American Constitution Society, University of Maine School of Law Chapter

03/21/2024

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03/06/2023

What's happening in the world? Come talk about the news and enjoy delicious baked goods and caffeinated beverages tomorrow at 12:30 in Room 501!

03/06/2023

11/08/2022

Go vote!

09/01/2022

ACS National is partnering with Daily Kos to ask Congress to prioritize confirmation of federal judges while we know we have the votes. Sign the petition here! Keep the diverse, qualified, and civil-rights-respecting judges coming!

The Right has packed the Supreme Court and federal courts in order to advance an extreme partisan agenda. We need federal judges who are committed to vindicating our civil rights. And this means w...

04/08/2022

The Senate has confirmed Justice-designate Ketanji Brown Jackson as the next associate justice and first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Her confirmation fulfills a promise made by both President Biden and the Reconstruction Amendments. This is a momentous occasion deserving of celebration. But in its shadow lurks a danger we cannot ignore, reflected in the racist and rights-depriving rhetoric deployed by some who opposed her confirmation.

Join ACS as we celebrate this historic confirmation, while grappling with the current disfunction of the confirmation process and the conservative threats to our substantive due process rights, which underpin reproductive rights, marriage equality, and a host of personal rights modern Americans take for granted but may be poised to lose.

The Senate has confirmed Justice-designate Ketanji Brown Jackson as the next associate justice and first Black woman to serve on the U. S. Supreme Court.

03/23/2022

Come hear Justice Jabar talk about Anti-SLAPP legislation! TODAY, Moot Court Room, 5:15pm!

03/08/2022

ACS National event on Ukraine this Thursday!

Last month Russia launched a premeditated and unprovoked invasion into Ukraine.