-table-left:left;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td valign=top style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; line-height:150%'><a href="http://www.facebook.rsvp1.com/s1d9d94cXRLz"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=24 id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://www.acslaw.org/files/images/tinyfacebook.png" alt="http://www.acslaw.org/files/images/tinyfacebook.png"></span></a><a href="http://twitter.rsvp1.com/s10a984cXRLA"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=24 id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://www.acslaw.org/files/images/tinytwitter.png" alt="http://www.acslaw.org/files/images/tinytwitter.png"></span></a><a href="http://www.linkedin.rsvp1.com/s10bd84cXRLB"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=26 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://www.acslaw.org/files/images/tinylinkedin.png" alt="http://www.acslaw.org/files/images/tinylinkedin.png"></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td valign=top style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#F3F3F3; padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <h2><span class=SpellE><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'>BookTalk</span></span><a name=BookTalk></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1030" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.acslaw.org/files/images/booktalk050611.png" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:90pt; height:131.25pt;z-index:2;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square; mso-wrap-distance-left:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.acslaw.org/files/images/booktalk050611.png"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=120 height=175 src="http://www.acslaw.org/files/images/booktalk050611.png" align=left hspace=10 alt="http://www.acslaw.org/files/images/booktalk050611.png" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>In a blog post about her new book, <i><a href="http://atthedarkendofthestreet.rsvp1.com/s1cb194cXRLC">At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power</a></i>, Wayne State University history professor <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Danielle McGuire</span></strong> <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/the-civil-rights-heroine-you%E2%80%99ve-never-heard-of?mgs1=09584cXRLD">tells the story</a> of <span class=SpellE>Recy</span> Taylor,  the civil rights heroine you ve never heard of. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333;mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://genius-cs.com/lpe/lpe/1014/p259.gif" alt="http://genius-cs.com/lpe/lpe/1014/p259.gif"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333; mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://genius-cs.com/lpe/lpe/1014/p259.gif" alt="http://genius-cs.com/lpe/lpe/1014/p259.gif"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td valign=top style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#F3F3F3; padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <h2><span class=SpellE><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'>ACSblog</span></strong></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'> Highlights</span></strong><a name=BlogHighlights></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3;tab-stops: list .5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>In an <span class=SpellE>ACSblog</span> debate, <b>Richard <span class=SpellE>Zitrin</span></b> of the </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.acslaw.org/sites/default/files/imce/accesstojustice.JPG" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:35pt; margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:46.5pt;z-index:3;visibility:visible; mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:7.5pt; mso-wrap-distance-top:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-right:7.5pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:7.5pt;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.acslaw.org/sites/default/files/imce/accesstojustice.JPG"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=100 height=62 src="http://www.acslaw.org/sites/default/files/imce/accesstojustice.JPG" align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="http://www.acslaw.org/sites/default/files/imce/accesstojustice.JPG" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>University of California, Hastings College of Law <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/time-to-remove-secrecy-shrouding-settlements-pass-the-sunshine-in-litigation-act?mgs1=c9994cXRLE">argues for the adoption</a> of the  Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2011, which requires that information exchanged in the discovery process not be  <span class=SpellE>secretized</span> when the information in question endangers public health and safety, while ABA President <b>Stephen N. Zack</b> <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/sunshine-in-litigation-act-would-narrow-access-to-courts-aba-president-says?mgs1=c8d94cXRLF">argues</a> that the Sunshine in Litigation Act would narrow access to the courts, a point <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/aba-letter-to-senate-says-%E2%80%98sunshine-in-litigation-act%E2%80%99-would-make-access-to-courts-a-%E2%80%98luxury?mgs1=08184cXRLG">reiterated in a letter</a> from the ABA to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Professor <span class=SpellE>Zitrin</span> <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/aba-misses-mark-on-%E2%80%98sunshine-in-litigation-act%E2%80%99-professor-says?mgs1=0c584cXRLH">responds.