In an op-ed in the LA Times, Erwin Chemerinsky writes that the only specific reason given for his un-hiring as the Dean of the new UC-Irvine law school is that he had spoken out against a proposal by former Attorney General Gonzales that would have reduced the amount of time death-row prisoners have to file appeals.

That’s it?! UC-Irvine declared him to be too controversial for voicing a reasonable opinion on an important procedural matter? I think there has to be more to the story.

Professor Chemerinsky’s views on the Constitution and mine don’t much agree, but I think that a respectable scholar has been jerked around without reason.