ACS Member News: Week of July 2, 2018


ACS President Caroline Fredrickson is quoted by Voice of America, Politico, Bloomberg, Mother Jones, and U.S. News & World Report about the Supreme Court vacancy and President Trump's efforts to reshape the federal judiciary.

ACS Board Chair Pamela Karlan is quoted by the Wall Street Journal addressing the Federalist Society leader Leonard Leo's critical role in Supreme Court picks.

ACS Board member Erwin Chemerinsky wrote a piece for The Sacramento Bee examining how Justice Kennedy's retirement will shift the Court even further right. He also wrote a piece for SCOTUSblog on Kennedy's legacy as a staunch advocate of free speech.

ACS Board member Ruben Garcia wrote a piece for The Conversation arguing that organized labor can still flourish post-Janus.

ACS Board member Nancy Gertner spoke on the Constitution Daily podcast about the Supreme Court's momentous decisions this Term.

ACS Board member Adam Winkler and ACS Faculty Advisor at Boston College Law School Kent Greenfield wrote a piece for The New York Times discussing the future of LGBT rights on a post-Kennedy Supreme Court.

ACS Board of Advisors member Walter Dellinger spoke on PBS NewsHour about the impact of Justice Kennedy's retirement.

ACS Board of Advisors member Linda Greenhouse wrote an op-ed for The New York Times arguing that a Supreme Court nominee who refuses to answer questions "flouts both tradition and democratic accountability."

ACS Board of Advisors member Geoffrey Stone is quoted in Law & Crime regarding the possibility of overturning Roe v. Wade.

ACS State Attorneys General Project Advisory Committee member Terri Gerstein wrote a piece for the New York Daily News about the need for a pay floor for Uber and Lyft drivers.