Penn Law Faculty Perspectives
Expert commentary on major developments in the law and their impacts.
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September 25, 2019On September 24, 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment investigation into President Trump, Penn Law faculty share their perspectives.
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June 28, 2019In Department of Commerce v. New York, the Supreme Court ruled that a question on citizenship could not be added to the 2020 census on the basis of the government’s proffered reasoning. -
June 27, 2019In Iancu v. Brunetti, the Court held that the Lanham Act’s restriction on “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks violates the Constitution. -
June 24, 2019In Flowers v. Mississippi, the Supreme Court voted 7-2 to overturn the conviction and death sentence in the sixth murder trial of Curtis Flowers, finding that the prosecutor had engaged in misconduct by discriminating against black people in jury selection. -
June 21, 2019In American Legion v. American Humanist Association, the Court decided 7-2 to allow a 40-foot-tall cross-shaped World War I memorial to remain on state property. -
June 6, 2019In the decision, the Court upheld part of a state law that requires abortion providers to bury or cremate fetal remains, but declined to reinstate a different part of the same law that banned abortions sought on the basis of fetal sex or disability. -
October 8, 2018
Penn Law faculty react to the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court
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August 27, 2018Penn Law faculty react to implication of President Trump in federal crime amid Cohen plea and Manafort conviction -
July 25, 2018Faculty offer insights about the Court’s most important regulatory decisions of the past term
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July 10, 2018Penn Law faculty react to Trump nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court -
June 28, 2018Prof. Yoo, who clerked forJustice Anthony Kennedy, remarks on the Supreme Court Justice’s announcement of retiring