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Erwin Chemerinsky is dean of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law. He is an expert in constitutional law, federal practice, civil rights and civil liberties, and appellate litigation. His books include The Case Against the Supreme Court (Viking, 2014) and We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century (Picador, 2018).
Chemerinsky: SCOTUS considers limits on president’s power to fire federal officials
Dec 1, 2025, 10:53 am CST
Chemerinsky: SCOTUS tariffs case could hinge on plain text interpretation of law or sway toward deference to president
Oct 28, 2025, 10:25 am CDT
Chemerinsky: New SCOTUS term includes cases that will have profound effect on law, American society
Sep 30, 2025, 10:01 am CDT
Chemerinsky: SCOTUS rulings on shadow docket cases should be fully heard before becoming binding precedent
Sep 2, 2025, 08:51 am CDT
Chemerinsky: What were the sleeper cases of this SCOTUS term?
Jul 29, 2025, 10:56 am CDT
Chemerinsky: Supreme Court’s term was all about taking sides on the ideological divide
Jul 2, 2025, 09:00 am CDT
Chemerinsky: SCOTUS takes on multiple challenges to executive orders from Trump administration
Jun 4, 2025, 12:13 pm CDT
Chemerinsky: Cases before SCOTUS challenge injunctions against executive orders to end birthright citizenship
Apr 30, 2025, 09:56 am CDT
Chemerinsky: Religion cases will test whether SCOTUS continues to break down walls separating church, state
Apr 1, 2025, 03:39 pm CDT
Chemerinsky: SCOTUS likely to revisit president’s power to fire executive branch officials
Feb 26, 2025, 02:17 pm CST
Chemerinsky: SCOTUS failed to address whether Chinese access to TikTok data is real national security threat
Jan 29, 2025, 02:58 pm CST
Chemerinsky: What can we expect from SCOTUS in 2025?
Jan 2, 2025, 09:01 am CST
Chemerinsky: Supreme Court confirms conservative leanings in 2024, shows no signs of changing
Dec 23, 2024, 08:46 am CST
Chemerinsky: SCOTUS considers law prohibiting gender-affirming care—case of constitutionality, deep cultural division
Nov 27, 2024, 08:45 am CST
Chemerinsky: Elections matter, from composition of federal bench to our highest court
Oct 31, 2024, 08:52 am CDT
Chemerinsky: Will the Supreme Court have a role in the presidential election as it enters a new term?
Oct 2, 2024, 08:53 am CDT
Chemerinsky: Saving American democracy will require constitutional reforms and Supreme Court term limits
Aug 28, 2024, 01:49 pm CDT
Chemerinsky: These Supreme Court sleeper cases will have lasting impact
Jul 31, 2024, 10:48 am CDT
Chemerinsky: SCOTUS term reveals deeply divided justices frustrated with one another
Jul 3, 2024, 08:44 am CDT
Chemerinsky: SCOTUS rulings on election districting likely to affect who’s going to Congress in 2025
May 30, 2024, 09:54 am CDT
