One thing that Progressives are doing to fight back - re: Courts

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From Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo -

The American Constitution Society (ACS) is the progressive counterpart to the conservative Federalist Society, a group which, whatever you think about its effect on America, has been extremely effective in seeding the courts and the legal academy with committed Movement conservatives who've worked for years to shape American law and government.

This weekend, the ACS, the Open Society Institute and the Center for American Progress are putting on a conference at Yale Law School that will discuss and plan how to build a movement within the legal community that will do the same for progressives -- law shaped to serve the many, rather than the few and the powerful. It's part of the ACS's new initiative they call the Constitution in the 21st Century Project.

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It's about creating the building blocks of progressive reform, one step at a time, one lawyer at a time, one new idea at a time, building networks of like-minded individuals who create enduring change.

the conference goes from Friday the 8th through Sunday the 10th. ... Pre-registration is required; but the conference is open to the public with a nominal fee (15 bucks) for attendence. You can see the full schedule here. And they're even chattering about it already on a new conference blog. It's open to the press too.


http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_04_03.php#005348