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☆ Opinion | Biden’s Proposed Supreme Court Reforms
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “The Election Is Crucial to the Future of the Supreme Court,” by Erwin Chemerinsky (Opinion guest essay, July 31):Regarding this essay supporting President Biden’s effort to reform the Supreme Court, as well as the current Democratic push in this same direction, does anyone seriously believe that this would be an issue at all if the Democrats were satisfied with the Supreme Court decisions? The only reason it is an issue is that they don’t like the recent results from that court, and that is the very reason that Supreme Court reform is a bad idea: It is 100 percent politically motivated. The movement would have a lot more credibility if it wasn’t arising immediately on the heels of recent Supreme Court decisions that the Democrats don’t like, such as expanding the scope of presidential immunity, overturning the Chevron doctrine and especially overturning Roe v. Wade. Peter E. MeltzerWynnewood, Pa.To the Editor:While I often agree with Erwin Chemerinsky, I differ here on two important points.

Persons: Erwin Chemerinsky, Biden’s, Roe, Wade, Peter E, Meltzer Wynnewood Organizations: Democratic Locations: Pa

☆ Deepening US divide over Israel tests the limits of free speech
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Separately, on Monday, the University of Southern California canceled the commencement speech of its valedictorian – biomedical engineering major Asna Tabassum, who is Muslim – after her social media posts were targeted by pro-Israel activists, raising questions about the existence of free speech. “Tradition must give way to safety,” USC Provost Andrew Guzman wrote in an online, campuswide letter announcing his decision to axe Tabassum’s speech. In her Instagram profile, she links to a website that calls for the abolishment of the state of Israel. The content of the commencement speech was not mentioned in Guzman’s letter announcing the cancellation, and he argued it was not about speech but about security. When Fisk tried to grab the microphone from Afaneh, the mixer turned into a social media moment.

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States could, in theory, try to keep Mr. Trump off the ballot by passing legislation requiring a clean criminal record, but this would be on legally shaky ground. The California Supreme Court also unanimously blocked it as a violation of the state constitution, and the case never reached the U.S. Supreme Court. And the 14th Amendment is separate from criminal cases, meaning convictions would not disqualify Mr. Trump either. Now that Mr. Trump has secured a majority of delegates to the Republican convention, the party has no mechanism to nominate somebody else. Mr. Trump is registered to vote in Florida, and he would be disenfranchised there if convicted of a felony.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Eugene V, Debs, Jessica Levinson, “, —, Anthony Michael Kreis, that’s, ”, Richard L, Kreis, — Ron DeSantis, Chris Taylor, Erwin Chemerinsky, “ It’s, Levinson, Biden, Mr, Chemerinsky, Nixon, Justice Department —, Trump Justice Department —, Jones, Bill Clinton, Charlie Savage Organizations: Republican, Democratic, Loyola Law School, California Supreme, U.S, Supreme, Colorado Supreme, Mr, Georgia State University, University of California, Florida, Offender, New, Justice Department, Trump Justice Department Locations: United States, New York, Georgia, California, Colorado, Los Angeles, Florida, Berkeley, Clinton

☆ At Berkeley, a Protest at a Dean’s Home Tests the Limits of Free Speech
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Vimal Patel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The dean of Berkeley’s law school is known as a staunch supporter of free speech, but things became personal for him when pro-Palestinian students disrupted a celebratory dinner party for some 60 students at his home. In a viral video, Erwin Chemerinsky, a noted constitutional scholar, can be seen shouting “Please leave our house! Ms. Afaneh and her supporters, who were invited to the dinner, described Ms. Fisk’s struggle for the microphone as a disproportionate and violent response. Students, they said, had a right to speak at a university gathering. The dinner was open to all third-year law students and paid for by the university, according to Mr. Chemerinsky.

