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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: The legal legacy of 9/11
Sep 2, 2026, 09:03 am CDT
Chemerinsky: How the Supreme Court’s decisions have had an impact on democracy
Jul 29, 2026, 09:10 am CDT
Chemerinsky: Supreme Court leaves many Second Amendment issues unresolved
Jul 1, 2026, 08:00 am CDT
A Test of Time
Jul 1, 2026, 01:55 am CDT
Chemerinsky: What to expect from SCOTUS in the coming month
May 27, 2026, 03:07 pm CDT
Chemerinsky: Supreme Court examines how police use of technology may clash with Fourth Amendment
Apr 29, 2026, 10:06 am CDT
Chemerinsky: Breaking down the issues in the birthright citizenship case
Apr 2, 2026, 09:09 am CDT
Chemerinsky: 6 takeaways from the Supreme Court’s tariffs decision
Feb 25, 2026, 01:57 pm CST
Chemerinsky: The Fourth Amendment comes back to the Supreme Court
Jan 28, 2026, 12:33 pm CST
Chemerinsky: Supreme Court moves into new year with potential landmark cases
Jan 5, 2026, 09:22 am CST
Chemerinsky: A look back at the Supreme Court in 2025 reflects its conservative leanings
Dec 22, 2025, 09:18 am CST
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
