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‘I am petrified’: UC Berkeley dean warns of democracy's peril under Trump
Sacramento Bee ^ | September 30, 2025 | Erwin Chemerinsky

Posted on 09/30/2025 1:54:32 PM PDT by artichokegrower

If there is a path toward authoritarianism for the United States, this is it. The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is just the latest outrage and effort to use the power of the federal government for the sake of retribution. As we enter just the ninth month of President Donald Trump’s second term, it is essential to recognize that what we have seen is unprecedented in American history.

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Erwin Chemerinsky is dean and professor of law at the UC Berkeley School of Law.


As a California taxpayer I am petrified over having to pay the professor’s salary

Name Job title Total pay Benefits Erwin Chemerinsky Dean University of California, 2024 $659,860.00

1 posted on 09/30/2025 1:54:32 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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As a professor, one would think he understands hypocrisy.


2 posted on 09/30/2025 1:56:22 PM PDT by Fzob (“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential)
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I think the only way he can remain safe is to immediately leave the country and never come back.


3 posted on 09/30/2025 1:58:17 PM PDT by shelterguy
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is just the latest outrage and effort to use the power of the federal government for the sake of retribution.

Funny, I must have missed his statement when various states tried to keep PDJT off of their election ballots or the coordinated effort to charge him with 30+ bogus crimes.

4 posted on 09/30/2025 1:58:45 PM PDT by capydick ("Within the covers of the bible are the answers for all the problems men face")
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We were petrified at the prior totalitarian administration that told us what to do, what to say, what to think. Finally we have hope and feel more free.

It is people like that liberal elite moron that tried to take my freedom and my rights away.

He is petrified that he is losing his influence, authority and power. I hope that he resigns in protest.


5 posted on 09/30/2025 2:00:08 PM PDT by Toughluck_freeper
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Doesn’t even know the difference between a democracy and a constitutional republic.


6 posted on 09/30/2025 2:03:13 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: artichokegrower

but It’s a Republic


7 posted on 09/30/2025 2:04:51 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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The clown is an idiot. Used to be one of “the smart guys” along with John Eastman on the Hugh Hewett show. Every position he took was diametrically opposed to John’s and truth. Just a fatuous liberal idiot.


8 posted on 09/30/2025 2:09:03 PM PDT by Fungi
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Thirty years ago, I took a course from “Chem” as he was known. He was a tiresome, leftist bore then, and he obviously hasn’t changed a bit.


9 posted on 09/30/2025 2:09:06 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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Thirty years ago, I took a course from “Chem” as he was known. He was a tiresome, leftist bore then, and he obviously hasn’t changed a bit.


10 posted on 09/30/2025 2:09:07 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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But you didn’t give a flip for 10 years as they did it to anyone that didn’t toe the leftist/Communist line.


11 posted on 09/30/2025 2:09:51 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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What’s good for the Gander, is good for the woke Goose.


12 posted on 09/30/2025 2:12:22 PM PDT by wetgundog
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These a-holes have learned nothing from Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
They just keep pushing with their hysterical idiocy. There will be more leftist murderers.


13 posted on 09/30/2025 2:13:16 PM PDT by vpintheak (The left is violence.)
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UC Berzerkley.


14 posted on 09/30/2025 2:15:09 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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UC Berzerkley.


15 posted on 09/30/2025 2:15:13 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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I’ve lost count of the number of times democracy has been destroyed because of Trump.


16 posted on 09/30/2025 2:17:16 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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Please, go join Rosie in Ireland


17 posted on 09/30/2025 2:18:10 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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When I visit my immediate family in California, I am always astonished at the ubiquity and relentlessness of the woke propaganda.

I shouldn't be but it never ceases to shock me.

18 posted on 09/30/2025 2:19:09 PM PDT by Savage Beast ("Break free from the temptations and shackles of this world." Erika Kirk, September 21, 2025)
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Terrified the right will act like Democrats.


19 posted on 09/30/2025 2:19:39 PM PDT by Kudsman (Emulate Charlie, not the left.)
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Is the UC Berkely School of Law now a petrified forest?


20 posted on 09/30/2025 2:19:48 PM PDT by ChessExpert (Infidels of the world unite against the evil that is Islam.)
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