Results for "Chemerinsky, Erwin"

Why originalism is a flawed, incoherent, and dangerously ideological method of constitutional interpretation  “Chemerinsky . . . offers a concise, point-by-point refutation of the theory [of originalism]. He argues that it cannot deliver what it promises—and if it could, no one would want what ... Read More about Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism

An unprecedented work of civil rights and legal history, Presumed Guilty reveals how the Supreme Court has enabled racist policing and sanctioned law enforcement excesses through its decisions over the last half-century. Police are nine times more likely to kill African-American men than they are ot... Read More about Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights

Is a fight against equality and for privilege a fight for religious supremacy? Andrew L. Seidel, a constitutional attorney and author of the critically acclaimed book The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American, dives into the debate on religious liberty, the modern attempt to weapon... Read More about American Crusade: How the Supreme Court Is Weaponizing Religious Freedom

The ACLU was involved in excess of 1,190 cases in the US Supreme Court as a party, counsel of record/ACLU attorney, or as the filer of an amicus (friend of the court) brief, during ninety-four of its first one hundred years, ending in January 19, 2020. This handbook summarizes all the facts and stat... Read More about The First 100 Years of the ACLU: A Compendium of Advocacy Before the United States Supreme Court

No Democracy Lasts Forever argues that the Constitution has become a threat to American democracy and must be dramatically changed or replaced if secession is to be avoided. Deeply troubled by the Constitution’s inherent flaws, Erwin Chemerinsky, the renowned dean of Berkeley law school, came to the... Read More about No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States

A timely history of the profound impact of Earl Warren's Supreme Court on many areas of modern American government and society From 1953 to 1969, Earl Warren served as chief justice of the US Supreme Court. During that time, the Warren Court made a number of historically important decisions involvin... Read More about The Warren Court and the Democratic Constitution