</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo4;tab-stops: list .5in'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Hank Greely</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, a professor of law and genetics at Stanford University, <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/a-good-day-for-embryonic-stem-cell-research-a-good-day-for-the-law?mgs1=f05b4cXRKX">considers the D.C. Circuit Court s decision</a> to reverse the preliminary injunction against federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, calling it not only a good day for research but also a  good day for the law. <o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5;tab-stops: list .5in'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Rochelle <span class=SpellE>Bobroff</span></span></b><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>, the directing attorney of the Herbert <span class=SpellE>Semmel</span> Federal Rights Project at the National Senior Citizens Law Center, argues that the majority s methods in the Supreme Court case <em><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>AT&amp;T v. Concepcion</span></em> <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/the-supreme-court-majority-ignores-the-text-of-the-federal-arbitration-act?mgs1=cc994cXRLI">deserve closer scrutiny</a> for their selective reading of the Federal Arbitration Act s text. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td valign=top style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333;mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://genius-cs.com/lpe/lpe/1014/p259.gif" alt="http://genius-cs.com/lpe/lpe/1014/p259.gif"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333; mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://genius-cs.com/lpe/lpe/1014/p259.gif" alt="http://genius-cs.com/lpe/lpe/1014/p259.gif"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td valign=top style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;background:#F3F3F3; padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <h2 style='margin-bottom:.25in'><strong><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'>ACS National and Chapter Events</span></strong><a name=Events></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <h3 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>DC Circuit</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>May 18: </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/dc-lawyer-chapter/board-of-directors-election?mgs1=cdd94cXRLJ">DC Lawyer Chapter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&quot;Board of Directors Election &amp; Happy Hour.&quot; &nbsp;Click <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/dc-lawyer-chapter/board-of-directors-election?mgs1=cdd94cXRLJ">here</a> for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>May 24</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>: <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-24/may-brown-bag-lunch-discussion?mgs1=0d184cXRLK">DC Lawyer Chapter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&quot;May Brown Bag Lunch Discussion&quot; featuring <b>Thomas A. Daschle</b>, Former Senate Majority Leader, United States Senate; Senior Policy Advisor; DLA Piper; Author, <i>Getting it Done</i>. RSVP <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-24/may-brown-bag-lunch-discussion?mgs1=0d184cXRLK">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <h3 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:#333333;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'>1st Circuit<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>May 17</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>: <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-17/taking-a-closer-look-at-the-new-airport-body-scanners-increased-national-security-?mgs1=cf594cXRLL">Boston Lawyer Chapter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&quot;Taking a Closer Look at the New Airport Body Scanners: Increased National Security or Unnecessary Invasion of Privacy?&quot; featuring <b>Melissa C. Allison</b>, Partner, Anderson &amp; Krieger LLP; <b>Dennis Cronin</b>, New England Regional Counsel, Transportation Security Administration, United States Department of Homeland Security; <b>John <span class=SpellE>Reinstein</span></b>, Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts; Adjunct Professor, Suffolk University Law School and moderated by <b>Robert A. Whitney</b>, Counsel, White and Williams LLP. RSVP <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-17/taking-a-closer-look-at-the-new-airport-body-scanners-increased-national-security-?mgs1=cf594cXRLL">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>May 23</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>: <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-23/why-health-is-different-health-care-reform-at-the-state-and-federal-level?mgs1=0f984cXRLM">Boston Lawyer Chapter</a> and <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-23/why-health-is-different-health-care-reform-at-the-state-and-federal-level?mgs1=0f984cXRLM">Northeastern University School of Law Student Chapter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&quot;Why Health is Different: Health Care Reform at the State and Federal Level,&quot; featuring <b>Michael Dukakis</b>, 1988, Democratic Party Nominee for President of the United States, Massachusetts Governor 1975-1979 and 1983-1991; Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University; Member, Board of Advisors, American Constitution Society Boston Lawyer Chapter; <b>Lawrence M. Friedman</b>, Professor of Law, New England School of Law; Member, Board of <span class=SpellE>Advisors,American</span> Constitution Society Boston Lawyer Chapter; <b>Amy Whitcomb <span class=SpellE>Slemmer</span></b>, Executive Director, Health Care For All and moderated by <b>Dan <span class=SpellE>Urman</span></b>, Academic Director and Lecturer, Northeastern University.&nbsp;RSVP <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-23/why-health-is-different-health-care-reform-at-the-state-and-federal-level?mgs1=0f984cXRLM">here</a>.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <h3 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>2nd Circuit</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>May 13: </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/new-york-lawyer-chapter/may-access-to-justice-forum?mgs1=0ed84cXRLN">New York Lawyer Chapter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;&quot;Access to Justice Forum,&quot; featuring <b>Leo <span class=SpellE>Strine</span>, Jr.