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• Look Beyond Constitutional Interpretation When Picking Judges

  by Glenn Sugameli, Senior Legislative Counsel at Earthjustice . Sugameli has also headed Earthjustice’s Judging the Environment Project on federal judicial nominations and the environment since 2001. One of President Obama’s most enduring... Posted Dec 22 2008, 01:09 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• Array of Remedies Should Be Available For Gender Discrimination In Public Schools

  by Dina Lassow, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center . Ms. Lassow analyzes Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, which was recently argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee , which was argued before... Posted Dec 22 2008, 09:12 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• Justices Consider Questions On Police Searches, Discrimination Claims and Legal Immunity for Administration

  The U.S. Supreme Court reviewed cases this week involving police searches, lawsuits entangling top administration officials, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, and habeas corpus review of a Tennessee murder conviction. In Cone v. Bell , the justices revealed... Posted Dec 10 2008, 12:38 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• Bush's Appointees Move Majority of Appeals Courts To the Right

  The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals exemplifies the ideological tilt that has taken place over the course of the Bush administration on the majority of the federal appeals courts, reports The Washington Post . In an article examining the rightward tilt... Posted Dec 08 2008, 10:30 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• High Court Won't Consider Second W.Va. Judicial Bias Case

  The U.S. Supreme Court will not review of a case involving an accusation of bias against a West Virginia Supreme Court justice. The Associated Press reported that the high court refused to review a $260 million jury verdict against coal company Massey... Posted Dec 02 2008, 11:33 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• ACS Applauds Selection of Eric Holder for Attorney General

  ACS yesterday congratulated Eric H. Holder Jr., on being tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to serve as the nation’s next attorney general. Paul M. Smith, chair of the ACS Board of Directors and a partner at Jenner & Block, lauded the selection... Posted Dec 02 2008, 10:13 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• Arthur Bryant Sets Access to Justice Agenda

  Arthur H. Bryant, executive director of Public Justice , details the numerous tools being used by American companies to shutter the nation’s courthouse doors to challenges against their products and treatment of consumers and workers. In a column... Posted Nov 25 2008, 01:44 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• Pay For Federal Judges Remains Stagnant, With No Action In Congress

  It doesn’t appear that a bump in pay for federal judges is coming anytime soon. The Legal Times’ Tony Mauro reported that the just-ended congressional lame duck session saw no action on the bills for judicial pay raises. Both chambers’... Posted Nov 25 2008, 08:50 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• Ga. Supreme Court Gets Active On Marriage

  Talk about activist courts. The Supreme Court of Georgia is actively pushing a statewide campaign to promote marriage . Through its Commission on Children, Marriage and Family Law, the Georgia Supreme Court is hosting dozens of billboards with messages... Posted Nov 24 2008, 09:02 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• Media Outlets Say ACS Board Member Eric Holder Obama's Choice For AG

  Newsweek and CNN reported yesterday that President-elect Barack Obama has asked Eric Holder, a deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration, to be the attorney general. Holder, a member of the ACS Board of Directors, has been on Obama’s... Posted Nov 19 2008, 09:07 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• Media Outlets Say Obama Taps ACS Board Member Eric Holder For AG

  Newsweek and CNN reported yesterday that President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Eric Holder, a deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration, to be the attorney general. Holder, a member of the ACS Board of Directors, has been on Obama’s... Posted Nov 19 2008, 09:07 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• High Court Adds To Its Docket

  The U.S. Supreme Court recently added to its docket cases involving judicial ethics, campaign finance law and criminal law. On Friday, the justices agreed to hear argument in a case involving whether the Constitution requires judges to recuse in cases... Posted Nov 17 2008, 11:11 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• Justice Department Offers Challenges To Obama Transition Team

  President-elect Barack Obama’s Justice Department transition team has plenty of challenges to confront in a relatively short period of time. Likely near the top of the team’s list is getting a handle on the politicization of much the Department’s... Posted Nov 13 2008, 09:30 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• Obama Transition Team Looking To Reform Hobbled Justice Dept.

  President-elect Barack Obama’s Justice Department transition team has plenty of challenges to confront in a relatively short period of time. Likely near the top of the team’s list is getting a handle on the politicization of much the Department’s... Posted Nov 13 2008, 09:30 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary

• Justices Consider Case Over Presentation of Lab Evidence; Hear Argument Over Meaning Of Criminal Law Provisions

  Among cases considered by the Supreme Court yesterday were ones centering on how lab evidence in criminal trials is presented to juries and how to classify a defendant’s failure to report for a prison term. In Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts , the... Posted Nov 11 2008, 11:24 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Judiciary