Jesse Choper quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 4, 2017
Another reason to protect a president from prosecution while in office is to avoid interfering with the president’s work as the nation’s leader, said Jesse Choper. … “A good argument can be made that (those protections) disappear when he’s left office.”
John Yoo quoted by The New York Times, Dec. 4, 2017
Todd Gaziano of the Pacific Legal Foundation and John Yoo of the University of California, Berkeley’s law school, have argued in opposition, saying that the power to create a monument “implicitly also includes the power of reversal.”
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by eNews Channel Africa, Dec. 4, 2017
“I do not think he wants to open that door,” Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of Berkeley Law and constitutional law expert, told AFP.
Lauren Edelman quoted by Los Angeles Times, Dec. 4, 2017
“Sometimes it takes a shock to the system before there are changes,” said Lauren Edelman, a law and sociology professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law who studies workplace culture. “Weinstein was the shock that got this thing going, and it has taken the form of a social movement.”
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by Fox News, Dec. 3, 2017
Further, Chemerinsky notes that “even if this is about speech” that doesn’t mean the government can’t intercede. And in this case, “the interest in preventing discrimination outweighs” other interests. For instance, the baker would lose in court if he were “against interracial marriage and won’t bake a cake for an interracial couple.”
Angela Onwuachi-Willig and Leti Volpp quoted by The Daily Californian, Dec. 3, 2017
UC Berkeley School of Law professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig said in an email that to her knowledge, marrying for financial aid is not illegal and is “no different” from marrying for wealth.
“Marriage is always a legal and economic contract, whether people recognize it or not,” said Leti Volpp, another law professor at UC Berkeley, in an email.
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.
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.”
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.