Page 28 - Erwin Chemerinsky News Today

“Pretending to be neutral in the face of injustice is wrong,” writes UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.

Federal courts played a pivotal role in stopping, stalling, or forcing rollbacks of several of Donald Trump’s most controversial first-term policies. Federal judges also halted Trump’s legal efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.

Although it is welcome and overdue that the Supreme Court finally adopted an ethics code for its justices on Monday, the approach is seriously flawed in that it includes no enforcement mechanism. Instead it continues to leave it to each justice to decide whether to be recused in a particular case. Until Monday, every judge […]

You might think that the august band of American lawyers called the United States Supreme Court would have, down the centuries, seen fit to put down in writing a code of ethical conduct for its members just because ... well, because it’s the right thing to do for such a powerful branch of the federal government.

Donald Trump is the Republican frontrunner heading into the 2024 presidential election, but voters want to know if he can still be elected if found guilty.

California's Democratic leaders contend students have clear-cut rights to privacy, even from their parents, when it comes to gender identity. But experts say the legal realities are more nuanced.

Universities should create a haven for open debate that emphasizes listening and mutual respect, if not agreement.

For those who know American history, all of this has happened before.

Unfortunately, the universities themselves have done their part to add to the mess. By taking public positions on some high-profile political issues but not others in recent years, they have

Readers debate polarized speech on university campuses around the ongoing Israeli bombing in Gaza, and how to work toward peace.