The New York Times Op-Ed: “The Bill of Rights Doesn’t Come Cheap” by Professor Jeffrey L. Fisher

Professor Jeffrey L. Fisher has an excellent Op-Ed article in The New York Times today, titled “The Bill of Rights Doesn’t Come Cheap.” Professor Fisher explains why the text of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the relevant legal precedents, and public policy support the right of criminal defendants to be able to actually confront forensic analysts in court, as opposed to the reports of those analysts being admitted into evidence without defendants being given an opportunity to cross-examine the analysts. The article is related to the case of Williams v. Illinois, which will be argued in the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.