Persons: Erwin Chemerinsky, Malak, Chemerinsky’s, Catherine Fisk, Afaneh, Fisk’s, Chemerinsky Organizations: Mr Locations: Oakland, Calif, Berkeley

☆ Why isn’t the Supreme Court moving faster on Trump’s immunity challenge?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —When special counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump’s immunity claims there was an unmistakable hue of urgency to the request. It could grant Trump’s request and then hold arguments and decide the merits of the immunity issue – perhaps on an expedited basis. The Supreme Court can move quickly, at least by judicial branch standards. George Walker IV/APThe Supreme Court denied that request, allowing the appeals court to review the case first. US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor participates in a conversation with University of California Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on Monday, January 29.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald Trump’s, Smith, Trump, ”, Steve Vladeck, Tanya Chutkan, Chutkan, ” Smith, Donald Trump, George Walker IV, Randall Eliason, “, ” Eliason, Sonia Sotomayor, Amy Coney Barrett, we’re, ” Barrett, ” Sotomayor, Barack Obama, don’t, Trump’s, Vladeck, Biden, University of California Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky Organizations: CNN, University of Texas School of Law, DC, Appeals, National Religious Broadcasters, Gaylord, Supreme, DC Circuit, George Washington University, National Governors Association, Trump, Democratic, Boy Scouts of America, Boy Scouts, Boy Scouts of, Department of Homeland Security, University of California Berkeley Law, Capitol Locations: Mexico, Boy Scouts of America, Texas

☆ Four Countries Join U.S. in Pausing Funding for U.N. Aid Agency in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Patrick Kingsley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, during the first day of the California legislative session in Sacramento this month. The federal case in Northern California is unlikely to succeed, given legal precedents that limit judicial power over U.S. presidents on foreign policy decisions. Israel also said that inflammatory comments about Palestinians were taken out of context or made by individuals without decision-making power. One of her relatives is living under a nylon tarp in Gaza with her four children and husband, a cancer patient, she said. Israeli attacks have killed 88 relatives just on her mother’s side of the family, she said.

Persons: Biden, Judge Jeffrey White, “, Antony J, Blinken, Lloyd J, Austin III, Judge White, George W, Bush, Laila el, Haddad, Jean Lin, Katherine Gallagher, ” Erwin Chemerinsky, ” Basim, Elkarra, We’re, Mr Organizations: Palestinian, Calif, United Nations, International Court, Court of Justice, Hague, International Court of Justice, Government, Justice Department, Center for Constitutional Rights, University of California, Islamic, Democrat Locations: Gaza, California, Sacramento, Israel, U.S, Oakland, Fairfield , Calif, San Ramon, Northern California, Bay Area, Atlanta, Palestinian, United States, ”, United, Clarksville, Md, New York, Berkeley, Palestinian American

☆ Lawsuit Challenging University of California’s D.E.I. Statements Is Tossed
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Vimal Patel | More About Vimal Patel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Behind the LawsuitDiversity statements — also known as diversity, equity and inclusion, or D.E.I., statements — ask candidates seeking a faculty job or promotion to describe how they would contribute to campus diversity. In his lawsuit, John Haltigan, who has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology, said he would have applied to a position at U.C. The Pacific Legal Foundation, a libertarian group that filed the lawsuit for Dr. Haltigan, did not make him available for an interview. They also say the statements are another tool that the savvy can use to hit the right buzzwords, rewarding performative dishonesty. requirements for faculty hiring — or the system’s diversity and inclusion efforts more broadly — but it defangs for now what experts say was among the first legal challenges to these university statements.

Persons: —, John Haltigan, “, ”, Haltigan, ‘, ” Erwin Chemerinsky, Wilson Freeman Organizations: Pacific Legal Foundation, University of California, Berkeley, Chronicle, Higher Education, Universities Locations: U.C, Santa Cruz, North Dakota, Florida, Texas, Arizona

☆ Jewish groups sue UC Berkeley over 'unchecked' antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Prospective students tour the University of California, Berkeley campus before beginning of the new semester, in Berkeley, California, U.S., June 8, 2023. The complaint also said "no fewer" than 23 law school groups have anti-Jewish policies. Law school dean Erwin Chemerinsky, a constitutional law specialist, said the complaint painted a "stunningly inaccurate" picture of the school. The law school, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, the University of California system and its President Michael Drake are among the other defendants. Other plaintiffs include the Brandeis Center's Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education, a nationwide group whose members include UC Berkeley staff and students.

