Catherine Crump quoted by Daily Journal (registration required), Sept. 1, 2017
License plate readers are the most common examples of a mass surveillance technology, but they aren’t the only ones, said Catherine Crump. … “This trend isn’t going away, and the question of public right to access mass surveillance data is one that isn’t going away,” she said.
Erwin Chemerinsky interviewed by The Nation, Sept. 1, 2017
When the president issues a pardon for criminal contempt of court, he’s interfering with the ability of another branch of government, the judiciary, to perform its constitutional duties. A basic principle of constitutional law on separation of powers … is that one branch of government cannot interfere with the ability of another branch to perform its constitutional responsibilities.
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, Aug. 30, 2017
The California Supreme Court’s decision upholding Proposition 66, the initiative to speed up the imposition of the death penalty, fails two basic requirements of good judicial rulings: It ignores the language of the law and it ignores reality.
Alan Auerbach quoted by The Washington Post, Aug. 30, 2017
Alan Auerbach … said some of the ideas Trump floated during the speech could boost economic growth and potentially grow wages, but it would depend on how the tax changes were designed and structured. He also said it would depend greatly on whether the tax plan would add to the government debt. Trump didn’t mention his plan’s impact on the debt or the deficit during the speech. “It’s hard to have a consensus about a policy about which you know very little,” Auerbach said.
Christopher Kutz quoted by HuffPost, Aug. 30, 2017
Christopher Kutz … compared the situation to opioid drug makers “who distribute their product widely and then close their eyes to what seems to be a pretty inevitable risk of catastrophic misuse.” Companies in the mobile ecosystem ”should do much more to make it harder to consume while driving.”
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by Las Vegas Review-Journal, Aug. 28, 2017
“What is different here is that Arpaio was held in criminal contempt of court,” Chemerinsky said by email. “It is troubling for me for a president to undercut the judicial enforcement power by pardoning someone who willfully violated a court order.”
Jesse Choper quoted by California Magazine, Aug. 28, 2017
“It would be an uphill battle to make liability stick for any [gun-related death] if the city is in an open carry state,” Choper says. “That isn’t to say authorities shouldn’t or couldn’t try to stop [people carrying guns during demonstrations]. … All rules and laws have exceptions under extraordinary circumstances. No right, including the right to bear arms, is absolute.”
Sonia Katyal cited in India West, Aug. 28, 2017
Sonia Katyal, the Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the reputed university, has quit the Commerce Department’s Digital Economy Board of Advisors, an Obama-era initiative to help the federal government navigate the challenges of an emerging economy.
Patty Blum quoted by National Catholic Reporter., Aug. 28, 2017
It’s urgent that Spain be given “the opportunity to exercise its jurisdiction to prosecute the crime,” said Blum … “if El Salvador is not going to execute the outstanding warrants for the defendants in the case and is not going prosecute anyone.”
Charles Reichmann and Erwin Chemerinsky quoted in The Daily Californian, Aug. 28, 2017
Charles Reichmann, a lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law, wrote an op-ed in May for the San Francisco Chronicle, arguing that Boalt Hall ought to be renamed as well. Boalt Hall was named after John Boalt, an attorney known for anti-Chinese rhetoric, according to Reichmann.
“It’s important to note that John Boalt himself had no relationship with the law school,” Chemerinsky said in his statement. “Nonetheless, the name is used widely colloquially within and outside the school, and the concerns raised are meaningful.” To address these concerns, the law school is forming a diverse committee of school stakeholders to review the use of “Boalt” as a name for the school, according to Chemerinsky.