The Constitution takes center stage in this latest episode with legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UC Berkeley Law, who is renowned for his studies of constitutional law and federal civil procedure.
He and host Matt Adams dig into how the Constitution is interpreted, and occasionally misunderstood, by elected and appointed federal government officials.
They also discuss U.S. Supreme Court rulings issued from the Warren court to today in cases involving See more +
The Constitution takes center stage in this latest episode with legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UC Berkeley Law, who is renowned for his studies of constitutional law and federal civil procedure.
He and host Matt Adams dig into how the Constitution is interpreted, and occasionally misunderstood, by elected and appointed federal government officials.
They also discuss U.S. Supreme Court rulings issued from the Warren court to today in cases involving constitutional law. They explore how the concept of “originalism” has influenced decisions involving civil rights, executive immunity, election campaigns and more.
This intriguing episode also touches on whether it’s time to draft a new, more modern Constitution.
This episode of The Presumption of Innocence was recorded days before the Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. CASA, Inc., restricting federal courts’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions, an outcome our guest examines prospectively in the first half of the podcast. See less -
