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Starred Review on August 1, 2021 | Social Sciences
One of the foremost U.S. Constitutional scholars and Supreme Court analysts, Chemerinsky (dean, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Sch. of Law; The Conservative Assault on the Constitution), cogently demonstrates in this book that the court bears much of the blame for police violence and racism in U.S. law enforcement. Moving case by case and issue by issue through 19 chapters, he describes how the court has consistently favored unrestrained policing over personal rights. With the brief exception of the 1960s Warren court, conservative justices have weaken...Log In or Sign Up to Read More