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Claims that health bills are unconstitutional have no merit
Are the health-care bills pending in the House and Senate unconstitutional? That's what some of the bills' critics have alleged. Their argument...
Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 10/11/09 by Erwin Chemerinsky Los Angeles Times · More from publication -
A case of conservative activism
THE SUPREME COURT'S invalidation of the District of Columbia's handgun ban powerfully shows that the conservative rhetoric about judicial restraint...
Oakland Tribune, 07/06/08 by Erwin Chemerinsky · More from publication -
Why church and state should be separate
A couple of years ago, I argued a case at the United States Supreme Court involving the constitutionality of the Ten Commandments monument that...
William and Mary Law Review, 05/01/08 by Erwin Chemerinsky · More from publication -
A troubling trend in preemption rulings.
Other cases may receive more headlines, but for trial lawyers, the Supreme Court's most important decisions this year will focus on preemption....
Trial, 05/01/08 by Chemerinsky, Erwin · More from publication -
Closing the courthouse doors to civil rights plaintiffs.
On January 9, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the consolidated cases of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board and Indiana Democratic...
Trial, 03/01/08 by Chemerinsky, Erwin · More from publication -
Federal Preemption: States' Powers, National Interests.(Book review)
Federal Preemption: States' Powers, National Interests Richard A. Epstein and Michael S. Greve, editors AEI Press www.aei.org/books ...
Trial, 02/01/08 by Chemerinsky, Erwin · More from publication -
Inner-city schools suffer when 'debaters' go silent
In the film The Great Debaters, inspired by the powerful story of a debate team at a small all-black Texas college, Denzel Washington's character,...
USA TODAY, 01/31/08 by Erwin Chemerinsky · More from publication -
Will Exxon punitive damages ruling spill over into due process questions?
In October, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Grant Baker, which involves a challenge to the large punitive damages...
Trial, 01/01/08 by Chemerinsky, Erwin · More from publication -
Small docket, big decisions in Court's new term.
The Supreme Court began its October term on the first Monday of last month. The docket that had been set before the justices retired for their...
Trial, 11/01/07 by Chemerinsky, Erwin · More from publication -
The court deals a blow to pay discrimination plaintiffs.
For lawyers representing plaintiffs in civil rights cases, Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., was one of the most important--and...
Trial, 09/01/07 by Chemerinsky, Erwin · More from publication
