Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by Los Angeles Times, Nov. 25, 2017
Although no one can now predict when executions will resume, … Erwin Chemerinsky said “it is just a matter of time. The uncertainty in all of this … is what will Jerry Brown do.”
Pace of executions in California may be up to Gov. Jerry Brown
Religious day cares avoid licensing in Virginia, but many still take government subsidies
Erwin Chemerinsky cited by The Virginian-Pilot, Nov. 21, 2017
Erwin Chemerinsky … wrote that the idea of a wall between church and state was “left in disarray, if not shambles” by the ruling.
Many of Trump’s judiciary picks have no business being judges. Can Senate Republicans say no?
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, Nov. 20, 2017
Trump already has nominated 58 individuals to federal court of appeals and district court judgeships. The American Bar Association, an independent and nonpartisan organization, for decades has evaluated federal judicial nominees. It has found four of these nominees to be “unqualified,” something that prior to the Trump presidency had occurred only four times since 1989.
How we deal with hate speech — with more speech
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 16, 2017
Perhaps most important, campus officials can engage in their own speech, denouncing the expression of hate and using such occasions for explaining why it is inconsistent with the campus’ principles of community. … More speech cannot cure the pain of hateful speech, but it can go a long way to bringing a campus together when an ugly incident occurs.
Professors are losing their freedom of expression
Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman write for The Washington Post, Nov. 15, 2017
We think a consistent rule is better: On campuses, no one should be censored or punished merely because of the ideas they express, and we should all stand against threats, harassment and violence.
There’s much more at stake than cake
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for Daily Journal (registration required), Nov. 14, 2017
This should be an easy case for the Supreme Court. Businesses should not be accorded a constitutional right to discriminate based on sexual orientation or race or sex or religion.
What the Republican tax plan will do to students should make every American parent ashamed
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, Nov. 13, 2017
The Republicans propose to tax the tuition waivers given to graduate students when they work as instructors and researchers. This will dramatically increase the cost of going to graduate school. … Many will not be able to afford graduate study.
Donald Trump is acting like a dictator by blocking critics on Twitter, law scholars say
Erwin Chemerinsky brief cited by Independent, Nov. 7, 2017
The group, which includes Erwin Chemerinsky … said: “Cultivating a false sense that political leaders are adored by the public is critical to warping the public’s understanding of how those leaders are really viewed by the public and, in turn, to quashing democratic impulses.”
The real question behind the Mueller indictment is unprecedented in U.S. history
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by The Sacramento Bee, Nov. 6, 2017
This is unprecedented in American history. So far as is known, never before has a foreign power systematically tried to exercise such influence in an American election. This warrants a thorough investigation and steps to ensure it never happens again.
Should “harmful speech” be punished in the U.S.?
Erwin Chemerinsky and john a. powell quoted by California Magazine, Nov. 6, 2017
“Would we be better off if the campus had the power to prevent the speakers that they find offensive from being there?” Chemerinsky says. “We might think that’s our ideal, but I still worry that’s what would have kept students from protesting segregation, or from protesting the Vietnam War. When you give the government the power to censor the speech that we find offensive, it’s going to be used against us.”
“We are moral beings, and we have to think about things in a much deeper way than just what the court said,” powell said. “Some things injure other people, and both the concept of liberty and equality doesn’t allow us to injure other people with impunity.”