On Tuesday, November 8, 2011, ACS hosted Global Warming and Political Cooling: Addressing Climate Change in a Hostile Federal Political Climate. Facing a more conservative federal political climate, dimmer prospects for federal legislation to address climate change, and unprecedented hostility to federal regulation, what other tools can be brought to bear to begin to combat climate change? What state and local initiatives (state legislation, city ordinances, etc.) could prove productive? Given the Supreme Court’s recent decision in American Electric Power v. Connecticut, which blocked state and local governments from using the federal courts to file public nuisance claims in order to limit greenhouse gas emissions from electric power plants, what other bodies of law and litigation strategies might be employed?
Welcome and Introduction by Caroline Fredrickson, President, American Constitution Society
Panel Discussion featured:
- Moderator, Gerard J. Waldron, Covington & Burling LLP; former Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, U.S. House of Representatives
- Anna Aurilio, Director, Washington, D.C. of Environment America
- Andrew B. Clubok, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- David Doniger, Policy Director and Senior Attorney, Climate and Clean Air Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
On Monday, October 31, 2011, ACS hosted Judging Juries: Examining Jury Engagement and Exclusion. The event featured:
Featured Address by Senior Judge Ricardo M. Urbina, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Panel Discussion :
- Moderator, Liliana Coronado, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender; Detailee, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives
- Judge Gregory E. Mize, Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Judicial Fellow, Center for Jury Studies, National Center for State Courts
- Alicia D’Addario, Senior Attorney, Equal Justice Initiative
- Andrew G. Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Law, David A. Clarke School of Law, University of the District of Columbia
- Scott Patterson, State’s Attorney, Talbot County, Maryland
On September 15, 2011, ACS hosted its annual Supreme Court Preview featuring:
- Moderator, Neal Katyal, partner at Hogan Lovells and former acting Solicitor General;
- Walter Dellinger, partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP and former acting Solicitor General;
- Miguel A. Estrada, partner at Gibson Dunn Crutcher LLP and former Assistant to the Solicitor General;
- Sherrilyn Ifill, law professor at the University of Maryland School of Law;
- Cynthia Jones, associate professor of law at the American University Washington College of Law; and
- Neil J. Kinkopf, law professor at the Georgia State University College of Law and former counselor to the Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Policy
Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs Associate Research Scholar Deborah Pearlstein speaks with ACSblog following the "National Security as a Driver of Doctrinal Shifts in Other Areas of Law & Policy" at "9/11 at 10", an ACS symposium marking the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. She speaks on the role of executive power and attempts by the courts and civil society to restrain excess grabs to that power.
William Lietzau, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Rule of Law and Detainee Policy, addresses the American Constitution Society's "9/11 at 10" symposium, marking the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
ACS's "9/11 at 10" symposium, marking the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, featured:
- Moderator, Charlie Savage, Washington Correspondent, The New York Times;
- David D. Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center;
- Richard D. Klingler, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP and former General Counsel and Legal Advisor on the National Security Council (2006-2007);
- Wendy Patten, Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundations;
- Deborah Pearlstein, Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University; and
- Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago Law School and ACS Board Chair.
