Erwin Chemerinsky

Bill Cosby, accompanied by his attorneys and other aides, makes his first public appearance at his home in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after being released from prison on June 30, 2021.

Op-ed: Pennsylvania court got it right in overturning Bill Cosby’s conviction

July 1, 2021 at 5:07 p.m.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision reversing Bill Cosby's conviction reminds us that even those who commit despicable crimes are protected by the Constitution. The Pennsylvania court's ruling is disturbing in...

Minneapolis police officers as they are confronted by protesters on April 11, 2021.

Op-ed: Local police departments can’t reform themselves. Bring on the feds.

April 23, 2021 at 10:56 p.m.

Attorney General Merrick Garland's announcement last week that the Justice Department is starting an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department for unlawful policing practices is one step toward systemwide reform....

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida, on July 31, 2020. Trump was returning to Washington after attending events in Florida.

Commentary: Trump can’t postpone the election. But here’s why we have to take his tweet seriously.

August 3, 2020 at 8:38 p.m.

Once again, President Donald Trump has shown his ignorance of the Constitution and federal law in raising the question on Twitter of whether the November presidential election should be delayed....

A man carries a Nazi flag into the entrance of Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va., during a rally by white supremacists in August 2017.

Hate speech is infecting America, but trying to ban it is not the answer

May 31, 2019 at 9:27 p.m.

The wave of deeply disturbing hate crimes in recent days — the killing of two African-Americans, allegedly by a white supremacist in Kentucky, the mail bombs sent to numerous former...

Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito at a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in 2006.

Nothing in the Constitution gives Brett Kavanaugh a pass on explaining his views

May 31, 2019 at 9:22 p.m.

In January 2006, I testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee against the confirmation of Samuel A. Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. At a break, then-Sen. Joe Biden came up...

Purchases made on websites such as Amazon are now subject to sales tax in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling.

How that online sales tax ruling will affect you (and drag taxes into the 21st century)

May 31, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

I often observe that the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings affect all of us. That definitely will be true of its decision allowing state governments to require that internet companies collect...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Why Justice Scalia is a bad influence

May 11, 2019 at 7:27 a.m.

Justice Antonin Scalia is setting a terrible example for young lawyers. Ignore, for now, his jurisprudence, his famously strict originalism; it's his tone that's the problem. I have taught argumentation...

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