Associate Dean Amar Comments on Prop. 8 for KXJZ
Associate Dean Vik Amar was interviewed for a recent KXJZ Insight program examining the potential legal challenges to Proposition 8, which passed on November 4 and wrote a ban on same-sex marriage in the California Constitution. While stating that he was a strong opponent of Prop. 8, Associate Dean Amar suggested that it would be an "uphill climb" to get the California Supreme Court to overturn the initiative given that the court has been reluctant to invalidate voter initiatives even when they broadly redefined fundamental aspects of state government and programs of interest to minorities.
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.