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"Beyond fairness, our country desperately needs to make sure that there are checks and balances." - Opinion by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @sacbee_news
https://t.co/AEsmNTlj05
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“I support Proposition 50 because our constitutional democracy cannot exist without meaningful checks and balances.”
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"You have to be able to identify officers so you can vindicate your constitutional rights when they're violated... this is yet another step ICE agents are taking to conceal their identities and avoid accountability," @CatherineNCrump told @MorningEdition
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Some federal immigration agents have been using masks to cover their faces when arresting migrants. But an NPR investigation found agents are also disguising their vehicles.
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Can the government spy on Americans without a warrant? In this episode of It's the Law, Dean Chemerinsky gives examples of reasonable expectations of privacy. https://t.co/nrw1ZUJvzi
#UCBerkeleyLaw #ItstheLaw
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The Berkeley Technology Law Journal (@BerkeleyTechLJ), the field’s No. 1 law school journal, has released a new issue, which includes a piece by UC Berkeley Law Professor Robert P. Merges: https://t.co/z6qnNUM2Ar
#TechLaw #UCBerkeleyLaw
law.berkeley.edu
The Berkeley Technology Law Journal, the field’s No. 1 law school journal according to Google Scholar and an aggregated meta-ranking of multiple lists, confronts wide-ranging topics at the intersec...
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UC Berkeley Law alumna Malka Herman ‘20 has been appointed the new executive director for @StanfordLaw School’s Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession: https://t.co/0AJk51iaUH
@StanfordCLP #UCBerkeleyLaw
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Stanford Law School’s Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession has named Malka Herman as its new executive director. The Rhode Center is a na
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Chemerinsky: SCOTUS tariffs case could hinge on plain text interpretation of law or sway toward deference to president. https://t.co/nyAEtRglTF
#SCOTUS @BerkeleyLaw
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Rarely do issues before the Supreme Court make it to commercials during the World Series. But in the first two games between the Dodgers and the Blue Jays, there were commercials from the Province of...
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“When you use works to train a model, you’re basically using them not for the expression [...] but you’re using them as data,” Professor Pamela Samuelson @PamelaSamuelson, co-director of Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT), told @politico
https://t.co/jxxhHsRcMO
politico.com
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“Intellectual property is a field of law in which the usual right-left splits don’t apply. Most of the IP cases in recent years have been unanimous or nearly so," Professor Pamela Samuelson (@PamelaSamuelson) told @politico: https://t.co/6rhzZyJakU
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politico.com
Google and Oracle finally bring their decade-long dispute over what software code should be free to the Supreme Court, but a key figure will be missing.
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Flashback to a May episode of It's the Law: Dean Chemerinsky unpacks the history behind the 22nd Amendment, why modern presidents are constitutionally limited to two terms—and why that’s not likely to change. https://t.co/3xBgsgRc6l
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"Even with the announcement that Trump is backing away, at least for now, from sending troops to San Francisco, the underlying issue remains: What can state and local governments do?" - Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky via @sfchronicle
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OPINION: California has passed a law that prohibits ICE agents from wearing masks. But does that mean San Francisco police can arrest them for violating it?
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“Although local officials have raised cries of a federal ‘occupation’ and ‘dictatorship,’ the Constitution places on the president the duty to ‘take care that the laws are faithfully executed,’” Professor John Yoo told @latimes
https://t.co/1f8jTst8HX
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It's the first time the Supreme Court will decide whether the president has the power to deploy troops in American cities over the objections of local and state officials.
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Please note updates to the Fall 2025 CSLS Speaker Series calendar. Events are to be held in person and livestreamed via Zoom. Registration and accessibility details can be found on our website: https://t.co/rDChDyY31q We hope you can join us for our final talks of the semester.
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Can a president use the military to respond to protests within the United States? In this episode of It's the Law, Dean Chemerinsky breaks down the Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act. https://t.co/AXnixgfb4W
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UC Berkeley Law has been recognized as a leading school for tax law by JD Journal: https://t.co/U4DKzlEySy
#UCBerkeleyLaw #TaxLaw
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Tax law remains one of the most specialized and lucrative areas of legal practice. Attorneys in this field handle complex matters ranging from corporate taxation and international tax compliance to...
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"I think the ICE agents can be sued, for battery, for excessive force, in state court, and I think they can be similarly prosecuted,” Dean Chemerinsky told @nytimes
https://t.co/u8SzZx9BwE
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The San Francisco district attorney said in an interview that she came up with the strategy after seeing federal agents repeatedly roughing up people in Los Angeles and Chicago.
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Is it legal to deport someone if a judge says they may face torture? https://t.co/OxJ6MnspN4
#UCBerkeleyLaw #ItstheLaw
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Can the U.S. deport someone to a country they have no connection to? https://t.co/BSIVjWTs8A
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Can someone be deported without a hearing under war time laws? https://t.co/qXtSVzgZ2F
#Deportation #ItstheLaw
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Can federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers enter a hospital, school, or church? https://t.co/otiJ7zKHlZ
#ICE #ItstheLaw
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𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 on Immigration: Here's a thread with Dean Chemerinsky's videos answering questions you might have about immigration law. Start watching here ⬇️ Can the president force states to help with immigration enforcement? https://t.co/HAy5THNNMw
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