</b>, Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery. RSVP and pay online by Tuesday, May 10, 2011. RSVP&nbsp;<a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/new-york-lawyer-chapter/may-access-to-justice-forum?mgs1=0ed84cXRLN">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>June 2</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>: <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-06-02/citizens-united-and-the-role-of-campaign-financing-on-judicial-elections?mgs1=ce194cXRLO">New York Lawyer Chapter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&quot;<i>Citizens United</i> and the Role of Campaign Financing on Judicial Elections,&quot; featuring <b>Hugh <span class=SpellE>Caperton</span></b>, Plaintiff, <span class=SpellE><i>Caperton</i></span><i> v. Massey</i>; <b>Dahlia <span class=SpellE>Lithwick</span></b>, Senior Editor and Legal Correspondent, <i>Slate.com</i>; <b>The Honorable Marsha <span class=SpellE>Ternus</span></b>, Former Chief Justice, Iowa Supreme Court and moderated by <b>Victor <span class=SpellE>Kovner</span></b>, Partner, David Wright <span class=SpellE>Tremaine</span> LLP; Chair, The Fund for Modern Courts.&nbsp;Co-sponsored by The Brennan Center for Justice and The Fund for Modern Courts.&nbsp;RSVP <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-06-02/citizens-united-and-the-role-of-campaign-financing-on-judicial-elections?mgs1=ce194cXRLO">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>June 9</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>: <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-06-09/public-debate-on-the-question-is-the-patient-protection-and-affordable-health-care?mgs1=06584cXRLP">Western New York Lawyer Chapter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&quot;Public Debate on the Question: Is the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act Constitutional?&quot; featuring <b>Frank <span class=SpellE>Housh</span></b>, Attorney, The Law Offices of Frank <span class=SpellE>Housh</span>; Co-chair, Western New York Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society; <span class=SpellE><b>Ilya</b></span><b> Shapiro</b>, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies and Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review, Cato Institute and moderated by <b>The Honorable (ret.) Richard D. <span class=SpellE>Rosenbloom</span></b>, Former Justice, New York Supreme Court; Senior Counsel, <span class=SpellE>Boylan</span> Brown. &nbsp;Co-sponsored by the Rochester Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society.&nbsp;RSVP <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-06-09/public-debate-on-the-question-is-the-patient-protection-and-affordable-health-care?mgs1=06584cXRLP">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <h3 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l12 level1 lfo9; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>3rd Circuit</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><br> <b>May 17</b>: <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-17/constitutional-challenges-to-the-affordable-care-act?mgs1=c6994cXRLQ">Philadelphia Lawyer Chapter</a>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&quot;Constitutional Challenges to the Affordable Care Act,&quot; featuring <b>Elizabeth <span class=SpellE>Wydra</span></b>, Chief Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center. &nbsp;RSVP <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-17/constitutional-challenges-to-the-affordable-care-act?mgs1=c6994cXRLQ">here</a>.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <h3 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:#333333;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'>4th Circuit</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><br> May 10: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-10/the-dynamics-of-the-marriage-equality-debate-in-maryland?mgs1=c7d94cXRLR">Maryland Lawyer Chapter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&quot;The Dynamics of the Marriage Equality Debate in Maryland,&quot; featuring <b>The Honorable <span class=SpellE>Keiffer</span> Jackson Mitchell Jr.</b>, Delegate, District 44, Baltimore City, Maryland House of Delegates and <b>Maya Rupert</b>, Federal Policy Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights. RSVP <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-10/the-dynamics-of-the-marriage-equality-debate-in-maryland?mgs1=c7d94cXRLR">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <h3 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo11; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>6th Circuit</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><br> <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>May 18: </span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-18/ohios-senate-bil-5-looking-backward-while-looking-forward?mgs1=07184cXRLS">Northeast Ohio Chapter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&quot;Ohio's Senate Bill 5: Looking Backward While Looking Forward,&quot; featuring <b>Sandy McNair</b>, Partner, <span class=SpellE>Schwarzwald</span> McNair &amp; Fusco LLP; Board of Advisors, American Constitution Society Northeast Ohio Chapter. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>RSVP<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-18/ohios-senate-bill-5-looking-backward-while-looking-forward?mgs1=c5594cXRLT">here</a></span><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <h3 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo12; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>7th Circuit</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br> May 10</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>: <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-10/representing-clients-in-a-grand-jury-investigation-involving-political-conduct?mgs1=05984cXRLU">Chicago Lawyer Chapter</a><br> <br> &quot;Representing Clients in a Grand Jury Investigation Involving Political Conduct,&quot; featuring <b>Michael Deutsch</b>, Attorney, The People's Law Office; <span class=SpellE><b>Bernardine</b></span><b> <span class=SpellE>Dohrn</span></b>, Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Immediate Past Director, Children and Family Justice Center, Northwestern University School of Law; <b>Susan <span class=SpellE>Gzesh</span></b>, Executive Director, Human Rights Program, The University of Chicago; <b>Aziz <span class=SpellE>Huq</span></b>, Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Chicago Law School; <b>Standish E. Willis</b>, Attorney, Law Office of Standish E. Willis, Ltd.