Book talk about "Defending Due Process" by Professor Brandon Garrett

On Wednesday, February 19th, at 12:15pm in WCC 3007, ACS will cosponsor a lunch talk on avenues for environmental reform through the legislative branch, alongside the Harvard Environmental Law Review (HELR), the Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic, and the Harvard Environmental Law Society.

Among the featured speakers will be senior staff from both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives. RSVP here.

Join the American Constitution Society and the Environmental Law Society for a special screening of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. This powerful documentary follows former Vice President Al Gore as he continues his fight against climate change, exploring the progress made since An Inconvenient Truth and the ongoing challenges in securing global environmental action. The film highlights the intersection of law, policy, and activism in addressing the climate crisis.

Join the American Constitution Society and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association for a lunch talk with WilmerHale Partner Bill Lee at 12:30pm on Tuesday, February 18 in WCC 1023. Among other topics, we will touch on his work as managing partner at WilmerHale, his expertise with technology-focused clients, and his time with the Harvard Corporation. Lunch sponsored by WilmerHale. RSVP here.

Please join us for this Law & Democracy Series Lecture with David Sloss, Professor of Law, Santa Clara University.

David L. Sloss, Professor of Law at Santa Clara University is writing a book called “People v. The Court: The Next Revolution in Constitutional Law” and he will host a talk on the upcoming book. The book presents a normative theory of judicial review that builds on John Hart Ely’s theory. Current constitutional doctrine is at odds with core constitutional values. We divide Con Law into rights issues and structural issues. Structural Con Law focuses on the division of power among government actors. That framing omits a key structural feature of the Constitution: the division of power between We The People and our government. Constitutional rights doctrine focuses on negative, individual rights. Accordingly, constitutional doctrine ignores one crucial right: the affirmative, collective right of We the People to control our government. His theory divides constitutional issues into three baskets: rights, structure, and democratic self-government. The theory relies on a distinction between strong, weak, and deferential judicial review. In a system of strong review, judicial decisions applying the Constitution are not subject to legislative override. In a system of weak review, judicial decisions are subject to legislative override. With deferential review, courts generally defer to legislative judgments..

This lecture is part of Nebraska Law’s Law and Democracy Series, provided by generous support from Barb and Ron Schaefer.

This lecture is approved for 1.0 continuing education credit in Nebraska (including 1.0 hour of ethics). RSVP here for CLE credit: https://marketplace.unl.edu/default/peoplevcourt2025.html

Join the Michigan ACS Student Chapter and the Michigan Lawyer Chapter for a program discussing the Trump Administration’s first month of actions and how those actions will impact students. 

Featuring:

• Hon. Jamie Raskin, Representative, U.S. House of Representatives (D-MD 8th District)
• Elliot Williams, Spring '22 Fellow, Georgetown Institute of Politics & Public Service; CNN Legal Analyst; Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Principal, The Raben Group
• Peter Hyun, FCC Enforcement Chief (Acting), Federal Communications Commission
• Kristy Parker, Special Counsel, Defending the Rule of Law, Protect Democracy