Mark Yudof quoted by JNS.org, Nov. 30, 2017
Mark Yudof … leader of the Academic Engagement Network, an anti-BDS group, called Marcus “intelligent, articulate, fair-minded and highly qualified to be assistant secretary. … He is not anti-Palestinian; rather he is dedicated to non-discrimination and equal treatment of all students, including Jewish and Palestinian students. He strives for a campus climate that is respectful and free of intimidation.”
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for ABA Journal, Nov. 30, 2017
The court has to face the question of whether baking a cake should be regarded as expressive activity and whether a company can make such a speech claim. But if so, then almost any kind of work can be seen as being a form of expression. If baking a cake is speech, then so is cooking food or, as in other cases that have arisen, taking pictures or making floral arrangements.
Franklin Zimring quoted by Newsday, Nov. 30, 2017
“Two hundred and fifty eight, that means that the 12-month total in all probability will be under 300,” said noted criminologist Franklin Zimring. … “You can do better than that but you will be in Montreal.”
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by Los Angeles Times, Nov. 30, 2017
Erwin Chemerinsky … said Thursday that he has agreed to invest in Semanal, in part because he has “enormous admiration and respect” for Calle. For years, Chemerinsky — then the dean of UC Irvine’s law school — wrote a weekly column for the Orange County Register’s opinion pages, which Calle oversaw.
Savala Trepczynski quoted by InvestigateWest, Nov. 30, 2017
“If we were serious about mirroring Judge Abby’s style, we’d have to create and sustain a society with minimal incarceration,” Savala Trepczynski … noted by e-mail. “We’d have to reimagine the purpose of the criminal-justice system and destroy the economic incentives to incarcerate.”
Jen Moreno quoted by The Associated Press, Nov. 29, 2017
Jen Moreno, an attorney at the Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic, said Wednesday that Nevada “should not be permitted to push ahead with risky, dangerous, and potentially unconstitutional procedures just because an execution is scheduled.”
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by Gizmodo, Nov. 28, 2017
“I don’t see anything in the First Amendment that says there has to be an intent to cause harm to the victim,” Professor Erwin Chemerinsky … said at the 2017 US Department of Justice Cybercrime Symposium in regards to IPPA. “If the material is intentionally or recklessly made publicly available, I think that is sufficient, and I don’t think it should just be about intent to cause harm to the victim..”
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by Yahoo! Finance, Nov. 28, 2017
“I think Carpenter could significantly increase protection for the electronic data,” Erwin Chemerinsky … told Yahoo Finance in an email message. … “The court may well overrule its earlier decisions that there is no privacy interest if third parties have the information.”
Deirdre Mulligan quoted by The Parallax, Nov. 28, 2017
She says Tesla’s update to fix an unintentional “deadman’s switch,” which allowed a connected car to drive down the street without a driver, demonstrated just one of many potential areas a hacker could exploit. … “We haven’t really thought through the risk models,” she says.
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, Nov. 28, 2017
For decades, our society has made the correct choice that it will interfere with freedom to discriminate in order to have a more just and equal society. The Supreme Court must not abandon this commitment and instead should use Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission to reaffirm it.