Erwin Chemerinsky

Can police prevent the next Charlottesville?

Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by ProPublica in BoiseWeekly, Aug. 20, 2017

Erwin Chemerinsky … said the Supreme Court has upheld the right to have guns at home, but not necessarily in public. “Think of curfews. The government has the ability to take steps to protect public safety,” Chemerinsky said. “The more evidence there is that it’s a threat to public safety, the more sympathetic the courts would be.”

Politicians blocking people on social media ignites debate

Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by Fox Business, Aug. 10, 2017

Lower court rulings say the government can’t deny credentials to journalists because their reporting is critical, he said. “These are government officials communicating about government business. They can’t pick or choose based on who they like or who likes them,” Chemerinsky said.

The question isn’t whether Trump fires Sessions. It’s what happens next.

Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, July 26, 2017

The president clearly has the legal authority to fire Jeff Sessions, or for that matter any member of his Cabinet. But whether Sessions stays or goes is incidental to the much more important question: Will the president fire Mueller? It is Mueller, not Sessions, who is investigating whether Trump and top campaign officials broke the law.

Federal court temporarily pauses youth climate lawsuit

Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by ThinkProgress, July 26, 2017

At the time the Trump administration filed the petition, Erwin Chemerinsky, constitutional law expert and dean of Berkeley Law, told ThinkProgress via email that the petition was “truly extraordinary,” adding that such reviews are “rarely granted.”