Jesse Choper quoted in The Christian Science Monitor, September 19, 2012

The Justice Department will want to be deliberate, though, says Jesse Choper…. “They need to make sure they have a strong case and are not just doing it under political pressure,” he says. “They don’t want to bring him in and then have him released on some technicality.”

Jesse Choper interviewed by myLaw.net, August 31, 2012

“It was extremely controversial, extremely close in both Houses of Congress and very much criticized by the very conservative wing of the Republican Party. There were immediately lawsuits filed to say it was unconstitutional and it reached the Supreme Court pretty quickly for a decision.” The most controversial and publicly discussed issue, he said, was the “individual mandate,” which provided that anyone who did not buy health insurance would have to buy health insurance.

Jesse Choper quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, July 7, 2012

Jesse Choper, a constitutional law professor at UC Berkeley School of Law, says he believes the program is in the public interest. “All the law requires you to do is prove it’s reasonable,” he says.

Jesse Choper quoted in Bloomberg News, June 22, 2012

“There was certainly a lot of hostile questioning by the more conservative members of the court,” said Jesse Choper, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley who described the court as likely to support the mandate. “It’s relatively straightforward—if they adhere to existing doctrine, it seemed to me they’re likely to uphold it.”

Jesse Choper quoted in Los Angeles Times, L.A. NOW, June 6, 2012

Jesse Choper, a law professor at UC Berkeley and chairman of the review board, said that despite the incident last November, UC Berkeley remains as sensitive to issues of free speech as any public institution in the country. “We all learn from experience and I think that we’ve had no shortage of protests on this campus in the last 50 years,” he said. “We learn from each one.”
This story appeared in a number of sources including San Francisco Chronicle and Associated Press.

Jesse Choper quoted in The Salinas Californian, May 21, 2012

“If this city event is singling out religion and/or religious teaching for favorable treatment, then I think there would be a strong argument to be made that what they are doing is unconstitutional,” Choper said.

Jesse Choper quoted in The Christian Science Monitor, March 20, 2012

As CEO of the entire California judicial system, Cantil-Sakauye is just doing her job, says Jesse Choper, a constitutional scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, Law School, in an e-mail. “Making a polite but strong plea for adequate support of the judicial system is her job and not unusual in any way,” he says.

Jesse Choper quoted in Eureka Times-Standard, March 10, 2012

While jurisdictions can’t completely close off public property such as streets or parks, he said they have the right to determine aspects such as what times protests can take place. He said some places choose to limit public assemblies to business hours. “Overnights present their own problems,” Choper said, adding that there can be safety concerns.

Jesse Choper quoted in Eureka Times-Standard, March 9, 2012

Choper said the city could pass a resolution in support of constitutional amendment—similar to the model that Move to Amend has made available to cities. “I don’t think it’ll accomplish much, but I don’t think it’s unconstitutional,” Choper said.

Jesse Choper quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, March 3, 2012

“You’d have to word it so it was perfectly clear,” said Jesse Choper, a UC Berkeley law professor who submitted arguments to the state’s high court against the retroactive application of Prop. 8. The amendment would have to declare that “marriages that were once valid are no longer valid,” he said.