Associate Dean Amar Comments on Prop. 8 Trial Tape for KPCC
Associate Dean Vikram Amar commented for Southern California Public Radio station KPCC on the federal court battle over whether to release a videotape of last year's U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit trial on Proposition 8. The release has been opposed by advocates of the same-sex marriage initiative, which was overturned by the Ninth Circuit.
"Prop. 8 was passed by a small majority of the voters and I certainly wouldn't attribute to the Prop. 8 proponents a fear of democracy," Amar stated. "What they say they fear are some extreme reprisals."
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 Justia.com, a leading provider of online legal information, centers on his expertise in constitutional law.