Erwin Chemerinsky Quotations

You don't know who the new justice will be - or whether that justice will be there - and you have more uncertainly about John Roberts than you had with William Rehnquist.

She's going to have to establish her competence. The senators have sent a clear message: Show us. Demonstrate to us who you are and why you are qualified.

No other state would impose this kind of sentence.

I would have enthusiastically accepted the offer if more resources had been available. But under these circumstances, I regretfully must decline.

The purpose of the ads is to educate people about the critical importance of separation of church and state.

He's had this tremendous impact in changing the Supreme Court. In almost every area of constitutional law, he's left a mark, and the court's functioning very differently than it used to, and I think he's responsible for that.

I think the greatest weakness for the lawsuit is its novelty. This is a use of nuisance laws and consumer protection laws that has no precedent. And whenever it's a new theory, the outcome is difficult to guess or predict.

I think the most difficult task for Simpson is to come up with a clear, consistent, believable story for where he was between 9:45 and eleven on the night of the murders.

Robert Bork was blocked in large part because he said in his writings that there was no constitutional right to privacy.

What brought down the Nixon administration wasn't the burglary itself, but the cover-up of it, ... wasn't that he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky but he lied about it.

A trial is like a jig-saw puzzle and closing argument is when the lawyers put the pieces together.

dramatically changes the dynamics of the Roberts confirmation.

The bottom line is the same principle will apply in the civil and criminal cases.

Alan Park saw the figure go into the house in dark clothes. Simpson came out to the limo with different clothes. And now he has to answer the question that's never been answered -- where are the dark clothes?

Alan Park saw the figure go into the house in dark clothes, ... Simpson came out to the limo with different clothes. And now he has to answer the question that's never been answered -- where are the dark clothes?

This is really a case about states' rights.

This is a docket that already has an extraordinary number of potential blockbuster cases. It will give us an early sense of who John Roberts is.

There's enormous drama and anticipation. Is he going to announce his resignation? Are we going to spend this summer in a confirmation fight?

It's a year when it is going to be particularly difficult to make predictions.

Not only will it mean this inmate will very likely be executed, but it also would make it much harder for other inmates to challenge executions based on the method of execution.

Nothing the Supreme Court did last year was as important as the announcement that Sandra Day O'Conner was stepping down.

I really think that he's somebody who will be regarded in hindsight as having had a tremendous influence on the course of constitutional law.

I really think that he (Rehnquist) is somebody who will be regarded in hindsight as having had a tremendous influence on the course of constitutional law.

The Board of Inquiry report fails to recognize that the central problem in the Los Angeles Police Department is the culture. The reality is there will not be meaningful reform in the Los Angeles Police Department until the culture is changed.

Chief Justice Roberts has expressly said that the Constitution and the government should be colorblind, he sees no difference between government action that discriminates against minorities and one that benefits minorities.

I am obviously disappointed. There is no sensitivity in this opinion to the important concern the law schools have.

The key question, and one we won't know the answer to until after jury deliberations, is will the jury then dismiss all of Mark Fuhrman's testimony from consideration.

The Constitution says that it is the electoral college that determines who is the president. It leaves no doubt.