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2010 ACS National Convention

Save the Date: 2010 ACS National Convention

June 17 - 19, 2010
in Washington D.C.
at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel.

This year, the Convention will commence with a gala dinner on Thursday evening, June 17, featuring a special guest speaker. We will have many engaging panels and plenary panels all day Friday, June 18, and Saturday morning. The Convention will conclude with a Saturday luncheon followed by the ACS Student Chapter Retreat on June 19.

Hotel room reservations are now open. Click here to reserve your room at our special early rate. We hope you will plan to be part of this exciting event.

Upcoming ACS National Events

Screenings of "A Class Apart"

Spring 2010 Program Guide

ACS encourages its chapters to hold events during the spring of 2010 which focus on criminal justice issues. A program guide is available to assist chapter leaders in planning these events. To view the guide, please click on the image below:

Additional Guides are available by following these links:
Fall 2009 Guide: Constitutional Interpretation

Spring 2009 Guide: Effecting Change at the State and Local Level

Fall 2008 Guide: Composition of the Federal Courts

Spring 2008 Guide: Political Participation

Fall 2007 Guide: Equality and the Law

Spring 2007 Guide: Democracy, Liberty & Security in the Post 9/11 Era.

Fall 2006 Guide: Voting Rights and Democracy

Spring 2006 Guide: The Use of Foreign and International Law in Interpreting the US Constitution

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New Books on the Constitution

Keeping Faith with the Constitution is a new book published by ACS and authored by legal scholars Goodwin Liu, Pamela Karlan, and Christopher Schroeder. The authors present in accessible language a compelling and common-sense approach to constitutional interpretation - one that is faithful to the Constitution's words and principles and that explains why our founding document is the world's most enduring written constitution, able to address the changing needs and conditions of our society, just as the Framers intended. Keeping Faith also explores why concepts such as “originalism” and “strict construction” are inconsistent with the intent of the framers. Click here to download a copy of the book and to get more information.

The Constitution in 2020 is a new book edited by law professors Jack Balkin and Reva Siegel. It is a collection of essays by leading constitutional scholars regarding the directions that constitutional law should take in the decades to come. Click here to read excerpts from the book and join the conversation about it.

It is a Constitution We Are Expounding: Collected Writings on Interpreting Our Founding Document is a companion book to Keeping Faith with the Constitution edited by Pamela Harris and Karl Thompson, with a foreword by Professor Laurence H. Tribe that includes excerpts from some of the finest existing writing on methods of constitutional interpretation, taken from decisions of the Supreme Court and other opinions and speeches by Justices and judges, the scholarly literature, and other sources. Download a copy of the book and get more information here.