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Stay Informed: Webinars on the Supreme Court Nomination Process

Michele Goodwin
The American Constitution Society (ACS) is offering a series of webinars to help us learn what we can do next in the Supreme Court nomination process:
  • 7/10, 10 am ET: Supreme Court Nominee: What's Next?
  • 7/12, 3 pm ET: The Special Counsel, Executive Power, and the Next Supreme Court Nominee
  • 7/17, 3 pm ET: The Road from Janus to Roe: What the Supreme Court’s Disregard of Precedent Could Mean for All of Us
Supreme Court Nominee: What’s Next?

On July 10, ACS hosted a discussion of the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

"With this nomination to the Supreme Court, just about every issue we care about is at stake – reproductive freedom, access to health care, immigration, voting rights, workers' rights, LGBTQ rights, environmental protections – to name a few," said moderator Caroline Fredrickson, President of the American Constitution Society.

Erwin Chemerinsky
Kavanaugh's nomination has the potential to shift the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence for at least a generation. As the real debate begins, Fredrickson says that we must demand a transparent nominations process so that the public can fully assess the nominee, and Senators can carry out their constitutional role to advise and consent.

Featuring:
  • Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law; ACS Board Member
  • Michele Goodwin, Chancellor's Professor of Law and Director for the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy, UCI Law
  • Ricki Seidman, Senior Principal, TSD Communications; ACS Board Member






Upcoming webinars being hosted by ACS:

The Special Counsel, Executive Power, and the Next Supreme Court Nominee
Thursday, July 12

As the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election continues, its critics have levied a number of constitutional claims against it that are highly disputed, increasing the likelihood that the Supreme Court will ultimately have to resolve such legal disagreements. Questions of executive power therefore must play a central role in the evaluation of the qualifications and suitability of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Join the American Constitution Society on Thursday, July 12 from 3:00-4:00pm ET for a briefing addressing the legality of the special counsel’s investigation, the constitutional scope of executive power, and how to thoroughly question the nominee’s views on these subjects.

RSVP here: https://adobe.ly/2N1uWgg. This event will provide 1 hour California MCLE credit.

The Road from Janus to Roe: What the Supreme Court’s Disregard of Precedent Could Mean for All of Us
Tuesday, July 17
Hours before Justice Kennedy announced his retirement, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Janus v. AFSCME, overturning a 40-year-old precedent that had served as the bedrock of American labor law and demonstrating what Justice Kagan described in her dissent as “little regard for the usual principles of stare decisis.” What does this disregard for stare decisis mean as we evaluate President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee?

Join ACS on July 17 at 3:00pm ET for a briefing that will provide an overview of the Janus decision, forecast what’s next for American workers, and place the decision in the larger context of what the decision may mean for other long-established precedents that Americans have come to rely upon, including Roe v. Wade.

RSVP here: https://adobe.ly/2N1uXAQ. This event will provide 1 hour California MCLE credit.

 "The Supreme Court is the last line of defense for our country’s most cherished rights, and for our democracy’s very stability. The legacy of its rulings endures for generations, and its role in our government as the final arbiter of what the Constitution means must be bolstered. And while the challenge is great, and the stakes are high, the ideals of freedom and equality are too important to be ignored in a hasty or perfunctory confirmation process," says Eva Paterson, President and co-founder of the Equal Justice Society, a national legal organization focused on restoring Constitutional safeguards against discrimination. 

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