In addition to founding the Law School, Wilson was a member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence, framer of the U.S. Constitution, and one of the original U.S. Supreme Court justices.
Lynch explores the provision that prohibits those who have violated their oath to uphold our Constitution from holding any federal or state office.
Madeline Feldman L’22, GEd’22 joined the ACS as a 1L Representative and later became president of her chapter.
In addition to committing to publishing five issues annually, including Fall and Spring online supplements to the print edition, JCL also sponsors a yearly symposium on a cutting-edge topic of constitutional law and featuring notable constitutional law scholars.
In an amicus brief in Trump v. Vance, Professor of Law Claire Finkelstein argues that Article II of the Constitution does not provide the president with absolute immunity.
ABA exhibit on women’s suffrage visits Penn Law to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment
Penn Law’s Sophia Lee comments on SCOTUS ruling that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining.
Penn Law faculty provide analysis on the court’s decision that Trump’s travel restriction fell “squarely” within the president’s authority.
Ellis is one of 21 lawyers in the office who represent the U.S. government in front of the Supreme Court
“The question,” Prof. Kermit Roosevelt explains, “is whether our constitutional system—designed by people who didn’t foresee the party system—can continue to function in an era of severe political polarization.”
On February 10, the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Journal of Constitutional Law presented its annual symposium. This year’s event was titled “Hate Crime vs. Hate Speech: Exploring the First Amendment,” and the keynote address was delivered by Malcolm Jenkins, a Philadelphia Eagles player as well as a philanthropist and activist.
On January 31, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. Penn Law faculty members respond to Judge Gorsuch’s nomination.
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory, Penn Law faculty members weigh in on the potential effects of a Trump presidency on issues ranging from the U.S. Supreme Court to immigration to technology policy.
In a new article titled “Marital Supremacy and the Constitution of the Nonmarital Family,” Penn Law professor Serena Mayeri explores the history of marital supremacy — the legal privileging of marriage — by tracing the outcomes of “illegitimacy” cases through the 1960s and 1970s.
A new article co-authored by Penn Law Professor and Dean-designate Theodore Ruger, Jennifer Prah Ruger of Penn, and George Annas of Boston University finds that while the U.S. Constitution does not expressly guarantee a right to health care, in the past 50 years Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court have incrementally crafted an array of health care rights, though the expansion of these rights has properly resulted from legislative and government rulemaking, not judicial fiat.
Sophia Z. Lee, a legal historian and Professor of Law and History at Penn Law, talks about her new book, The Workplace Constitution from the New Deal to the New Right.
Hadley Arkes, founder and director of the James Wilson Institute, addressed the Federalist Society Symposium, “The New Leviathan: Re-examining the Expansion of Federal Power.”
What does the Constitution mean to you? The Penn Law community chimed in on Constitution Day with #WeThePPL videos!