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The Minnesota lawyer chapter of the American Constitution Society.
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Chris
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I'm now in my 14th year as a board member at
@minnesotaacs.bsky.social
and ...the state of the chapter is strong. We started out with a couple person board in 2013ish, having sparsely attended happy hours in the backs of random bars. We had approx zero reach or influence.
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Justice Anne McKeig leads the American Constitution Society in an oath.
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Minnesota Supreme Court justice (and former ACS Chapter leader) Karl Procaccini: "We are the final say on what our *state* conditions mean [...] I encourage all of you to take a look at your state constitutions"
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David Brauer
17 days ago
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Our candidate forum for Hennepin County Attorney is coming up on May 21, featuring Anders Folk, Cedrick Frazier, Diane Krenz, Matt Pelikan, and Hao Quang Nguyen. It's free, hybrid, and open to the public -->
www.acslaw.org/event/acs-mi...
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ACS Minnesota: Hennepin County Attorney Candidate Forum | ACS
https://www.acslaw.org/event/acs-minnesota-hennepin-county-attorney-candidate-forum/
about 2 months ago
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Please join us May 4th at 6pm for a panel discussion on Operation Metro Surge, the ICE occupation of Minnesota, and updates on ongoing litigation efforts 1/3
3 months ago
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Please join the ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter for an insightful conversation with Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on how modern prosecutorial strategies can strengthen community safety, plus an update on response to the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
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ACS Minnesota: Advancing Public Safety Through Innovative Prosecution and Updates on Federal Law Enforcement Investigations
Please join the ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter for an insightful conversation with Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on how modern prosecutorial
https://getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/events/event/1682
5 months ago
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ACS Minnesota is heartbroken by another senseless ICE killing in Minneapolis. No Minnesotan should fear for their lives when exercising their constitutional rights to protest federal action and protect their neighbors. Please join us for a CLE to help support local lawyers' mental health needs.
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ACS Minnesota: Joan Bibelhausen 2.0 - Reflections Over the Years on Mental Health in the Legal Profession and in the World Today | ACS
https://www.acslaw.org/event/acs-minnesota-acs-presents-joan-bibelhausen-2-0-reflections-over-the-years-on-mental-health-in-the-legal-profession-and-in-the-world-today/
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Daniel Suitor
5 months ago
I'm not actually doing it, just talking about it. Minnesota has an incredibly strong and connected bar that already has a lot of these resources in place. And immigration folks are spinning up ways for attorneys with no immigration experience to get trained and work
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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MILRC Directory
Minnesota Immigration Legal Response Clearinghouse This project is an attempt to connect attorneys with organizations and groups responding to the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities. The information b...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WtXeFPw_uc9PwM0TEb4J3DJMsJ5oZryw7cRwJbmi_54/edit?usp=drivesdk
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ACS Minnesota, in collaboration with Joan Bibelhausen of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, Minnesota, is proud to offer a Mental Health CLE to help MN lawyers understand and overcome mental health challenges. Please register here:
getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/ev...
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ACS Minnesota: ACS Presents:Â Joan Bibelhausen 2.0 - Reflections Over the Years on Mental Health in the Legal Profession and in the World Today
Join the ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter for a special event with newly retired Joan Bibelhausen, for an in-person, interactive, mental health CLE that looks
https://getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/events/event/1673
5 months ago
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Minnesota needs help from local attorneys -- read how you can assist:
open.substack.com/pub/acsmn/p/...
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Emergency Action Needed: Support Local Families & Legal Aid
Dear ACS Supporters,
https://open.substack.com/pub/acsmn/p/emergency-action-needed-support-local?r=27rhuj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
https://www.ms.now/news/doj-civil-rights-division-officials-quit-harmeet-dhillon
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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General
6 months ago
The Constitution of the Roberts Court is not color-blind. It is a Constitution that permits discrimination on the basis of race, but forbids alleviating discrimination on the basis of race.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments are in trouble.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/12/antebellum-constitution/685354/?gift=4-sZt6XSAyNpFe0MbLcSQ3Zf2193MBZjzuwrMRssens
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Do you want to use your legal skills to advance progressive causes in Minnesota? Are you interested in networking with other like-minded lawyers throughout the state? If so, please apply to join the ACS MN Lawyers Chapter Board of Directors! Applications due by Jan. 21.
forms.gle/SkNsuSQoFZ9E...
