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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 6h

Can the government access and use information you post on social media?

In this episode of It's the Law, Dean Chemerinsky explains the answer to a question about social media privacy. https://youtube.com/shorts/L8dEl-5lVA4?feature=share

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Can the government access and use information you post on social media?

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Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice @ucbconsumerlaw.bsky.social · 1d

This week, @governor.ca.gov signed AB 325 (Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry) — The Preventing Algorithmic Price Fixing Act — making California the first state in the nation to explicitly outlaw algorithmic collusion that inflates the cost of essentials like housing and groceries.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 12h

While still a law student, Eric Ahern ’25 developed an innovative calculation tool that eliminates tedious manual work and fuels faster, more reliable decisions that instill greater confidence. https://bit.ly/4h56eLh #UCBerkeleyLaw

Eric Ahern ’25 helps judges improve efficiency and improve accuracy on attorney fees

Ahern built an innovative tool that has made fee calculations less tedious and more consistent.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 12h

"I think it's clear that there are six justices who accept the idea of the unitary executive."
- Dean Chemerinsky joins the inaugural episode of the "Supreme Court Brief" podcast hosted by Jimmy Hoover to discuss the October 2025 Supreme Court term: https://bit.ly/4oa3a2z #UCBerkeleyLaw

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 13h

“He’s had an epic career, holding nearly every possible judicial seat in California,” said David A. Carrillo, director of the California Constitution Center on the retirement of California Supreme Court Justice Martin Jenkins via @sfchronicle.com:
www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art... #UCBerkeleyLaw

California’s first openly gay Supreme Court justice to step down, giving Newsom another pick

California Supreme Court Justice Martin Jenkins, who became the court’s first openly gay justice when Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed him in 2020, has announced his retirement.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 1d

“It’s the only way for somebody to know that they haven’t been kidnapped. And so when ICE agents in masks without identification are taking people into custody, that shouldn’t be deemed a lawful arrest.” Dean Chemerinsky to @kqednews.kqed.org: bit.ly/4nGG7fT #UCBerkeleyLaw

Masking Bill Fuels California Legal Battle Over Federal Immigration Agents | KQED

California’s new law banning federal immigration agents from wearing masks heightens tensions with the Trump administration over ICE accountability, enforcement authority and public oversight.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 1d

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Professor John Yoo weigh in on Illinois and California National Guard cases and President Trump's power to deploy troops via @sacbee.com https://bit.ly/3VTV3LE #UCBerkeleyLaw

California, Illinois National Guard cases test Trump’s power to deploy troops

Trump’s ability to deploy federal troops to U.S. cities could hinge on two court hearings set for Thursday in cases involving Portland and Chicago.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 2d

Arsen Kulyk LL.M. ’22 has parlayed his UC Berkeley Law LL.M. degree into a prominent and gratifying role at the AI data cloud company Snowflake in Silicon Valley. https://bit.ly/48lV0Qf #UCBerkeleyLaw #LLM

Privacy maven: Arsen Kulyk LL.M. ’22 builds wide-ranging expertise while grieving events back home in Ukraine

Kulyk has parlayed his UC Berkeley Law LL.M. degree into a fast-rising tech law career in Silicon Valley.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 2d

Listen: Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.), executive director of Berkeley Judicial Institute @bji.bsky.social joins the Lawfare Daily podcast to talk about how courts are handling the enormous stress being put on the legal system: https://bit.ly/4nB3NCs #UCBerkeleyLaw

Lawfare Daily: How are the Courts Doing?

Two former federal judges discuss how courts are handling the enormous stress being put on the legal system.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 2d

"To have an endowed chair of civil rights at one of the best law schools in the country — and the world — is huge for me,” said Judge Henderson.
Read more about the gift here: www.law.berkeley.edu/article/coll... #UCBerkeleyLaw

UC Berkeley Law receives $6 million gift for Thelton E. Henderson ’62 Chair in Civil Rights Law

“His life is a tribute to this country,” says longtime friend Colleen Haas, who made the gift with her husband Bob.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 2d

A $6 million gift from Bob and Colleen Haas to establish the Thelton E. Henderson ’62 Chair in Civil Rights Law was featured on @jbhe.com as a gift of particular interest to African Americans in higher education. https://bit.ly/4qgxVoC #UCBerkeleyLaw

Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans | The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

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Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice @ucbconsumerlaw.bsky.social · 2d

This week, @governor.ca.gov signed SB 766 — the Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act— into law. Sponsored by Sen. Ben Allen with support from Professor Ted Mermin, Senior Fellow Sam Levine, and others, SB 766 strengthens protections for Californians buying or leasing vehicles.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 2d

Three students in our Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, Nandina Babic (pictured), Michael Banerjee, and Margot Lipin are Berkeley Empirical Legal Studies Graduate Fellows this school year: https://bit.ly/48lEjUV #UCBerkeleyLaw

Fellowship Fuels Interdisciplinary Work of Three Doctoral Students

Three students in our Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program are Berkeley Empirical Legal Studies Graduate Fellows this school year. Nandina Babic (pictured) is examining community oversight of polic...

