American Constitution Society Western New York Lawyer Chapter

09/08/2022

https://jezebel.com/federal-judge-rules-that-employers-can-refuse-to-cover-1849505978

The Affordable Care Act requires insurance plans to cover PrEP, but a judge in Texas decided that violates employers' religious freedom.

07/12/2022

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/07/how-supreme-court-could-upend-integrity-our-elections/670472/

A radical and baseless legal theory could upend the country’s most essential democratic process.

07/11/2022

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jul/11/us-supreme-court-liberal-justices-dissenting-opinions

Opinions from Breyer, Kagan and Sotomayor send stark warning about increasingly radical court abandoning long-held principles

05/25/2022

: Read all about this week's ACS features on our website. Thank you all for your impactful work this semester!

https://www.acslaw.org/acs-chapters/student-chapters/student-chapter-of-the-week/

04/06/2021

https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/the-filibuster-threatens-both-civil-rights-and-workers-rights/

The GOP’s embrace of the filibuster to thwart President Biden’s legislative agenda reveals how the struggles to extend civil rights and labor rights are inextricably intertwined.

02/24/2021

oday will hear oral arguments in Lange v. California to determine whether the permits the police, in all cases, to pursue an individual into a private home without a warrant while making a misdemeanor arrest. Read the brief filed:

In Lange v. California, the Supreme Court is considering whether the Fourth Amendment permits the police, in all cases, to pursue an individual into a private home without a warrant while attempting to make a misdemeanor arrest, or whether specific exigent circumstances are required.

01/14/2021

https://www.acslaw.org/analysis/reports/whats-the-big-idea-recommendations-for-improving-law-policy-in-the-next-administration-and-in-the-states/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=20210114_Big_Ideas_announcement

01/11/2021

https://www.acslaw.org/inbrief/statement-of-law-professors-calling-on-the-immediate-removal-of-trump-from-office/?utm_content=buffer4a2a5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer