U.S. Supreme Court,
Government
Apr. 14, 2020
Moving government into the 21st century
The U.S. Supreme Court and Congress must modify their rules to function in the current pandemic. Ten days ago, the court announced that it was cancelling its April oral arguments, following its earlier doing the same for its March argumentsNow the court has announced it will do oral arguments for six days in May, for a limited number of cases, by telephone.
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).
The U.S. Supreme Court and Congress must modify their rules to function in the current pandemic. Ten days ago, the court announced that it was cancelling its April oral arguments, following its earlier doing the same for its March argumentsNow the court has announced it will do oral arguments for six days in May, for a limited number of cases, by telephone. Two weeks ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected a request to allow...
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