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ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter: 2026 Board of Directors Application
The Minnesota Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society is currently seeking applications for positions on our 2026 Board of Directors. The Board is responsible for helping to design and imp...
https://forms.gle/SkNsuSQoFZ9Eq8vN8
7 months ago
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Please join the Minnesota Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society for our sixth annual Justice David Lillehaug Award ceremony. We're honored to present this year's award to Justice Margaret Chutich! Please RSVP here:
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ACS Minnesota: Sixth Annual Justice David Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Service Ceremony | ACS
https://www.acslaw.org/?post_type=event&p=120734
7 months ago
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Please join the Minnesota Farmers Union, the American Economic Liberties Project, and the Institute for Local Self-Reliance for a virtual webinar on the ways unfair pricing practices are raising costs on Minnesotans. RSVP here:
mfu.org/event/how-to...
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High prices: How to crack down on unfair practices webinar - Minnesota Farmers Union
Join MFU, the AELP and the Institute for Local Self Reliance for a webinar on the ways unfair pricing practices are raising costs
https://mfu.org/event/how-to-crack-down-on-unfair-practices-webinar/
7 months ago
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Please join the ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter for a conversation with Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Theodora GaĂŻtas on November 13 at 5 PM. We look forward to learning about Justice GaĂŻtas's path to the bench and her appellate practice pointers! Please RSVP here:
www.acslaw.org/event/acs-mi...
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ACS Minnesota: A Conversation with Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Theodora GaĂŻtas | ACS
https://www.acslaw.org/event/acs-minnesota-a-conversation-with-minnesota-supreme-court-justice-theodora-gaitas/
8 months ago
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Join the ACS Minnesota chapter and the Minnesota Attorney General's Office to learn more about ongoing litigation against the Trump administration. We'll see you over the lunch hour on Wednesday, Nov. 5, for this important conversation! RSVP here:
getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/ev...
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ACS Minnesota: Upholding the Rule of Law – A Special Event with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office
Please join the Minnesota Chapter of the American Constitution Society for a special event featuring the Rule of Law team from the Minnesota Attorney
https://getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/events/event/1658
8 months ago
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Trivia is getting intense.
8 months ago
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Our *10 annual* benefit is tonight! We're thankful for all of our current and past attendees who have helped support a strong local progressive community. Thanks to Tane Danger for hosting our programming every year, too!
8 months ago
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Now's the time to get your tickets for the ACS Minnesota Progressive Law Benefit! Come join us on Thursday, Oct. 23, for a night of fun and fundraising for progressive legal causes. Registration closes soon!
getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/ev...
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ACS Minnesota: 2025 Progressive Law Benefit
Join fellow lawyers, lawmakers, judges, and other community members at the Tenth Annual ACS Progressive Law Benefit, hosted by the ACS Minnesota
https://getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/events/event/1624
9 months ago
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Kicking off our event at the International Institute of MN, creating Welcome Kits for new arrivals to the US (co-sponsored with
@swaempls.bsky.social
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11 months ago
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📦 Join us July 28 for a hands-on kit build + tour at the International Institute of MN! Help assemble welcome kits for immigrant and refugee students. 💛 🕕 6–8PM | 📍St. Paul RSVP:
getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/ev...
This is part of our
#Inalienable
series of events focused on
#ImmigrantJustice
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Welcome Kit Build & Tour at the International Institute of Minnesota
Join us for a meaningful evening of community, creativity, and impact at the International Institute of Minnesota (IIMN)!
https://getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/events/event/1621
about 1 year ago
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Up next in our "Can He Do That?" series is an insightful event on the impact of recent executive orders on legal practice. Please join us on June 4 at 5:30 PM for appetizers, refreshments, and important discussion on how law firms can fight back. Register here:
www.acslaw.org/.../acs-minn...
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ACS Minnesota: Can He Do That? Executive Orders and Their Impact on the Legal Community | ACS
https://www.acslaw.org/event/acs-minnesota-can-he-do-that-executive-orders-and-their-impact-on-the-legal-community/
about 1 year ago
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Please join our friends at the University of St. Thomas School of Law for an important conversation with Professor Rachel Barkow about the need for sentencing reform and the Supreme Court's role in mass incarceration. Please register here:
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Mark Joseph Stern
about 1 year ago
Obviously, a huge victory for the migrants here and a major defeat for Trump’s lawless effort to rush out a rendition flight before the courts could act. But also—potentially a massive signal from the Supreme Court that it is finally prepared to go toe to toe with Trump to halt AEA deportations.
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Heidi Li Feldman
over 1 year ago
🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share widely.
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Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J_bcoMqt46L05As7GN4ZqH4j6XKeI-Dm4ytJPRFtrwo/edit?gid=287708862#gid=287708862
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American Constitution Society
over 1 year ago
ACS stands with our lawyer members, future lawyers in our student chapters, and all lawyers who refuse to capitulate to President Trump's threats, both explicit and implicit. ATTN large law firm associates: here's a sign-on opportunity to show strength in unity.
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Associate Open Letter - Signatory
Full list of signatories, updated roughly hourly, available here. [NTD: PLEASE ONLY SIGN WITH FIRM AND CLASS YEAR.] Letter below: ***** Over the past several weeks, the Executive Branch has launched...
