Law
Jesse ChoperEarl Warren Professor of Public Law, former dean of Boalt Hall (1982–1992)
Expertise:
Constitutional law, federalism, church and state, U.S. Supreme
Court decisions.
Contact:
(510) 642-0339
E-mail: choperj@law.berkeley.edu
Additional contacts:
Susan Gluss, law school media relations: (510) 642-6936, sgluss@law.berkeley.edu
Roxanne Makasdjian, broadcast: (510) 642-6051, roxannem@berkeley.edu
Background:
Choper, known as a moderate, has commented on a wide array of
issues for local, state and national media, from the search through
Laci Peterson’s house for evidence to the U.S. Supreme Court’s
tackling of the Pledge of Allegiance to a new federal law allowing
police to search vehicles traveling on airport roads. He is very
comfortable doing press interviews. Recently, he was interviewed
at length on CBS Evening News about the Pledge of Allegiance case.
Choper has done NewsHour, Nightline, and more. He has been quoted
in many newspapers across the country including The New York Times,
Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. He has participated
in programs featured on C-Span.
His major publications include the books, "Judicial Review
and the National Political Process: A Functional Reconsideration
of the Role of the Supreme Court" (1980), and "Securing
Religious Liberty: Principles for Judicial Interpretation of the
Religion Clauses" (1995). He is also a co-author of two widely
used casebooks in the fields of constitutional law, now in its
ninth edition, and corporation law, in its sixth edition.
Choper’s more recent publications include the second edition
of "The Supreme Court and Its Justices" and "Taming
Congress's Power Under the Commerce Clause: What Does the Near
Future Portend?" in the Arkansas Law Review (2002).
He teaches constitutional law and corporation law.
