U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Jul. 8, 2010
Victory for Equality
Money for student organizations at a public university is provided by the state or by the students. Such funds should not be used to support discriminatory student groups, writes Erwin Chemerinksky.
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).
Few Supreme Court decisions this year produced the intense emotions generated by Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, 2010 DJDAR 9821. The issue was whether the University of California, Hastings College of Law could condition a student group's official recognition on its adhering to a non-discrimination policy.
The Hastings chapter of the Christian Legal Society wished to have only members who shared its religious views...
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