U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 13, 2010
Looking Back
Erwin Chemerinsky of the University of California, Irvine, School of Law, lists the top most significant Supreme Court decisions in the past 10 years.
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 start of a new decade has brought countless "best of" lists from the prior 10 years, the best movies, the best books, the best athletic teams and players. It seems only fitting to pause and reflect on what were the most important Supreme Court cases of the past decade. This, of course, raises the question of how to assess importance. Obvious criteria include impact on people's lives, effects in the legal system, and social significance. Sinc...
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