Recent Supreme Court Rulings, with Erwin Chemerinsky

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As engaged citizens it is important for us all to understand the role the Supreme Court plays in our lives and its decisions impact us all. Erwin Chemerinsky, one of the nation’s foremost Constitutional scholars, covers these issues in a series of three Hammer Forums.

The first evening focuses on the most recent Supreme Court term and its momentous decisions on cases related to abortion, the second amendment, climate change, and immigration, among others.

The second night shifts to the current term: what the cases are, what the court seems to be emphasizing, and what the ramifications of these decisions could be. The final installment concentrates on constitutional interpretation and the role originalism plays or doesn't play in the Court's decisions.

Erwin Chemerinsky is the dean of UC Berkeley Law School. His latest book, Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism, deals with the conservative judiciary on the Supreme Court. He is also the author of numerous books including Free Speech on Campus, We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the 21st Century, and Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights.