I'm headed to Washington, D.C. today for the Annual American Constitution Society Convention, "Democracy and the Rule of Law." If you're in D.C. and into progressive law-related subjects, check it out.

It opens Friday morning with an address by Sen. Hillary Clinton, who got a decidedly mixed review at the Take Back America Conference yesterday.

At the ACS convention (full schedule here) the topics and speakers are outstanding. I'm looking forward to hearing Sen. Gary Hart speak on restoring the balance to our separation of powers, the ACLU's Ann Beeson, law Prof David Cole and Marc Rotenberg on challenging post 9/11 policy, Richard ben Veniste and Eric Holder on policing the Justice Department, Abbe Lowell on representing the high profile defendant, Lucas Guttentag on Immigration reform,
Yale law prof Jack Balkin on the Constitution and many many more.

I'll be on a panel Saturday morning called "Leakers and the Press" with 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt, and Law Professors Maimon Schwarzschild and Geoffrey Stone. I don't think I've ever been on a panel with a federal judge before, so that should be extra fun.