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Each year, the ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter is honored to present the David L. Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Leadership to a local progressive leader. Click the link below to submit your nominations!
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Soliciting Nominations for the David L. Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Leadership
Nominate a local progressive leader!
https://open.substack.com/pub/acsmn/p/soliciting-nominations-for-the-david?r=27rhuj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
over 1 year ago
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Each year, the ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter is honored to present the David L. Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Leadership to a local progressive leader. Click the link below to submit your nominations!
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Soliciting Nominations for the David L. Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Leadership
Nominate a local progressive leader!
https://open.substack.com/pub/acsmn/p/soliciting-nominations-for-the-david?r=27rhuj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
over 1 year ago
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Members of our ACS Minnesota Lawyers Chapter volunteered this week at Feed My Starving Children. Thanks to FMSC for having us for a fun and rewarding food-packing shift!
over 1 year ago
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Hope to see you there! This is open to lawyers, judges, law clerks, and anyone else who might be interested --
getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/ev...
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ACS Minnesota: Volunteer Food Packing and Happy Hour
Please join the ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter for a Volunteer Food Packing Event. This event is open to ACS board members and local student chapter members.
https://getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/events/event/1583
over 1 year ago
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Thank you to everyone who attended our event on the 14th Amendment, Section 2 -- and thank you to our amazing panelists, too!
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over 1 year ago
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Adam Serwer
over 1 year ago
Trump's attempt to nullify the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship provision is an attempt to reverse one of the most important outcomes of the Civil War, the idea that American citizenship is not based on race
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Attack on Birthright Citizenship Is a Big Test for the Constitution
Does the text mean what it plainly says?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/trump-executive-order-citizenship/681404/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8A2VgH4Z4JbMcrQAZVxMoZI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
over 1 year ago
Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy.
immpolicytracking.org/home/
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Immigration Policy Tracking Project
A comprehensive and dynamic catalogue of immigration policies issued by the Trump administration since January 2017.
https://immpolicytracking.org/home/
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Hope you can make it to our upcoming event on Section 2 of the 14th Amendment.
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ACS Minnesota: Fourteenth Amendment, Section 2: A Case for Democracy?
January 29, 12:00-1:30 pm CT
https://open.substack.com/pub/acsmn/p/acs-minnesota-fourteenth-amendment?r=27rhuj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
over 1 year ago
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reposted by
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Chris
over 1 year ago
folks on our
@minnesotaacs.bsky.social
board are also seeking volunteers to gear up for action -->
acslaworg.my.salesforce-sites.com/GWVolunteers...
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Congrats on the win Justice Procaccini!
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over 1 year ago
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Thank you to everyone who attended our event with Justice Procaccini. We appreciate the Justice being so generous with his time and for his insights!
about 2 years ago
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While Int'l Women’s Day offers an opportunity to reflect on the progress we have made towards a more equitable future for women, we must acknowledge the long road ahead and seize opportunities to invest in women. 1/4
over 2 years ago
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Join us on February 1 for a panel discussion about the future of the state judiciary and possible changes to the judicial selection system -- Featuring Reps. Jamie Long and Emma Greenman. CLE credit is available.
getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/ev...
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ACS Minneapolis-St. Paul: Efforts to Preserve the Integrity of Minnesota’s Judiciary: The Pros and...
Partisanship and special interest spending on state judicial elections has been on the rise in recent memory, with no greater example than our neighbors
https://getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/events/event/1470
over 2 years ago
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The ACS Minneapolis-St. Paul Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society is pleased to announce that Charlie Nauen is the recipient of the 2023 Justice David L. Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Leadership. Learn more here -->
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ACS Twin Cities: Announcing 2023 Justice David Lillehaug Award and BOD Applications Due Next Week
https://go.acslaw.org/webmail/584003/1596637955/fd39e03d7117031f28125b832f1d08349ad08785cc439c392116a32246ce8ac9
over 2 years ago
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The ACS Minneapolis-St. Paul Lawyer Chapter is now accepting nominations for the Fifth Annual Justice David L. Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Leadership. Nominations are accepted through December 15.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Nominate a leader for the David L. Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Leadership award
The David L. Lillehaug Award for Distinguished Leadership was established to recognize a local leader who has gone above and beyond in assisting ACS and/or the local progressive community. The award ...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLrx9Ic3Ol88FMsdVYyovSyuxXkBWKmUwLqPjWXNNg15858A/viewform
over 2 years ago
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Please join the ACS Minneapolis-St. Paul Lawyer Chapter, the St. Thomas Law: American Constitution Society chapter, and the Minnesota Disability Bar Association TODAY at 5pm for a discussion with Stephen Bright. 1/3
over 2 years ago
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