Persons: Carlos Barria, Louis, Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, Michael Drake, Hitler, Louis D, Jonathan Stempel, Richard Chang Organizations: University of California, REUTERS, Louis D, Brandeis Center, UC Berkeley's, UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley Chancellor, Brandeis Center's, Fairness, UC, New York University, NYU, Regents, Court, Northern District of, Thomson Locations: Berkeley, Berkeley , California, U.S, Israel, San Francisco federal, Northern District, Northern District of California, New York

☆ Opinion | The Problem of Campus Speech Is Even Harder Than You Think
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Jesse Wegman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Examples abound of abhorrent speech by students and faculty members, mostly aimed at Israel, Jews and even Jewish students — and yet abhorrent does not equal criminal. By imposing speech codes that ban what they deem offensive speech without clearly defining it, they have encouraged illiberalism in an environment designed to cultivate the liberal arts. Administrators continue to face intense pressure to make statements and take sides, whether from students, faculty members, donors or lawmakers. “There’s no answer that will please everybody,” Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the Berkeley School of Law and an expert on free speech, told me. Obviously there are legal red lines to a culture of free speech: threats, intimidation and harassment, to name the obvious ones.

Persons: Harry Kalven Jr, “, ” Erwin Chemerinsky, Mr, Chemerinsky, he’s, Suzanne Nossel, ”, Nossel, —, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Cornell University, don’t, University of Chicago, Universities, Berkeley School of Law, Civil, PEN America, University of North, Texas Locations: Israel, Vietnam, Berkeley, University of North Carolina, Florida

☆ Putting Pressure on Palestinian Activists Isn’t Making Jewish Students Any Safer - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

For Palestinian and Muslim students, the invocation of terrorism law is especially frightening. But now advocates for Palestinian rights describe a new level of repression. “That’s the difference.”No one should underestimate how awful the campus climate is for many Jewish students, who’ve experienced a surge in violence and abuse. In some social justice circles, then, support for Israel is viewed as something akin to support for the K.K.K. There is little reason to think that the pressure brought to bear by these outside institutions is making Jewish students any safer.

Persons: Louis D, Law, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, ”, Donald Trump, Radhika Sainath, Columbia University’s Rashid Khalidi, “, who’ve, Jewish counterprotesters, Erwin Chemerinsky, George Floyd, they’ve, Kenneth Stern, Bard College’s, ” Stern, He’s, Stern, Trump, scenesters, Joe Rogan, Elon, that’s, Khalidi Organizations: Defamation League, Brandeis Center for Human, Justice, ADL, Brandeis, Republican, Palestinian, Homeland Security, Education, Israel, Palestine, Columbia, Cornell, Jewish, Tulane, University of California, America, Peace, Bard College’s Center, National Lawyers Guild, American Jewish Committee, International Holocaust, Alliance, The, Rights, Elon Musk, West Bank Locations: Palestine, Israel, Ron DeSantis , Florida, Florida, United States of America, Berkeley, America, Gaza City, Gaza, West

Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley, said Republicans were mischaracterizing a complex, emotionally fraught issue to score political points. students, the university no doubt would crack down and make sure that this was a safe space for them on the college campuses,” Mr. Brooks said. “They’re not doing that for the Jewish students. Now they offer pathetic equivocation or, worse, deafening silence.”“They seem more offended by ‘microaggressions’ than by mass murder,” Mr. Scott said. “If this were any other minority group, hear me, the far left would be screaming from the rooftops.”

