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The Minnesota lawyer chapter of the American Constitution Society.
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
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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/
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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:
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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/
about 1 month 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
about 1 month ago
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Trivia is getting intense.
about 2 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!
about 2 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
2 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
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4 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
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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
6 months 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:
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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/
6 months 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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8 months ago
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Mark Joseph Stern
8 months 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
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🚨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...
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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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Marc Elias
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“This does not just affect North Carolina,” Riggs said. “This is like dropping a match in a really dry forest. And if we let this kind of anti-democratic effort take hold, we will not be able to contain it. So this is a fight for the very soul of democracy. Today’s decision was deeply misinformed.”
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Allison Riggs: 'This is a fight for the very soul of democracy'
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/allison-riggs-this-is-a-fight-for-the-very-soul-of-democracy/
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Marc Elias
9 months ago
If you want to work for a law firm that will never bow down to Trump or stay silent when he attacks the legal system, we are hiring.
www.elias.law/careers
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Careers
https://www.elias.law/careers
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American Constitution Society
9 months 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...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7B2GVhBZRjEsZYeJVz6vL3hkXheu9LmuFRx38JQ0RkXPveA/viewform
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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
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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
9 months 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!
10 months 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
10 months 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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10 months ago
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Adam Serwer
11 months 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
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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
11 months ago
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Chris
about 1 year ago
folks on our
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Congrats on the win Justice Procaccini!
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about 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!
over 1 year 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 1 year 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
almost 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
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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.
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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
about 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
about 2 years ago
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