Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights,
Books
Apr. 25, 2017
Closing the doors to the courthouse
In his new book, Erwin Chemerinsky addresses the plethora of jurisprudential and procedural doctrines that have the effect of closing the courthouse doors to meritorious efforts to enforce constitutional rights.
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.
In the course of being questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee for his prospective confirmation, Neil Gorsuch agreed with a questioner that "the power of the courts should be limited, referring to 'the modest station we judges are meant to occupy in a democracy.'"
In the first chapter of his new book, "Closing the Courthouse," Erwin Chemerinsky writes, "I believe the [federal] judiciary's essential role is to enforce the Constitution, and legal doctrines must facilitate its perf...
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