Persons: Biden, ” Jonathan Greenblatt, “, Israel ”, Erwin Chemerinsky, ”, Chemerinsky, Matt Brooks, Mr, Brooks, “ They’re, Tim Scott of, ‘ microaggressions, ” Mr, Scott Organizations: Justice Department, Department of Homeland Security, Defamation League, Democrats, Republicans provocatively, University of California, Fox News, Democratic Party, Republican Jewish Coalition, American Locations: Berkeley, Israel, Tim Scott of South Carolina

☆ The Latest Target for California Conservatives? Local School Boards
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Jill Cowan | More About Jill Cowan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

They see legal disputes as an opportunity to plead their case to judges they believe are more sympathetic than California’s legislators — especially judges at the federal level. But he allowed the district to notify parents if children ask to change their school records. The current legal dispute is not the test case that conservatives might have wished for, because it is a matter of state, not federal, law. But one of the California notification policies may eventually be contested in a federal venue, said Erwin Chemerinsky, an expert in constitutional law and the dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley. But, in his view, asking to be treated as a different gender doesn’t directly involve physical safety, while sharing that information without a child’s consent could put the child at risk.

Persons: —, ” Mr, Essayli, Bonta, Shaw, Erwin Chemerinsky, Chemerinsky Organizations: San Bernardino Superior Court, University of California Locations: Chino Valley, California, Berkeley

☆ For Palestinian Americans and activists, doxxing is nothing new
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN is not naming the site because it reveals the identities of students and other individuals without their consent. A conservative nonprofit said it organized the truck featuring the virtual billboards with students’ names and images under a banner that reads: “Harvard’s Leading Antisemites.”Palestinian human rights activists say doxxing is nothing new. They told CNN they’ve feared losing jobs and endured psychological harm for advocating for fair treatment of Palestinians under occupation – or for simply being Palestinian themselves. Doxxing is the release of personal information without a person’s consent, often with malicious intent, according to the International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication. Despite the reality of harassment for Palestinian Americans, the student said, the current sense of hysteria on the Harvard campus is unprecedented.

Persons: Fouad Abu, Israel, Hijleh, “, CNN they’ve, ” Abu, ”, ” Dylan Saba, ” Saba, ” Lena Ghrama, ” Ghrama, Ghrama, ” Harvard Hillel, Meredith Weenick, Bill Ackman, UC Berkeley Law Dean, Erwin Chemerinsky Organizations: New, New York CNN, University of North, CNN, West Bank, Harvard, International, Gender, Media, Communication, Facebook, ” CNN, Palestinian, UN, Palestine, City University of New York School, Law, ”, Jewish, Holocaust, Alliance, Harvard University, University of California, Department of Education, Daily Cal, UC Berkeley Law, Justice, Peace, “ Locations: New York, Jordan, University of North Carolina, Chapel, Abu, Israel, Israeli, Gaza, Palestine, Brooklyn, undergrad, Berkeley

☆ Major tests await conservative US Supreme Court in new term
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( John Kruzel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Monday marks the first day of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term as it prepares to tackle major cases involving gun rights, the power of federal agencies, social media regulation and Republican-drawn electoral districts, and considers taking up a dispute over the availability of the abortion pill. FILE PHOTO: A police officer patrols outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 30, 2023.? The conservative justices in multiple rulings in recent years have pared back the authority of federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency. A case to be argued on Nov. 7 presents the conservative justices with an opportunity to broaden gun rights even further. Circuit Court of Appeals in its ruling barred telemedicine prescriptions and shipments of mifepristone by mail.

