U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Oct. 15, 2009
The Cross on the Hill
Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Irvine, School of Law dissects Salazar v. Buono, an Establishment Clause case set for review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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).
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
By Erwin ChemerinskyFew cases before the Supreme Court this year will receive more media attention than Salazar v. Buono, 527 F.3d 758 (9th Cir. 2008), cert. granted, 129 S.Ct. 1313 (2009). The issue is whether a large cross in a large federal park in the Mojave Desert violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The underlying issues are profoundly important: When do religious symbols on government property vi...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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