Event on May 15 Marks 10th Anniversary of California Marriage Equality

May 15, 2018, marks the tenth anniversary of the California Supreme Court’s historic ruling in In re Marriage Cases, 43 Cal.4th 757 (2008), recognizing the freedom to marry for same-sex couples and strict judicial scrutiny for laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation. You’re invited to a special conversation about the far-reaching impacts of this historicContinueContinue reading “Event on May 15 Marks 10th Anniversary of California Marriage Equality”

American Constitution Society Calls on Federalist Society to Join in Preventing Constitutional Crisis

On behalf of its thousands of members nationwide, the American Constitution Society calls on the Federalist Society and its members in a public letter to join in a united effort to avert a constitutional crisis relating to Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. According to news reports,ContinueContinue reading “American Constitution Society Calls on Federalist Society to Join in Preventing Constitutional Crisis”

César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong

This Saturday, March 31, is César E. Chávez National Holiday and César Chávez Day in California, an official state holiday. 2018 also marks the 25th anniversary of César Chávez’s passing. The American labor leader and civil rights activist helped spark and lead a movement in the 1960s and 1970s to empower farmworkers in California andContinueContinue reading “César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong”