Constitutional Law
Jun. 7, 2001
Divide and Conquer
Chicken Little decided, on the basis of an acorn propelled by gravity, that the sky was falling. He found a host of credulous fellows but turned out to be in error. Cassandra prophesied disaster and was believed by no one. She was, however, accurate. Recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court are ominous portents for the constitutional bases of today's civil rights laws. But it remains to be seen whether Chicken Little or Cassandra is the appropriate paradigm.
Charles S. Doskow
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, University of La Verne College of Law
Email: dosklaw@aol.com
Harvard Law School
Charles is a past president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and in 2012 was awarded the chapter's Erwin Chemerinsky Defender of the Constitution award.
Chicken Little decided, on the basis of an acorn propelled by gravity, that the sky was falling. He found a host of credulous fellows but turned out to be in error. Cassandra prophesied disaster and was believed by no one. She was, however, accurate. Recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court are ...
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