Can the President deport legal residents to a prison in a foreign country or unilaterally dismantle government agencies? Can the Secretary of State revoke a visa based on someone’s speech or writing? Can the government cut university funding because of campus protests? Erwin Chemerinsky, one of the nation's leading constitutional law scholars, and interlocutor Bill Sokol will examine the attack on the rule of law in the Trump administrations and propose how best to counter it.

About the Speakers

Erwin Chemerinsky is the Dean of the UC Berkeley Law School. He is the author of nineteen books, including leading casebooks and treatises about constitutional law, criminal procedure, and federal jurisdiction. His most recent major books are Worse than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism (2022) and Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights (2021). He also is the author of more than 200 law review articles. He frequently argues appellate cases, including in the United States Supreme Court.  

Bill Sokol is a Bay Area labor and employment lawyer, a lecturer at SF State University, a gubernatorial appointee to the CalSavers Retirement Investment Board, and was a talk show host on Pacifica Radio for 25 years. He holds a J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law.

Details

• Monday, June 30, 10–noon
• 1995 University Ave., Berkeley (the suite number will be shared at a later date.)
• This is an in-person, livestreamed + recorded event
• Doors will open at 9:30 AM
• The Zoom livestream link will be shared with registrants closer to the date
• The event will be recorded; participants will receive the link to view after the event

Cost

• $20 for OLLI @Berkeley members (all types)
• $40 for non-members

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About Summer Shorts

Summer Shorts are one-time events open to OLLI @Berkeley members and non-members. Each Short features acclaimed speakers discussing issues impacting the state of our country, Constitution, and shared humanity.

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