Associate Dean Amar Comments on Prop. 8 for Washington Post
Associate Dean Vik Amar commented on the possibility of the California Supreme Court overturning Proposition 8 in a recent article in the Washington Post. Prop. 8, passed by voters on November 4, amended the California Constitution to bar same-sex marriage, prompting several legal challenges. Noting that in California, justices are typically held accountable to the will of the voters, Associate Dean Amar stated that he did not see the legal challenges as easy ones on which to prevail.
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.