Persons: Jim Bourg, ” “, ”, Erwin Chemerinsky, Steve Schwinn, Roe, Wade, Joe Biden’s Organizations: WASHINGTON, U.S, Supreme, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Chevron, University of California Berkeley Law School, Environmental Protection Agency, ” University of Illinois, South, Republican, House, Circuit, Appeals Locations: U.S ., Washington , U.S, Iowa, Chevron, ” University of Illinois Chicago, South Carolina, Texas, Florida, New Orleans

☆ Supreme Court charts rightward path in new term
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( John Kruzel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

People line up in the rain outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington April 29, 2014. Circuit Court of Appeals, whose staunch conservatism rivals that of the Supreme Court. The justices this term could hear five or more appeals of 5th Circuit rulings. The cases test whether the Supreme Court will go as far as the 5th Circuit. "My instinct is that the Supreme Court will not go this far in most of these cases," Chemerinsky said.

Persons: Gary Cameron, Joe Biden's, Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump's, Erwin Chemerinsky, Chemerinsky, Roman Martinez, John Roberts, pare, Martinez, Steve Schwinn, Schwinn, John Kruzel, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, REUTERS, Rights, Financial Protection Bureau, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Democratic, New, Circuit, Republican, University of California Berkeley Law, Constitution, Congress, University of Illinois, Thomson Locations: Washington, New Orleans, U.S, University of Illinois Chicago, Texas, New York

☆ Guns, agency power cases loom as US Supreme Court charts rightward path
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( John Kruzel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

People line up in the rain outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington April 29, 2014. Circuit Court of Appeals, whose staunch conservatism rivals that of the Supreme Court. The cases test whether the Supreme Court will go as far as the 5th Circuit. "My instinct is that the Supreme Court will not go this far in most of these cases," Chemerinsky said. "I think the 5th Circuit has taken positions that the most conservative justices will accept, but I would be surprised to see a majority for these positions."

The liberal justices, including Biden's appointee Ketanji Brown Jackson, found themselves in the role of the dissenting minority in some of the nine-month term's biggest cases. The conservative justices invoked the "major questions" doctrine, a muscular judicial approach that gives judges broad discretion to invalidate executive agency actions of "vast economic and political significance" unless Congress clearly authorized them. In those cases, the conservative justices were unified in the majority and the liberal justices dissented. In that case, the liberal justices were joined by one conservative justice, Trump appointee Brett Kavanaugh, in dissenting on the new test. The justices on Friday agreed to decide whether a 1994 federal law that bars people under domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms violates the Constitution's Second Amendment.

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Those figures are now 20% at Berkeley Law and 15% at Michigan Law. The Association of American Law Schools on July 10 is convening a virtual conference focused on admissions in a post-affirmative action landscape, chaired by Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky. Alongside strategies to recruit and admit diverse students, Zearfoss said the changing demographics of the law school applicant pool have helped Michigan Law bolster student diversity—good news for law schools now facing an affirmative action ban. The law school also prioritizes recruiting at events geared toward minority applicants and at college and universities with significant minority enrollment, Zearfoss added. Michigan Law and Berkeley Law both voluntarily withhold information about each applicant's race to ensure they comply with their state laws, admissions officials said.

Persons: Sarah Zearfoss, Erwin Chemerinsky, Edward Blum, ”, Michigan’s Zearfoss, Zearfoss, Chemerinsky, “, ” Chemerinsky, Karen Sloan, Leigh Jones Organizations: U.S, Supreme, University of Michigan Law School, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley Law, American Bar Association, Michigan Law's, ABA, Michigan Law, Association of American Law Schools, Berkeley, Fair Admissions, Harvard University, University of North, Asian, Fair, Association of American Medical Colleges, American Dental Association, Law, Thomson Locations: Michigan, California, American, Sarah Zearfoss , Michigan, University of North Carolina, U.S