&nbsp;Co-sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild, the ACLU of Illinois, the National Conference of Black Lawyers and Council American-Islamic Relations-Chicago.&nbsp;CLE available.&nbsp;RSVP <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-10/representing-clients-in-a-grand-jury-investigation-involving-political-conduct?mgs1=05984cXRLU">here</a>.<br> <b><br> May 11</b>: <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-11/ten-years-after-911?mgs1=04d84cXRLV">Milwaukee Lawyer Chapter</a><br> <br> &quot;Ten Years after 9/11,&quot; featuring <b>Michael <span class=SpellE>Ratner</span></b>, President, Center for Constitutional Rights.&nbsp;Co-sponsored by Progressive Students of Milwaukee, National Lawyers Guild Milwaukee Chapter, Jews for Justice at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and Peace Action Wisconsin present.&nbsp;RSVP <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-11/ten-years-after-911?mgs1=04d84cXRLV">here</a>.<br> <br> <b>June 29</b>: <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-06-29/2011-chicago-legal-legends-luncheon?mgs1=c4194cXRLW">Chicago Lawyer Chapter</a>&nbsp;<br> <br> &quot;2011 Chicago Legal Legends Luncheon,&quot; featuring a keynote address by <b>Geoffrey R. Stone</b>, Edward H. Levin Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Law School; Chair, American Constitution Society Board of Directors and honoring the 2011 Chicago Legal Legends and the 2011 recipient of the Ruth Goldman Award.&nbsp; RSVP <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-06-29/2011-chicago-legal-legends-luncheon?mgs1=c4194cXRLW">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <h3 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo13; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:#333333;font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'>9th Circuit<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>May 10: </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-10/californias-prison-crowding-crisis?mgs1=c0594cXRLX">Bay Area Lawyer Chapter</a>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&quot;California's Prison Crowding Crisis,&quot; featuring <b>Wendy Still</b>, Chief Adult Probation Officer, City and County of San Francisco; Senate Appointed California Rehabilitation Oversight Board Member for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Former Director of Rehabilitation for the California Federal Medical Prison Receiver; Associate Director, Female Offender Programs and Services; <b>Jeanne Woodford</b>, Senior Fellow, Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice; Former Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Warden, San Quentin State Prison; Chief Adult Probation Officer, City and County of San Francisco; and an introduction by <span class=SpellE><b>Rebekah</b></span><b> <span class=SpellE>Evenson</span></b>, Staff Attorney, Prison Law Office; Counsel, <i>Schwarzenegger v. Plata</i>. CLE available.&nbsp;RSVP <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-10/californias-prison-crowding-crisis?mgs1=c0594cXRLX">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>May 11</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-11/lions-of-the-bar-debate-civil-right-to-counsel?mgs1=00984cXRLY">Bay Area Lawyer Chapter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&quot;Lions of the Bar Debate: Civil Right to Counsel,&quot; featuring <b>James J. <span class=SpellE>Brosnahan</span></b>, Senior Partner, Morrison &amp; <span class=SpellE>Foerster</span> LLP and <b>Lawrence J. <span class=SpellE>Siskind</span></b>, Partner, Harvey <span class=SpellE>Siskind</span> LLP.&nbsp;Co-sponsored by the Bar Association of San Francisco's Right To Counsel Committee and Morrison &amp; <span class=SpellE>Foerster</span> LLP. RSVP <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-11/lions-of-the-bar-debate-civil-right-to-counsel?mgs1=00984cXRLY">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>May 12:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-12/women-of-stanford-law-and-stanfordacs-present-a-conversation-with-judge-nancy-gert?mgs1=01d84cXRLZ">Stanford Law School</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><br>  A Conversation with Judge Nancy <span class=SpellE>Gertner</span>, featuring the <b>Honorable Nancy <span class=SpellE>Gertner</span>,</b> U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. Click <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-12/women-of-stanford-law-and-stanfordacs-present-a-conversation-with-judge-nancy-gert?mgs1=01d84cXRLZ">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>May 16:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-16/stanford-acs-presents-a-conversation-with-linda-greenhouse?mgs1=be594cXRM0">Stanford Law School</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><br>  A Conversation with Linda Greenhouse, featuring <b>Linda Greenhouse</b>, Professor of Law, Yale Law School. Click <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-16/stanford-acs-presents-a-conversation-with-linda-greenhouse?mgs1=be594cXRM0">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>May 17:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <a href="http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-05-17/stanford-acs-presents-a-conversation-with-judge-gerald-e-lynch?mgs1=7e984cXRM1">Stanford Law School</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><br>  A Conversation with Judge Gerald E. Lynch, featuring the <b>Honorable Gerald E. Lynch</b>, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. 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