Judges and Judiciary
Aug. 6, 2005
Thomas, Unbridled, Would Gut 200 Years of Precedent
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - One of the overlooked, important themes of the U.S. Supreme Court's October 2004 term, which ended June 27, was the radicalism of Justice Clarence Thomas. In case after case, Thomas took a position shared by no other justice and advocated a dramatic change in long-established constitutional doctrines.
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
One of the overlooked, important themes of the U.S. Supreme Court's October 2004 term, which ended June 27, was the radicalism of Justice Clarence Thomas. In ca...
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