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The American Constitution Society is entering a new chapter.

Phil Brest — former White House Senior Counsel who led Biden’s judicial confirmations — will serve as ACS’s next President, guiding our work to defend democracy, uphold the rule of law, and prepare the next generation of legal leaders. ⚖️

Former Biden and Senate Counsel to Lead Progressive Legal Group

Former Biden and Senate Counsel to Lead Progressive Legal Group www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

The next colloquium session explores Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a pivotal case testing the future of private enforcement in constitutional & civil rights law.
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New podcast 🎧
The Long Way Home is a five-part limited series that journeys into the heart of substance use disorders and recovery. Hosted by @michelebgoodwin this series features members from O'Neill's Center on Addiction & Public Policy.
https://msmagazine.com/drug-recovery-democracy/

@azizaahmed.bsky.social delivered an amazing talk today at @auwcl.bsky.social about her impactful book “Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS”. @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social beautifully summarized that Prof. Ahmed “practices her brilliance with grace.”

The Long Way Home Archives - Ms. Magazine Welcome to The Long Way Home, a five-part limited series that journeys into the heart of substance use disorders and recovery, with a focus on women and marginalized communities.

And listen to The Long Way Home with @michelegoodwin.bsky.social, a five-part limited series that journeys into the heart of substance use disorders and recovery, with a focus on women and marginalized communities.

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Fifteen Minutes of Feminism: What's In The Epstein Files? Republicans and Democrats Want to Know (with George Conway) Background reading: LISTEN: "‘Not My Type’: How Two Women Took Down Trump on Sexual Assault (With E. Jean Carroll and Roberta Kaplan)" "The Part of the Epstein Story We Keep Ignoring? Survivors." — Ke...

As victims continue to come forward, and new evidence continues to emerge, the questions and demands for justice are growing louder and louder. @gtconway.bsky.social joins @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social on the latest #OnTheIssuesPod to discuss the Epstein files:

Love you back!! @mclemoremr.bsky.social!!🙏🏿🙏🏿🧡🧡

"What we need are the resources that the United States has historically provided both directly and in support of the World Health Organization."

O'Neill experts from the Center for Transformational Health Law respond to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in DRC.

Looking forward to seeing you with @politicsprose.bsky.social at the Kind Library in Washington, DC! @oneillinstitute.bsky.social

My current situation. @oneillinstitute.bsky.social @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social

Our plenary lunch is underway with a conversation moderated by Faith Fletcher, @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social, @gostin.bsky.social, Evelyn Hammonds, and Alfred Lacks-Carter. Together they are exploring the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina.

“You cannot take away someone’s humanity. But you can devalue it.”

Dorothy Roberts reflects on what inspired her watershed book Killing the Black Body at our keynote armchair conversation with @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social.

Mitch McConnell, younger.

Thinking about this tonight, from 20 years ago: "Senator McConnell spoke on the Senate floor on the 50th anniversary of the polio vaccine and his childhood experience with polio."
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LSA Past President @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) spoke at the Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop on May 21, 2025 in Chicago. Watch the video to learn more about personal integrity in #AcademicCareers: bit.ly/3HCQ1Q9

How E. Jean Carroll Fought Trump in Court—And Won Author and longtime Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll said Trump sexually assaulted her in Bergdorf, New York City, mid 1990s

“It’s a time in which people are feeling overwhelmed with just the last six months... But this is a victory, and it’s an incredibly important victory.”

Thank you. @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social 🙏🏿

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I had a blast with @skyeperryman.bsky.social this week. She joined me to unpack the first 200 days of the second Trump administration. Tune in here: msmagazine.com/series/fifte... More @msmagazine.com @democracyforward.org @oneillinstitute.bsky.social @georgetownlaw.bsky.social

Professors Michele Bratcher Goodwin and Lawrence O. Gostin on the Trump Administration’s Termination of Key Health Advisory Committees and Members - O'Neill At the O’Neill Institute, our mission is to build fairer systems, uphold human rights, and protect the health of every community. This commitment is rooted in our Jesuit values at

Professors Michele Bratcher Goodwin and Lawrence O. Gostin on the Trump Administration’s Termination of Key Health Advisory Committees and Members - O'Neill : O'Neill oneill.law.georgetown.edu/press/profes...

O'Neill's co-faculty directors, @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social and @gostin.bsky.social, respond to the widespread starvation and malnutrition in Gaza.

Read their full statement: oneill.law.georgetown.edu/press/statem....

'Not My Type': How Two Women Took Down Trump on Sexual Assault (With E. Jean Carroll and Roberta Kaplan) Background reading: 'The False Tropes About Rape We Must Destroy' — Amy L. Bernstein LISTEN: 'Fifteen Minutes of Feminism—The Trump Indictments: Unpacking the E. Jean Carroll Litigation (with Moira Do...

It was such a joy & honor to help produce this episode.
#OnTheIssuesPod @ejeancarroll.bsky.social @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social @robbiekaplan.bsky.social

"Robbie and I are here to show you he can be beaten...I’m an old, 81-year-old woman, and we beat him twice. It can be done..." - E. Jean Carroll

My thanks to @ejeancarroll.bsky.social and @robbiekaplan.bsky.social for joining me @msmagazine.com for #OnTheIssues. Tune in wherever you listen to your podcasts. Much respect to these amazing women. @georgetownlaw.bsky.social

Attacks on Abortion Access Are as Old as White Supremacist Patriarchy Itself. Here’s How We Fight Back. What really underlies attacks on our bodily autonomy isn’t a devotion to “life,” but a desire for dominance. “In the history of abortion, every single time there is a wave of criminalization of aborti...

"When we tell the story of American slavery, most of it is told through the lens of forced labor and not forced sexual labor. We ignore terminologies that are really important." @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social

🥼 The Doctor's In!
BIG LOVE to our AAF bestie Dr. @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social 🎤👑. She’s out here getting the love and 💐she deserves in @MsMagazine.com for dropping knowledge on how the 13th & 14th Amendments were always about BODILY FREEDOM—especially for Black women. Duh. buff.ly/bmnj9VK

Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies

Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...

The dangerous anti-abortion victory buried in Trump’s megabill The Atlantic called the president’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” the biggest anti-abortion victory since Roe v. Wade was overturned. That’s because the mega-bill includes a provision that will bar Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursements – not just for abortion but for any health service they provide. Michele Goodwin, Professor of Constitutional Law & Global Health Policy at Georgetown Law is among the many experts warning that this defunding will have a devastating impact on reproductive healthcare, saying in many of the communities served by Planned Parenthood, “there’s no other place for [patients] to go. There's no other clinic, there's no other county provider, and we are talking about basic health care, like getting vaccinated or even getting prenatal care and postnatal care.” Amanda Zurawski, a reproductive rights activist who nearly died after being denied an abortion under Texas’ ban, says stories like hers used to be shocking but are becoming so commonplace, as access to reproductive care is rolled back, that no one notices them anymore. “We're seeing [lawmakers] coordinate these orchestrated efforts to restrict access, you know, in more sinister and unfortunately creative ways, and it's working. And I think we have to really stay vigilant, and we have to keep an eye on our elected officials,” Zurawski says. 

Defunding Planned Parenthood leaves patients with nowhere to go for “basic healthcare like getting vaccinated & prenatal & postnatal care,” says @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social. “The cruelty is the point,” adds Amanda Zurawski. “To take away access to healthcare; they've made that very clear.”

"This is not just bad policy—the consequences will be dire. It will erode the right to health & dignity for millions of Americans."
O'Neill's @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social, @gostin.bsky.social, & @katie-keith.bsky.social react to the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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