American Constitution Society for Law and Policy

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The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy is an organization to promote a progressive understanding of the United States Constitution. The group is one of many organizations that indirectly support the Democratic Party, and its particular role is comparable to its rival, the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. Like the Federalist Society, it organizes local chapters at law schools in addition to state-wide lawyers chapters, as well as issue groups that aim to synthesize and promote a progressive vision for each area of the law.

The American Constitution Society (ACS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization. It describes itself as a national organization of "law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, policymakers, activists and other concerned individuals working to ensure that the fundamental principles of human dignity, individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice are accorded their rightful, central place in American law."[link]

ACS is engaged in a multi-year initiative, the Constitution in the 21st Century, to promote positive, much-needed change in our legal and policy landscape. The project brings together scholars and practitioners to formulate and advance a progressive vision of our Constitution and laws that is intellectually sound, practically relevant and faithful to our constitutional values and heritage. The centerpiece of the project is a series of issue groups focused on discrete areas of law and policy, through which a wide range of members will develop, communicate and popularize progressive ideas through papers, conferences and media outreach.

The Issue Groups Include

* Access to Justice;
* Constitutional Interpretation and Change;
* Criminal Justice;
* Democracy and Voting;
* Separation of Powers and Federalism; and
* Equality and Liberty.

Speakers

Speakers at ACS events have included: [link]

External links

[Official website]

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