Constitutional Law
Apr. 13, 2004
Judges Shouldn't Issue Gag Orders to Control High-Profile Cases
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - The judge in the molestation case against Michael Jackson has imposed a broad gag order preventing the lawyers and parties from speaking to the press about anything related to the case. An almost identical gag order is in place in the murder trial of Scott Peterson.
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
The judge in the...
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