"A federal appeals court put many women's lives in danger last week by declaring unconstitutional a federal law that makes it a crime for those under a restraining order in a domestic violence case to possess a firearm. Three conservative judges, two of whom had been appointed by Donald Trump, did this for the absurd reason that such regulations did not exist in 1791 when the Second Amendment was adopted."

– #Chemerinsky & Aftergut for Salon

https://www.salon.com/2023/02/07/phony-constitutional-originalism-is-likely-to-women-after-second-amendment-decision/

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky at #AALS2023 about her life, career, and thoughts about how law schools can make a difference.

https://youtu.be/WU3vFuCg92o

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Year-in-Review from #Chemerinsky:

2022 contained a week that dramatically changed constitutional law
https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/chemerinsky-a-week-that-dramatically-changed-constitutional-law

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"Does a state supreme court have the power to find that an act of the state legislature violates the state constitution? The answer to that question should be clear and obvious, but the conservative justices of the Supreme Court expressed doubt about it at oral arguments in Moore vs. Harper on Wednesday. It is not hyperbole to say that the future of American democracy may turn on the court’s answer."

– Dean #Chemerinsky, Los Angeles Times #Opinion.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-12-07/supreme-court-elections

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