[3][4][5][6][7] ACS hosts conferences, sponsors chapters of law students and practicing attorneys, engages in education projects, and advocates for progressive judicial nominations.

"[10] The American Constitution Society was founded in 2001 by Peter J. Rubin,[11][12] a jurist who served as counsel to Al Gore in the legal battle over the 2000 election.

[21] The signatories call for Whitaker to recuse himself or "otherwise be removed from overseeing the Mueller investigation as a result of his profound ethical conflicts.

"[21] In 2019, Politico magazine published an article by legal academic Evan Mandery titled "Why There's No Liberal Federalist Society."

The article noted that while the ACS's operations mirror the Federalist Society's, "The playing field is decidedly not level.

"[8] Mandery writes that the liberal legal academy "hasn't come up with an easily digestible rival idea" to the originalism of the Federalist Society, and that the ACS's "focus on outcomes rather than first principles immediately colors it with politics.