Constitutional Law
Feb. 21, 2003
Cell Terror
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - Since Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration and the Ashcroft Justice Department have engaged in many practices that involve unprecedented violations of rights. Among the most troubling has been the claim of the authority to detain individuals without complying with the Constitution and without any semblance of due process. So far, the judiciary simply has deferred to the administration.
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
Since Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration and the Ashcroft Justice Department have engaged in many practices that involve unprecedented violations of rights. Amon...
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