The Devil You Know

Published: Sept. 11, 2024, 1:28 p.m.

The New York Times looks at the Constitution as an allegedly anti-democratic, divisive, secession-promoting document. \xa0They bring authority to bolster their case in the person of the Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, Erwin Chemerinsky. \xa0We take a close look at this article and the arguments it employs. \xa0This takes us to the center of the Constitution\u2019s purposes, of course to questions of originalism, as well as an analysis of what sort of democracy the Constitution protects, and what sort it might protect against. CLE credit is available for lawyers and judges from podcast.njsba.com.