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Applying 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.

Constitutional Law & Civil Rights 

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.

Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Research and Scholarship 

‘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.

Constitutional Law & Civil Rights 

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.

Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Research and Scholarship 

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.

Administrative & Regulatory Law, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Research and Scholarship 

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.”

Administrative & Regulatory Law, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Research and Scholarship 

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.”

Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Research and Scholarship 

‘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.

Constitutional Law & Civil Rights 

‘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.”

Constitutional Law & Civil Rights 

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.

Constitutional Law & Civil Rights 

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.

Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion 

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.

Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Research and Scholarship, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion