Press Highlights

ACS President Russ Feingold published an op-ed in the Boston Globe, sounding the alarm on the growing movement by the far right to call an Article V convention, an unprecedented move that would result in a dramatic rewriting of the Constitution and the potential removal of all the rights and protections the Constitution currently guarantees. "The […]

ACS President Russ Feingold joined Wisconsin Public Radio as a featured guest to discuss the urgent need for the Supreme Court to adopt a binding code of ethics. As new revelations continue to emerge about the ethical indifference exemplified by several Supreme Court justices, Feingold amplifies ACS' call for Supreme Court ethics reform. More about ACS' […]

ACS President Russ Feingold penned an op-ed in Daily Kos in which he lays out how the Democratic-controlled Senate can maximize this moment to advance President Biden's federal judicial nominees to ultimately fill the federal bench with diverse and qualified judges committed to the rule of law. "I lay out all of these options to say […]

ACS President Russ Feingold was quoted in TIME, voicing support for Montana State Representative Zooey Zephyr, a trans woman who was censured by the Montana state legislature. Zephyr has filed a lawsuit asserting that the free speech rights of her and her 11,000 constituents were violated by the legislature's decision to censure her. “The Montana […]

ACS President Russ Feingold was quoted in a HuffPost article about this Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform. As the Supreme Court's legitimacy crisis is further illuminated by recent revelations regarding some Justices' conflicts of interest, several organizations, including ACS, have publicly voiced support for rigorous ethics reform in the nation's […]

ACS Vice President of Strategic Engagement Zack Gima was quoted in a New Republic article discussing the ramifications of Senate Republicans' refusal to temporarily replace Senator Feinstein's seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee during her extended absence. Gima describes the delaying effect of Feinstein's absence on judicial confirmations and urges action to end the gridlock. […]

ACS President Russ Feingold published an op-ed in The Hill urging the Senate to stay in session in August and prioritize confirming judges. Feingold argues that in a divided and slow-moving Senate currently not distracted by an election year, the Senators ought to cancel August recess and remain in DC to confirm the judicial vacancies […]

ACS President Russ Feingold was quoted in NBC News, in which he comments on Senator Diane Feinstein's extended medical leave from the Senate. Feingold publicly acknowledges how Feinstein's absence impedes the Senate's ability to confirm Biden's federal judicial nominees. "Former Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, the president of the liberal-leaning American Constitution Society, said […]

Christopher Wright Durocher, ACS Vice President of Policy and Program, published an op-ed in Law 360 regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's recent 5-4 decision in Cruz v. Arizona. Wright Durocher examines how the Supreme Court conservative supermajority has reneged longstanding precedent, but how Cruz may provide an opportunity for the Court to reevaluate its stance […]

ACS President Russ Feingold was quoted in the Associated Press, explaining why Senate Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee ought to eliminate the blue slip process for federal district court nominees. “Democrats would be chumps to say, ‘Oh well, we’re not going to do this because it’s a tradition,’” said Russ Feingold, the former three-term […]