Criminal
Jul. 21, 2006
On the Roberts Court, the Police Get More Freedom
Forum Column - Although a single year is too little basis for drawing broad conclusions about the Roberts court, one trend seems clear: The new Supreme Court is going to be very supportive of the police and not the rights of criminal defendants.
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).
Forum Column
By Erwin Chemerinsky
Although a single year is too little basis for drawing broad conclusions about the Roberts court, one trend seems clear: The new Supreme Court is going to be very supportive of the police and not the rights of criminal defendants. This year, the Supreme Court decided five cases involving the Fourth Amendment and search and seizure. Four were won by the police, and the fifth is unlikely to limit law enforcement ...
By Erwin Chemerinsky
Although a single year is too little basis for drawing broad conclusions about the Roberts court, one trend seems clear: The new Supreme Court is going to be very supportive of the police and not the rights of criminal defendants. This year, the Supreme Court decided five cases involving the Fourth Amendment and search and seizure. Four were won by the police, and the fifth is unlikely to limit law enforcement ...
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