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.”
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.
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.
Olga Mack writes for Above the Law, November 27, 2017
Writing is a great way to reach a wide audience, develop credibility, and be seen as an expert in your field. And there is no doubt that your social media presence has a powerful and extensive reach that you can use to motivate people in different ways. You can capture the world’s attention using your voice.
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by Los Angeles Times, Nov. 26, 2017
“His was a jurisprudence that was really based on the recognition of the dignity of every person,” said UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. “For him the law was much less about abstractions and much more about what it would mean in people’s lives.”
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 26, 2017
As Chemerinsky put it, the court read the Constitution’s protections of free speech and a free press as a guarantee that “there is a full and open discussion about those who run for office, even though false things may be said at times. Let the speech go on.”
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.”