Constitutional Law
Feb. 14, 2007
Off Base
FORUM COLUMN - By Erwin Chemerinsky - The Bush administration continues to violate the Constitution in Guantanamo and is misusing the author's writings to justify its actions.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
By Erwin Chemerinsky
Five years after the first detainees were brought to Guantanamo and placed in cages, top Bush administration officials continue to ignore the Constitution and are trying to pressure others to do the same. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Jan. 17, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales proclaimed that the Constitution does not require that a writ of habeas corpus be made available to those imprisoned by the government.
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