☆ Opinion: Where Putin goes from here
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. CNN —“It is a stab in the back of our country and our people,” Russian President Vladimir Putin told his nation Saturday as he faced an unprecedented challenge from his former ally, Yevgeny Prighozin, head of the Wagner mercenary group. “The Russians were not stabbed in the back during World War I, as Putin suggested during his remarks on Saturday,” wrote Peter Bergen. Sound familiar?”“A keen student of Russian history, Putin is aware of the stakes here. The Wagner force served the Russian president as a useful tool he could control for foreign adventures.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prighozin, Wagner, Tsar, Putin, Prighozin, “, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin’s, ”, Peter Bergen, Nicholas II, ” Prighozin, CNN’s Nathan Hodge, Hodge, ” Putin’s, Mark Galeotti, John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, “ what’s, Edmund, Burke, ’, Roe, Wade, Critics, ProPublica, Samuel Alito, Paul Singer, Alito, Singer, salmons, Singer’s, Clay Jones, you’re, Erwin Chemerinsky’s, Ann Telnaes “, Chemerinsky, Samuel Dickman, Allison Hope, Hunter Biden, Donald Trump Lisa Benson, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, Julian Zelizer, Biden, Trump, Norman Eisen, ” Alberto Gonzales, George W, Bush, Department’s, ” “, …, Justin Gest, White, Joel Pett Organizations: CNN, Soviet, Kremlin, US, Quinnipiac University, Justice Department, GOP, Republicans, Trump, Agency Locations: Russia, Moscow, Belarus, Ukraine, “, Europe, Alaska

☆ Opinion | If the Supreme Court Won’t Fix Its Ethics Mess, Congress Should
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Erwin Chemerinsky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Last month, when the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on whether to impose an ethics code on the court, some of the Republican senators on the committee decried the effort as political. Liberals and conservatives should want a Supreme Court that is above reproach. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Richard Blumenthal, along with other Democrats, have introduced the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal and Transparency Act. Among other things, it would require the Supreme Court to adopt a code of conduct within 180 days of the bill’s enactment. It also would create a transparent process for the public to submit ethics complaints against justices, to be reviewed by a random panel of chief judges.

Persons: Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, Antonin Scalia, Neil Gorsuch, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal Organizations: Bloomberg Law, Republican

☆ This Supreme Court is slow to issue rulings — glacially slow
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 19: The Supreme Court of the United States, on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Back in 1923, the Supreme Court had issued 157 rulings by May 1 in a term that started the previous fall. Nevertheless, the slow pace at which rulings have been issued this term has started to attract scrutiny from court watchers. In both 2022 and 2021, the court had decided 25 cases by May 1, according to Feldman. Court experts differed on whether the crunch would have any impact on how the court actually decides cases.

Sotomayor, who has dissented in major cases including the abortion decision as the court's 6-3 conservative majority has become increasingly assertive, described herself as "shell-shocked" and "deeply sad" after that term ended in June. The court's current term, which began in October, could be just as consequential as its previous one. In October, conservative Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the Dobbs opinion, warned against questioning the court's integrity. At Wednesday's conference, Chemerinsky noted that he had never before seen his law students so discouraged about the Supreme Court. Sotomayor, appointed to the court by Democratic former President Barack Obama in 2009, expressed optimism that the direction of the court will change in the future.

☆ UC Berkeley Joins Yale, Harvard in Withdrawing From U.S. News Law-School Ranking
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Melissa Korn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The University of California, Berkeley’s law school came in at No. 9 in the latest U.S. News ranking. The University of California, Berkeley School of Law is withdrawing from the U.S. News & World Report law-school ranking, its dean said Thursday, a day after Yale Law School and Harvard Law School pulled out of the high-profile publication. Berkeley’s law school came in at No. 9 in the latest U.S. News ranking.

Nov 17 (Reuters) - The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law on Thursday joined the law schools at Yale and Harvard in withdrawing from U.S. News & World Report's influential law school rankings. 9 in the law school rankings, made the announcement a day after Yale and Harvard, ranked No. The rankings measure law schools based on reputational surveys, student grades and Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores, and bar pass and employment rates, among other factors. Stanford Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - currently ranked No. "I think every school is at minimum looking at it," law school admission consultant Mike Spivey said of the growing boycott.

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