ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society

• A response to Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s objection to the recently approved State Secrets Protection Act and discussion of a recent Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on secret law, by Justin Florence, Fellow at the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law.
•  Analysis of a new report that shows how the Midwest has become America’s leading judicial elections battleground, by Bert Brandenburg, Executive Director, Justice At Stake.
• The latest blog post from Guantánamo Bay, which discusses the relevance of discovery at trial in relation to the case of 21-year-old Omar Khadr Sahr, by MuhammedAlly, Senior Associate with the Law and Security Program, Human Rights First.
• A discussion of the California Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision, by William N. Eskridge, Jr., professor of law, Yale Law School. Also, quotations from and reactions on the California marriage decision.
• A summary of a recent ACS Connecticut chapter event, at which former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Gary Hart discussed a national security strategy for the next president.
• Coverage of Supreme Court recusals in the class action lawsuit against U.S. companies connected to the former apartheid government in South Africa.

Resources

• Video from a recent ACS conference on civil rights, civil liberties and social justice.
• Video from an ACS symposium on “Lawrence v. Texas: Five Years Out.”
• This week’s congressional activities.