Assoc. Dean Amar Comments on 'Year for the Constitution,' Prop. 8 for KQED
Associate Dean Vikram Amar commented on "The Year for the Constitution" and the ongoing legal battle over California's Proposition 8 for news reports on KQED radio.
In a segment of Forum with Michael Krasney that aired December 31, Amar discussed various constitutional law issues that were in the news during 2010.
Amar also discussed the most recent developments regarding Prop. 8 in a KQED news report airing January 4, the day the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit asked the California Supreme Court to rule on the issue of whether proponents of the statewide ban on same-sex marriage have the necessary legal standing to defend the measure in court. Amar commented on the issue of standing, noting that courts have been reluctant to accept unelected groups as representatives of the people of a given state.
Vikram Amar, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law with the UC Davis School of Law, is a national authority in the fields of constitutional law, civil procedure, criminal procedure, and remedies. His biweekly column for FindLaw.com, the leading provider of online legal information, centers on his expertise in constitutional law.