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View AllApplying a ‘Disability Lens’ to the SCOTUS Docket
August 28, 2023
Profs. Jasmine Harris and Karen M. Tani L’07, PhD’11 discuss their article, “Disability on the Docket” with the Center for Public Integrity.
Advocating Abolition of PA ChildLine Registry
August 22, 2023
A new report jointly released by Penn Carey Law and Temple Law finds that the ChildLine Registry disproportionately harms Black Pennsylvanians.
‘No Better Time or Place to Focus on Voting Rights’
August 21, 2023
Penn Carey Law welcomes Asst. Prof. Michael Morse C’13, an expert on voting rights and election law, to the faculty.
The Disability Docket
July 26, 2023
Profs. Jasmine Harris and Karen Tani L’07, PhD’11 have published a pathbreaking paper that highlights the disability through-line in the Supreme Court’s recent cases.
Racial Diversity in College Admissions
July 18, 2023
At The Regulatory Review, Cara McClellan GEd’12 explains what’s left and what’s next for racial diversity in college admissions after the Supreme Court’s recent affirmative action decision.
Scope and Limits of the Dormant Commerce Clause
July 11, 2023
At The Regulatory Review, Prof. Michael S. Knoll shares his insights on a recent Supreme Court decision that is “about much more than porkchops.”
SCOTUS Election Law Decision
July 7, 2023
Asst. Prof. of Law Michael Morse C’13 told Penn Today that the Moore v. Harper ruling is “a mixed bag.”
‘Blow to Equal Treatment in the Public Market’
June 30, 2023
“It remains to be seen how far this radical new doctrine will reach,” said Prof. Tobias Wolff on the Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative.
‘Another Fractured Opinion’ on Personal Jurisdiction
June 27, 2023
Prof. Tobias Wolff opines that the Supreme Court’s decision in Mallory “may have major implications.”
Advocating for Voting Rights
June 8, 2023
Deuel Ross L’09 successfully argued before the Supreme Court that Alabama’s congressional map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
First Amendment and Anti-Discrimination
June 6, 2023
“The Speech Clause of the First Amendment has never been a license for businesses to discriminate in the commercial marketplace,” writes Prof. Tobias Wolff.
Equal Rights Amendment Advocacy
May 5, 2023
“The fight for the E.R.A… . should serve as a reminder that constitutional amendment is possible,” writes Visiting Prof. Kate Shaw at The New York Times.