Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, April 9, 2018
If Dr. King were alive today at age 89, he would remind us of the racial progress over his lifetime, but also of how far there still is to go. He would quote the words of the old spiritual and tell us that we will overcome. Someday.
Ethan Elkind quoted by The Mercury News, East Bay Times, April 8, 2018
“People are not focused on the source of the problem when it comes to our housing shortage — if they’re blaming tech companies and developers, then they’re not showing up at our city council meetings,” said Ethan Elkind. … “That’s where their attention should be focused.”
Chris Hoofnagle quoted by Daily Democrat, April 8, 2018
Other regulatory action could focus on anti-trust issues and the social media giants’ content-moderation practices, said UC Berkeley law professor Chris Hoofnagle. … “You could see the left and right begin to unify around a competition agenda to deal with the censorship issues.”
Christopher Hoofnagle quoted by The Mercury News, April 8, 2018
Other regulatory action could focus on antitrust issues and the social media giants’ content-moderation practices, said UC Berkeley law professor Chris Hoofnagle. … “You could see the left and right begin to unify around a competition agenda to deal with the censorship issues.”
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by The New York Times, April 7, 2018
“With a Republican Senate and no possibility of a filibuster, he can have whoever he wants on the circuit court,” Mr. Chemerinsky said. “It will dramatically change the Ninth Circuit.”
Franklin Zimring quoted by VICE News, April 5, 2018
“We have a history of an overwhelming tendency, whenever there’s any ambiguity, of giving the officer the benefit of the doubt,” said Franklin Zimring. … “But the much more specific ‘imminent threat of life or great bodily harm’ standard is a clear message of what the currency should be. You don’t kill people unless lives are at stake.”
David Carrillo co-writes for The Sacramento Bee, April 5, 2018
Since then the already overworked and underfunded court has struggled to make ends meet with only six members. It has been forced to draft pinch hitters from the Court of Appeal, drawing those justices away from their own heavy dockets. Governor Brown, can we please have a new California Supreme Court justice?
Charles Weisselberg quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, April 5, 2018
Two Bay Area law professors told The Chronicle last month that Schaaf’s warning about the ICE operation was so vague that it would probably not put her in jeopardy of being charged with obstruction. It might be different if she gave particular people specific details of a secret operation, said UC Berkeley law Professor Charles Weisselberg.
Christopher Hoofnagle quoted by The Washington Post, April 4, 2018
“Security is difficult and expensive, and no one wants to do it,” Hoofnagle said. “There’s the miracle of making it possible that you can order a sandwich [online]. That’s hard enough! And then people come along and say, ‘What about security?’”
Ethan Elkind writes for ColoradoBoulevard.net, April 3, 2018
If EPA is successful in rolling back these standards, the agency will undermine the fight against climate change, increase toxic air pollution and attendant public health impacts, cost drivers money in terms of having to buy more gasoline for the same amount of driving, and diminish U.S. automaker competitiveness with international rivals who fully embrace more fuel-efficient and zero-emission vehicles.