Student Organizations: American Constitution Society
The American Constitution Society at the Appalachian School of Law The ASL American Constitutional Society is a recognized chapter of the national organization of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy. The American Constitutional Society offers a view of constitutional law that sharply contrasts with the view of the Federalist Society. The website of the national organization explains the context for the group: SHAPING DEBATE, BUILDING NETWORKS, MAKING A DIFFERENCE The American Constitution Society (ACS) believes that law should be a force to improve the lives of all people. ACS works for positive change by shaping debate on vitally important legal and constitutional issues through development and promotion of high-impact ideas to opinion leaders and the media; by building networks of lawyers, law students, judges and policymakers dedicated to those ideas; and by countering the activist conservative legal movement that has sought to erode ou