U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Mar. 16, 2002
Barrier to Entry
During the week of Feb. 25, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two cases that received almost no media attention. Both involved procedural questions of a sort that do not attract much press coverage.
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).
During the week of Feb. 25, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two cases that received almost no media attention. Both involved procedural questions of a sort that do not attract much press coverage.
One involved supplemental state-law claims filed in federal court and whether a federal statute can toll the statute of limitations on them while the matter is pending in federal court. Raygor v. Regents of the University of Minn., 2002 WL 269234 (Feb. 27, 2002). The other concerned...
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