On Thursday, June 16, 2011, at the 10th Anniversary National Convention, ACS hosted a panel discussion on alternative legal careers featuring:
- Ruben Bolling, Cartoonist, Tom the Dancing Bug
- Lisa Brown, Executive Director, Government Reform for Competitiveness and Innovation Initiative, Moderator
- Barry Eisler, Author, Thrillers including The Lost Coast (2011) and Inside Out (2010)
- Seema Gajwani, Program Officer for Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Public Welfare Foundation
- Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate
- Eric Liu, Co-Founder, The True Patriot Network
- Matthew McGough, Author, Screenwriter, including episodes for NBC's "Law and Order"
On Wednesday, May 11, 2011, the American Constitution Society and the Center for American Progress brought together leading thinkers to discuss what our nation would look like and the impact on all Americans were the 14th Amendment's guarantee to be repealed.
Welcoming Remarks:
- Caroline Fredrickson, Executive Director, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
The panel will feature:
- Moderator, Angela Maria Kelley, VP for Immigration Policy and Advocacy, Center for American Progress
- Sam Fulwood III, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
- Wade Henderson, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Priscilla Huang, Associate Policy Director, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
- Margaret Stock, Adjunct Instructor, University of Alaska Anchorage
On the first day of the 112th Congress, Representative Steve King (R-IA) introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives seeking to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to “clarify” which classes of U.S.-born children are citizens of the United States at birth. Representative King’s bill reflects his assertion that the 14th Amendment does not guarantee citizenship at birth for U.S.-born children of temporary or undocumented immigrants. House Judiciary Committee Chair Lamar Smith (R-TX) agrees, and has declared his intention to hold hearings on the subject. Federal legislators are not the only ones to get into the mix. On January 5th, a group of state legislators launched their own challenge to the 14th Amendment at a press conference in Washington where they announced their plans to pass state laws that would ultimately trigger a Supreme Court ruling on the issue.
On March 31, 2011, the American Constitution Society and the Center for American Progress brought together leading thinkers to discuss current challenges to birthright citizenship and provide historical perspective to the debate about what the 14th Amendment guarantees.
The panel featured:
- Moderator, Sam Fulwood III, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
- Linda Chavez, Chairman, Center for Equal Opportunity
- Garrett Epps, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law
- James Ho, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; former Solicitor General of Texas
- Elizabeth Wydra, Chief Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center; author of "Born Under the Constitution: Why Recent Attacks on Birthright Citizenship are Unfounded"
For a transcript, click here.
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The ACS Maryland Lawyer Chapter recently co-hosted a panel of judges, who provided a behind-the-scenes look at their path to becoming a judge and discussed the importance of a diverse bench.
Panelists included:
- Moderator, Renée Hutchins, Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Law;
- Judge Andre M. Davis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit;
- Judge Brian G. Kim, Montgomery County District Court;
- Judge Kendra A. Ausby, Baltimore City Circuit Court.
Other sponsors of the event were the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys of Maryland, Inc., the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Maryland, the Hispanic National Bar Association, and the Monumental City Bar Association.
