2019 Richard D. Cudahy Administrative Law Award

Now in its 12th year, this award honors the late Judge Richard D. Cudahy, recognized as one of the nation's finest appellate judges.

2019 Winners:

Parnia Zahedi, J.D. expected 2020, Georgetown University Law Center

Andrew Kent, Ethan J. Leib, and Jed Shugermln, Professors of Law, Fordham University School of Law

Learn more about Judge Cudahy and the award given in his honor and read Rethinking Admin Law: From APA to Z

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2019 National Convention: The Possibilities and Perils of Supreme Court Reform

At the 2019 ACS National Convention in June, a panel discussed proposals to alter the structure of the Supreme Court. Such proposals have only multiplied in recent years as the judicial nominations process has grown increasingly contentious. Some claim the Court has never been this politicized and partisan and that the notion that the Justices are anything but political actors effectuating predetermined agendas is naive. Perhaps not surprisingly, we now hear calls for term limits and court-packing. What should be the progressive orientation toward the Court? Is the Court’s legitimacy at stake and, if so, should we care? If we care, can anything be done about it?

SPEAKERS
Joan Biskupic, CNN Legal Analyst, Moderator
Bob Bauer, Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence, NYU School of Law
Aaron Belkin, Director, Take Back the Courts
Aziz Huq, Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate
Neil Siegel, David W. Ichel Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, Duke Law School
Ganesh Sitaraman, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School

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2019 National Convention: After Trump: Reforming Government and Repairing Democracy

At the 2019 ACS National Convention, a panel of experts addressed the fact that, under the Trump administration, the White House and the Department of Justice have exhibited new and unexpected abuses of government authority. As we look to a post-Trump era, what reforms should we consider enacting to protect our democracy from corruption and unchecked executive power? Should we review – and perhaps rescind – statutes that give the president broad power in times of national emergencies? Should the Vacancies Reform Act be reformed? Should the framework of our anti-corruption laws be reworked? Does the Department of Justice, itself, need restructuring so that it can achieve its mission independent from political influence?

SPEAKERS
E.J. Dionne, Syndicated Columnist, The Washington Post; Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; University Professor, Georgetown University, Moderator
Stuart Gerson, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Leroy Highbaugh Sr. Research Chair and Professor of Law, Stetson University College of Law
Anne Joseph O’Connell, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Walter Shaub, Senior Advisor, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
Elliot Williams, Principal, The Raben Group
Shanlon Wu, Partner, Wu Grohovsky PLLC

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2019 National Convention: Senator Mazie Hirono

Senator Hirono, D-Hawaii, a fierce advocate for a fair judiciary and first Asian American woman elected to the Senate, addressed the ACS National Convention in June 2019. Hirono discussed Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation process and how right-wing lawmakers focus on the courts to as a means to achieve the extreme conservative outcomes they can’t secure through the regular legislative process.

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