Monday, December 2, 2013

American Constitution Society



American Constitution Society
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) is a progressive legal organization that promotes the U.S. Constitutional values of "individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, access to justice, democracy and the rule of law." [2]

According to the ACS website:

ACS is centered around the idea that the law should be a force to improve the lives of all people. It works for positive change by shaping debate on vitally important legal and constitutional issues through development and promotion of high-impact ideas to opinion leaders and the media; by building networks of lawyers, law students, judges and policymakers dedicated to those ideas; and by countering the activist conservative legal movement that has sought to erode our enduring constitutional values. By bringing together powerful, relevant ideas and passionate, talented people, ACS makes a difference in the constitutional, legal and public policy debates that shape our democracy.[3]

ACS was created as a counterweight to, and is modeled after, the Federalist Society, and is often described as its progressive counterpart.[4][5][6][7][8]

ACS has 190 student chapters and 39 lawyer chapters around the country. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The organization promotes and facilitates discussion and debate of progressive public policy ideas and issues, providing forums for legal scholars, lawmakers, judges, lawyers, public policy advocates, law students and members of the media.

American Constitution Society
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society.

Note: George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Mariano-Florentino Cuellar is a director at the American Constitution Society, and was a special assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.
Dawn E. Johnsen is a director at the American Constitution Society, and was a director nominee, Office of Legal Counsel for the Barack Obama administration.
Christine A. Varney is a director at the American Constitution Society, and was an assistant attorney general for the Barack Obama administration.
Eric H. Holder Jr. was a board member for the American Constitution Society, and is the attorney general for the Barack Obama administration.
Elizabeth M. Brown was an executive director at the American Constitution Society, and is the White House staff secretary for the Barack Obama administration.
Laurence Tribe was a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society, and his research assistant was Barack Obama.
Barack Obama was Laurence Tribe’s research assistant, and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory
Please note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Faith Elizabeth Gay was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP, and is a director at the American Constitution Society.

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