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2020 ConferenceConference Video DigestOver a long weekend in early October, legal enthusiasts from around the country converged on Yale Law School for The Constitution in 2020 Conference. Hosted by the Yale Law chapter of the American Constitution Society, the 2020 Conference brought together top legal scholars, practitioners, and activists with several hundred audience members for in-depth discussions about the future of American constitutional law -- and American law, policy, and politics more broadly. For those who didn’t have the chance to attend, we present full streaming videos – now you can watch everything, from the opening address to closing remarks, with handy summaries and commentaries from members of the 2020 blogging team. (For links to the posts submitted by the professors in advance of the conference, click here.)
America and the World
Roundtable: About the Constitution in 2020
Social Rights
Individual Rights
*Special thanks to the Brian Pauze and the Yale Law Audio-Visual Staff for taping, editing, and technical support.
Posted on November 11, 2009 @ 5:10 pm
Mobilization Recap: Creating Sustainable ChangeTo ease you into the weekend, here are some thoughts on the Mobilization Panel from the Constitution in 2020 Conference. The panel was comprised of a diverse group of practitioners and scholars—it was moderated by Professor Bill Eskridge, Yale Law School, and the panel participants were Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Addisu Demissie, Organizing for America (previously Obama for America); Judy Scott, Service Employees International Union; and Professor Michael Wishnie, Yale Law School. Since we have the video of the panel (below), I thought I would avoid summarizing each participant’s remarks. Instead, I would like to point out a few strands to the conversation that are worth reflecting on. Video courtesy of Yale Law School. While the participants in the conference’s earlier panels were deeply concerned with issues of constitutional doctrine and legal policy, the Mobilization panelists were more focused on the structure of organizing, the sustainability of change, and the utilization of community resources. The motivating factor for the organizing seemed to be the representation of the perspectives of minority groups that have been historically neglected, rather than the active creation of support for constitutional principles at the community level.
Posted on October 30, 2009 @ 6:32 pm
Conference Video Coming SoonThe Constitution in 2020 Conference has come and gone, but we're just getting started. We're hoping to post video of the conference panels within the next week, and we'll also have some panel-specific reaction posts once we get the video up. For now, thanks to all those who participated on this site and at the conference itself, and check back soon for the video!
Posted on October 6, 2009 @ 10:19 am
Register for the Constitution in 2020 Conference - Oct. 2 -4 @ Yale Law SchoolThe Constitution in 2020 Conference -- beginning on October 2 and running through 4 at Yale Law School -- will bring together some of the nation's top legal scholars, lawyers, and practitioners (legal and otherwise) to discuss the future of the Constitution. A list of the scheduled panels and their participants is available here. Click here to register now. Discounted rates are available for ACS students.
Posted on September 3, 2009 @ 4:25 pm
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The Constitution in 2020 is a companion website to The Constitution in 2020 (Oxford University Press 2009). Here you will find ten sample chapters from the book, essays about the future of the U.S. Constitution, discussions of current constitutional issues, a bibliography and resources for further study. Recent blog posts
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