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"It’s up to John Roberts to make sure senators stay true to their oath" former ACS President @crfredrickson on the #impeachmenttrial https://t.co/8PjQVW6K9P

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Hey law students! What are you doing March 27-28? Register now for the 2020 ACS Student Convention, hosted by @Harvard_Law. You'll hear inspiring speakers & connect with like-minded peers.
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"Despite the formal powerlessness of the role, one could imagine a chief justice thrust into the presiding officer seat who wanted to make a principled statement about the constitutional merits of the case against the president" from @FOBowman3 https://t.co/76UetPnSbJ

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SIGN UP for ACS Briefing Call Tomorrow at 12 pm ET: Join @steve_vladeck and @WangCecillia for a discussion of #WarPowersAct, war crimes and wartime detention. https://t.co/Q0hrOeHZcr

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Our Judicial Year in Review: In 2019, Trump's judicial picks were confirmed at a rapid pace, a total of 102 judges given a lifetime seat, pushing the federal judiciary more to the right: https://t.co/h9IelJh7xm #CourtsMatter

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"Mr. Trump has actually gotten something better [than Roy Cohn] with Bill Barr: a lawyer who like Cohn stops seemingly at nothing in his service to Mr. Trump and conveniently sits atop the nation’s Justice Department." -ACS President Emerita @crfredrickson https://t.co/n6bHDWkhJa

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"It’s not the Supreme Court’s job to give Republicans the laws they couldn’t pass in the legislature." @LeahLitman of the ACS Board of Academic Advisors on #SCOTUS and Obamacare: https://t.co/oq97eLSBGz via @NBCNewsTHINK

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A step forward for #votingrights!140,000 American citizens gained the right to vote today.

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Lawmakers Push Back On Trump Allowing #LGBTQ Discrimination @TheAdvocateMag https://t.co/bQakbZMeZM

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Great advice from @steve_vladeck, member of the ACS Board of Academic Advisors, on keeping perspective about law school exams and grades. Good luck to everyone taking finals this week!

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Former federal prosecutor and ACS Faculty Advisor @BarbMcQuade explains how the DOJ's investigation on the Trump campaign was entirely proper, and how "the rest is just noise": https://t.co/MpWKY3512F

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Join ACS for a webinar on Wednesday 12/11 about the #ArticlesOfImpeachment. Feat. @MiekeEoyang, Neil Kinkopf and @RosenzweigP. Moderated by @jilldash RSVP: https://t.co/qUOVyRQ6ae

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Impeachment does not overturn an election, explains ACS Board of Academic Advisors member @steve_vladeck, “impeachment is in the Constitution as a way of dealing with the abuse of executive power.” #impeachment https://t.co/lFT8a4IhXH

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ICYMI, Stanford law professor and ACS board chair Pamela Karlan discusses the constitutional grounds for impeachment #ImpeachmentHearing https://t.co/Bvs96FS1L6 via @YouTube

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ACS Board Chair Pam Karlan has just begun her testimony, noting that the Founders were concerned about foreign interference in U.S. elections. #ImpeachmentHearings

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Today's House Judiciary hearing on #impeachment will feature testimony from ACS Board Chair Pamela Karlan and ACS @unc_law Co-Faculty Advisor @MichaelGerhard8:
https://t.co/sAu8x1QDHq

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#SCOTUS should not decide the 2nd amendment case it’s hearing today challenging a now-repealed NYC law, argues @LeahLitman in @TheAtlantic https://t.co/OEabzWzgy2

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“This is a real existential test for this Supreme Court” —Walter Dellinger, member, ACS Board of Advisors https://t.co/zRqTxwiINm

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In its new #SCOTUS brief, the House of Representatives argues that “it would hardly make sense to say that Congress, a coordinate branch, cannot use its own subpoena power in a matter involving the president.” Via @washingtonpost https://t.co/y6H59ICnya

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Kavanaugh’s denial of cert signals that there are now 5 #SCOTUS Justices willing to revive a legal theory last used to strike down New Deal laws. Read
@KatiKsquare90
on the non-delegation doctrine and how it “could grind regulatory lawmaking to a halt:” https://t.co/WfUC0sBMMn