Professor Michael Stokes Paulsen will present his widely publicized law article "The Sweep and Force of Section Three: The Constitution's Disqualification from Office of Oath-Breaking Insurrectionists," published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Professor Paulsen co-wrote the article with Professor William Baude of the University of Chicago School of Law.
The paper is especially important as our nation seeks to discern the meaning of a long-dormant constitutional provision enacted around the time of the Civil War and its application to the events of January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.
Please join the ACS Austin Lawyer Chapter for "Congress' Powers Over the Supreme Court and How It Can Use Those Powers to Hold the Court More Accountable," presented by Prof. Stephen Vladeck, the Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of Texas School of Law.
Prof. Vladeck will discuss the Legislative Branch’s powers over the Supreme Court under our constitution and how the Legislative Branch can use those powers to hold the Court more accountable. What are Congress’ powers over the Supreme Court? What are the limits of those powers? How are those powers to be enforced? What if there is a disagreement between Congress and the Court: who is to decide, and how is such a decision to be enforced?
Featuring:
Stephen Vladeck, Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law; Member, ACS Board of Academic Advisors
Approved for 1.0 hours of TX CLE Credit. Lunch will be provided.
Please join the ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter for a conversation with Jill Wine-Banks and Marcus Childress on the criminal indictments of former President Donald Trump.
Featuring:
Jill Wine-Banks, Legal Analyst, MSNBC; Author, The Watergate Girl; and Co-host, #SistersInLaw and iGenPolitics podcasts. Appearing regularly on the network’s prime-time and daytime shows. She began her career as the first female organized crime prosecutor at the US Department of Justice, which led to her selection as one of three assistant special prosecutors – and the only woman on the trial team -- in the case against President Richard Nixon’s top aides for obstruction of justice in the Watergate scandal. She has also served as general counsel of the US Army, partner at Jenner and Block, first solicitor general and first woman deputy attorney general of the state of Illinois, and first female chief operating officer of the American Bar Association. Following her legal career, Jill was a corporate executive at Motorola and Maytag, with international business development responsibilities, and the head of career and technical education for Chicago Public Schools under Arne Duncan. She now serves on the boards of the Better Government Association, Governors State University, the Veterans Art Museum, as a Life Director of Executive Service Corps and has served on many other non-profit and corporate boards. A graduate of the University of Illinois and Columbia Law School, she lives in Evanston and is the author of The Watergate Girl.
Marcus A.R. Childress, Partner, Jenner & Block, LLP. Marcus leverages his extensive investigative and trial experience to guide clients through parallel inquiries, including congressional investigations, government enforcement actions, civil litigation, and workplace crises, which often enliven media scrutiny. While serving as investigative counsel to the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, Marcus worked closely with Congressional members to identify why and how the Capitol was breached; coordinated with DOJ about parallel criminal investigations; and led hearing preparations. Over the course of the investigation, he conducted more than 60 depositions and interviews of key witnesses, including many of the interviews that were featured prominently during the televised hearings. As an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate in the US Air Force and a Special Assistant US Attorney in the Middle District of Georgia, he oversaw more than 100 criminal investigations and tried over 20 criminal jury trials.
Interviewed by:
Jerry Brown, Siegel & Callahan; Co-Chair, ACS Chicago Lawyer Chapter
A light lunch will be provided, thanks to our chapter sponsor Jenner & Block. 1 hour of IL CLE approved.
The American Constitution Society at the University of Michigan Law School is hosting a panel on artificial intelligence and the law, featuring Professors Kristen Wolff and Salomé Viljoen of the University of Michigan Law School and Steven Kelts of Princeton University.
From Defendant to Defender...
ACS is honored to host Jarrett Adams to speak on his journey from being wrongfully convicted to becoming a driving force in criminal defense, civil rights, and wrongful conviction cases in state and federal courts.
FREE FOOD AND DRINKS PROVIDED!
