Vik Amar News Today

The following UC Davis School of Law professors can offer expertise on a series of issues before the U.S. Supreme Court this session. Some of those cases are highlighted below.  We will add to this list as more cases surface and are argued, and as more media sources become available.  Contact information for each source is contained in the hyperlinked biographies below.

Jamelle Sharpes one unbreakable rule of the workplace? "Show grace to everyone in the College of Law community. Everyone matters, so take the opportunity to be a bright spot in

Can the Kentucky legislature constrain the Governor's authority to fill a Senate vacancy?

Vik Amar, Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law in Urbana Champaign, joins Jon Hansen to talk about Article 5 of the U.S. Constitution and the shifting interpretations of various amendments permitting certain rights. They also analyze our government’s long history of making amendments to the constitution and the […]

good evening. im scott shafer. welcome to "this week in northern california." this afternoon and evening, gay and lesbian couples filled san francisco city hall to get married. the federal court made it possible today for same-sex marriages to commence immediately by lifting a court-ordered stay. the first to be wed were chris perry and sandy steer, one of the couples that challenged proposition 8, kicking off what is sure to be a historic gay pride weekend. >> its been a celebratory w...

the possibility of a bart strike next week. coming up next. good evening. im scott shafer. welcome to "this week in northern california." this afternoon and evening, gay and lesbian couples filled san francisco city hall to get married. the federal court made it possible today for same-sex marriages to commence immediately by lifting a court-ordered stay. the first to be wed were chris perry and sandy steer, one of the couples that challenged proposition 8, kicking off what is sure t...

good evening. im scott shafer. welcome to "this week in northern california." this afternoon and evening, gay and lesbian couples filled san francisco city hall to get married. the federal court made it possible today for same-sex marriages to commence immediately by lifting a court-ordered stay. the first to be wed were chris perry and sandy steer, one of the couples that challenged proposition 8, kicking off what is sure to be a historic gay pride weekend. >> its been a celebratory w...

good evening. im scott shafer. welcome to "this week in northern california." this afternoon and evening, gay and lesbian couples filled san francisco city hall to get married. the federal court made it possible today for same-sex marriages to commence immediately by lifting a court-ordered stay. the first to be wed were chris perry and sandy steer, one of the couples that challenged proposition 8, kicking off what is sure to be a historic gay pride weekend. >> its been a celebratory w...

the possibility of a bart strike next week. coming up next. good evening. im scott shafer. welcome to "this week in northern california." this afternoon and evening, gay and lesbian couples filled san francisco city hall to get married. the federal court made it possible today for same-sex marriages to commence immediately by lifting a court-ordered stay. the first to be wed were chris perry and sandy steer, one of the couples that challenged proposition 8, kicking off what is sure t...

>> scott: the ruling triggered a wave of joyful weddings this time across the state. including the celebrated union of two long time lesbian activists together since the 1950s. it infuriated millions for proposition 8 to amend the california constitution and restore marriage to opposite-sex couples only. on the same night californians voted barack obama in office, they ovgot this vote back. >> they created the judiciary and legislature and they control the constitution. they decided th...