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View AllPenn Law faculty react to SCOTUS ruling on travel ban
June 27, 2018
Penn Law faculty provide analysis on the court’s decision that Trump’s travel restriction fell “squarely” within the president’s authority.
Penn Law faculty react to Trump transgender military ban
July 26, 2017
Penn Law faculty comment on President Trump’s ban on transgender individuals in the U.S. military
Editorial: Dorothy Roberts and Jeffrey Vagle on Trump’s law and order platform
November 11, 2016
In an opinion piece by Dorothy Roberts and Jeffrey Vagle, the authors argue that President-Elect Trump’s law and order platform is culturally-coded as well as anti-democratic.
Dean Ruger reacts to the SCOTUS immigration tie
June 30, 2016
Dean Ruger comments on the divided Supreme Court over Obama’s Immigration plan.
Penn Law faculty comment on Supreme Court Affirmative Action ruling
June 30, 2016
Penn Law faculty members comment to the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affirmative Action program at the University of Texas.
Penn Law faculty members respond to the Supreme Court decision on the Texas abortion law
June 29, 2016
Penn Law faculty members comment on the Supreme Court ruling in the Texas’ abortion law in Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt.
Penn Law faculty comment on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland
March 16, 2016
Penn Law faculty members respond to President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.
Penn Law faculty comment on historic same-sex marriage decision
June 26, 2015
Penn Law faculty members who specialize in constitutional law respond to the Supreme Court decision on marriage equality.
Prof. Kermit Roosevelt on marriage equality in the Supreme Court
June 25, 2015
Prof. Kermit Roosevelt analyzes the possible impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the same sex marriage.
Legal developments to watch for in 2015
January 12, 2015
Penn Law asked several of its faculty members to look ahead and predict some of the key legal issues that will be discussed and debated in the upcoming year.
Prof. Robinson and Criminal Law Research Group use foreign prosecutions to stop terrorists
November 3, 2014
Penn Law’s Criminal Law Research Group, led by Professor Paul H. Robinson, is working with the U.S. military’s Special Operations Command-Pacific (SOCPAC) to determine how foreign criminal law can be used to interdict foreign terrorist fighters.
Are Christians getting preferential treatment from the Supreme Court? Prof. Kermit Roosevelt discusses in Salon
July 7, 2014
Hobby Lobby ruling could mean some religious claims get more sympathy than others. “Troubling,” Prof. Roosevelt explains to Salon.