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7 Dec 2011, 8:05 am
“Those senators who voted against cloture are ushering in an unfortunate era of unprecedented obstructionism,” said ACS President Caroline Fredrickson. ` The Senate voted 54-45 on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s motion to invoke cloture, falling six votes short of the 60 needed to force an up-or-down vote on Halligan’s nomination. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 1:15 pm
“Those senators who voted against cloture are ushering in an unfortunate era of unprecedented obstructionism,” said American Constitution Society President Caroline Fredrickson. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 12:03 pm
” ACS President Caroline Fredrickson said: The Supreme Court has agreed to provide a welcome resolution to the ongoing debate over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 10:16 am
” ACS President Caroline Fredrickson said, “This honor confirms what we know about Philippa. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 3:11 pm
“For far too long, those of us who are gravely concerned about the health of our court system have implored the Senate to take up-or-down votes on all pending judicial nominees,” American Constitution Society President Caroline Fredrickson said in August, following another Senate deal in which four of 24 nominees were confirmed before a month-long Senate recess. read more [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 1:18 pm
For more Constitution Week reading, see ACSblog’s Constitution Week Symposium, and two columns by ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson, one in The Tennessean and another in The Huffington Post. read more [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 10:18 am
by Jeremy Leaming The Obama administration’s landmark health care reform law does not run afoul of the Constitution, which sets up a federal government with the ability to productively address a massive national concern, such as its health care system, ACS President Caroline Fredrickson writes in a column for The Tennessean. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 5:40 pm
” ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson said, “Having worked with Goodwin during his tenure as chair of the ACS Board, I can personally attest to his extraordinary leadership capabilities and his deep understanding of complex legal issues, as well as his passionate commitment to the rule of law. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 8:18 am
” Following the filibuster of Liu’s nomination to the federal bench, ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson blasted the obstruction as disgraceful. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 12:39 pm
by Nicole Flatow American Constitution Society Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson squared off against the Committee for Justice’s Curt Levey during a “PBS NewsHour” segment on judicial nominations yesterday evening. [read post]
12 Aug 2011, 1:06 pm
American Constitution Society Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson blasted the majority's conclusion as inconsistent with the widely held understanding of the Constitution’s commerce clause. read more [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 11:56 am
ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson has also spoken out on the lawmakers’ actions surrounding the Boeing case. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 3:26 pm
” During a recent event hosted by ACS and the Center for American Progress on the growing need for legal services, ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson noted that even at the current legal aid services funding rates, more than 80 percent of low-income Americans have no access to legal assistance. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 12:08 pm
"Obama is nominating many more diverse nominees than his predecessors ... strikingly so," American Constitution Society Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson told NPR. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 2:39 pm
” ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson told Froomkin, “It’s impossible for President Obama to nominate somebody who doesn’t have the support of the home-state senators because they won’ have the ability to move through the process,” noting that some Senate delegations “are extremely ideological and don’t consent to the idea that elections matter and that the president should have a prerogative in filling these positions. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 12:49 pm
” ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson told Froomkin, “It’s impossible for President Obama to nominate somebody who doesn’t have the support of the home-state senators because they won’ have the ability to move through the process,” noting that some Senate delegations “are extremely ideological and don’t consent to the idea that elections matter and that the president should have a prerogative in filling these positions. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 11:35 am
After the vote, American Constitution Society Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson lamented the Senate’s limited progress in getting judges confirmed, calling upon Senators to make “extraordinary efforts to expedite the pace of confirmations” with their return next month. [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 10:38 am
ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson, who has lauded the administration’s drive to diversify a monolithic bench, told NPR that too many of the diverse nominees are facing an uphill battle in the Senate. [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 9:53 am
But as ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson pointed out in a statement after the vote, 19 other candidates were left behind “whose nominations have been fully vetted and could have been voted on immediately. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 10:22 am
But as ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson pointed out in a statement after the vote, 19 other candidates were left behind “whose nominations have been fully vetted and could have been voted on immediately. [read post]
