ACS Convention

The American Constitution Society begins its 2004 Convention today. I'll be taking the day off to attend a few of the sessions. It's funny: I was excited enough about this to pay the exorbitant registration fee six weeks or more ago (during finals, I think it was, or right after), but now that it's here, excitement is hard to come by. It's not exactly that I'm not interested in the topics on offer — I am; it's more that, after working for a while in the public defender's office I'm not crazy about sitting and listening to a bunch of lawyers talk about theoretical practice. On top of that, I'm kind of suspicious of the ACS. Is it the "new Democrats" of the legal field? Is it all about half measures and tiny tweaks to broken systems? Is its main selling point, "hey, at least we're not as bad as the Federalist Society"? (Much like Kerry's best selling point is "hey, at least I'm not as bad as Bush!") I don't know. That's what it seemed like from the limited contact I had with the GW chapter last year. Perhaps I'll get a better idea from this convention. Better run...

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