A Fresh Start for a New Administration: Reforming Law and Justice Policies
ACS released a package of proposals for a new Administration - of either party - and hosted a panel discussion on the topics they address. The proposals, contained in two dozen papers, cover a range of law and justice policy areas, including: the Department of Justice's role in civil rights enforcement, criminal justice, and legal advice to the President; liberty, security and the rule of law in the post-911 era; environmental policy; workplace fairness; government transparency; and the regulatory process. Authors of the papers - some of which appear in new issues of ACS's two journals, The Harvard Law & Policy Review and Advance - include former Attorney General Janet Reno, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, former Senator Timothy Wirth, Professors Geoffrey Stone and Dawn Johnsen, and other former high-ranking government officials, distinguished legal scholars, and policy experts. Click here for full text of all the papers or here for video of the event in our multimedia archives.
U.S. Representative Donna Edwards gave opening remarks. The panel discussion featured:
Deborah Pearlstein, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, and Sally Katzen
- Moderator, Ron Klain, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General, 1995-1999; Associate Counsel to the President, 1992-1995
- Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Professor of Law and Deane F. Johnson Faculty Scholar, Stanford Law School
- Sally Katzen, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 1999-2001 and Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in OMB, 1993-1998
- Deborah Pearlstein, LAPA Visiting Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
- William Yeomans, Chief Counsel to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
2008 ACS National Convention: Videos, Transcripts, and More
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Keynote Speaker at the 2008 ACS National Convention, and Eric Holder, former Deputy Attorney General and ACS Board Member, addressed the 2008 ACS National Convention. Click here for the convention program, videos, and transcripts.
More convention coverage is available on ACSBlog.
New Data Unveiled: How the Federal Courts Are Treating Employment Discrimination Plaintiffs
ACS hosted a panel discussion on a new article published in the Harvard Law and Policy Review that concluded that workers bringing employment discrimination lawsuits increasingly fare poorly in the federal courts.
Studying data from the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, authors Stewart J. Schwab, dean of the Cornell Law School, and Kevin M. Clermont, law professor at the Cornell Law School, found that “the federal courts disfavor employment discrimination plaintiffs, who are now forswearing use of those courts.” The authors concluded that they’ve “unearthed an anti-plaintiff effect that is troublesome.”
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2008-2009 ACS Supreme Court Preview
The American Constitution Society hosted a panel discussion, at which leading scholars and practitioners offered insights on the Supreme Court Term that opens October 6. The panel discussed key cases on the Court’s docket and suggested areas likely to draw widespread attention as the Term unfolds.