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 3d

Can states consider race when drawing legislative districts?

In this episode of It's the Law, Dean Chemerinsky gives a preview of a Supreme Court case on the docket this month that could significantly impact voting rights across the U.S.
https://youtube.com/shorts/7yK16LSOz58?feature=share

Can states consider race when drawing legislative districts?

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The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social · 3d

New from @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: “No longer would we be a country under the rule of law. We would be a nation under the rule of Donald Trump.”
www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

What happens to democracy if Trump ignores judge’s orders on National Guard? | Opinion

“If that happens, we will have a president who is no longer constrained by the Constitution or any law. There is a word for that: a dictator.”

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 3d

"The profound question for this term, and I believe for the future of our constitutional democracy, is whether the court will serve as a check on Trump." - Opinion by Dean Chemerinsky in his recurring @scotusblog.com series, Courtly Observations: https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/the-trump-docket/

The Trump docket

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […]

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 4d

Two recent events brought top experts to UC Berkeley Law to address known concerns and worrisome uncertainties regarding the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) https://bit.ly/46HbvoE #UCBerkeleyLaw #AI

UC Berkeley Law events address concerns at the intersection of AI and racial justice

Experts confront AI’s impact on racial equity in several areas across the legal landscape.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 4d

"The crucial question will be whether it serves as a check on President Trump or just a rubber stamp approving his actions," Dean Chemerinsky spoke to @barrons.com about the new Supreme Court term: www.barrons.com/news/us-supr... #UCBerkeleyLaw

US Supreme Court Weighing Presidential Powers In New Term

Donald Trump's unprecedented expansion of the powers of the US presidency will be put to the test when the Supreme Court returns for its fall term on Monday.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 4d

UC Berkeley Law has been named one of the top law schools for criminal law, earning an A+ rating on the National Jurist's Honor Roll https://nationaljurist.com/top-law-schools-for-criminal-law
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Top law schools for criminal law

From reentry clinics to criminal justice reform, students are confronting the legal system’s toughest challenges and finding purpose in the process. Criminal law demands sharp instincts, strong ethics...

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Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley.bsky.social · 4d

Join us for our annual #HumanRights Fellowship Conference! Hear from our 2025 fellows about their summers work on pressing human rights issues.
📅 Oct. 10
🕔12:45–5 PM
📍 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Booth Auditorium (Rm. 175)
🍴 Lunch served, reception to follow!
events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/30...

2025 Human Rights Center Fellowship Conference

The 2025 Human Rights Center fellows will discuss their experience working with organizations in California, New York, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Nigeria...

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 4d

"I hope very much that the court will be a check on Trump. There isn’t any other. But so far, it has not played that role," Dean Chemerinsky told @latimes.com

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-05/supreme-court-trump-claims-of-unchecked-power #UCBerkeleyLaw

Tariffs and birthright citizenship will test whether Trump's power has limits

The Supreme Court's conservatives have yet to put limits on Trump's broad claims of executive power.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 4d

"Like last year, this term the Supreme Court again will face issues that arise from the culture wars and the Trump presidency that deeply divide our country," Dean Chemerinsky told @reuters.com
https://reut.rs/4mWSVOj

US Supreme Court girds for culture wars with LGBT, guns and race cases

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to wade back into the nation's culture wars during its new nine-month term that begins on Monday with a series of contentious cases on issues including transgender athletes, gay conversion therapy, guns and race.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 7d

Putting the AI in Racial Justice: Events Confront Growing Concerns Artificial Intelligence Poses for People of Color www.law.berkeley.edu/article/ai-a...

UC Berkeley Law events address concerns at the intersection of AI and racial justice

Experts confront AI’s impact on racial equity in several areas across the legal landscape.

www.law.berkeley.edu

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 7d

Dean Chemerinsky comments on “a pattern of ignoring court orders or trying to circumvent them,” and "a case in which he represents University of California faculty and researchers challenging Trump administration cuts to NSF funding." www.latimes.com/california/s... via @latimes.com

Trump uses repeated funding cuts to pressure California, complicating state's legal fight

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has sued the Trump administration more than 40 times. He says President Trump disregards the rule of law and overstates his control of federal funding.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 8d

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky via @nytimes.com:
Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o... #Opinion

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

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