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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Nine Supreme Court Justices are being called upon to save democracy—can they do it?
Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law discusses the impact of today’s highly politicized Supreme Court.
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Birther claims are back, and still wrong. Nikki Haley is eligible to be president
Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law says that Nikki Haley’s status as a citizen by birth makes her absolutely eligible to be president.
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Trump warns of ‘Pandora’s box’ of perpetual presidential prosecutions if charges against him stand
Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law says that someone running for the presidency would normally reassure voters that they’re following the law, not that they’re immune to the criminal process.
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Trump, Lincoln ballot comparison meme ‘doesn't hold water,’ experts say
Rogers Smith of the School of Arts & Sciences says that 10 of the 11 states that would go on to form the Confederacy did not have ballots with Abraham Lincoln’s name on them in the 1860 election. Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law explains why likening Lincoln’s situation to Donald Trump’s is a bad comparison.
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Judges in England and Wales are given cautious approval to use AI in writing legal opinions
Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that individual courts and judges at the federal and local levels in the U.S. have set their own rules about artificial intelligence.
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50 years ago, Democrats and Republicans agreed to protect endangered species
Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law comments on the Endangered Species Act and how its record of accomplishment remains contested.
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Why a Fishtown nonprofit is trying to seize a family’s home
A recent report from Penn Carey Law warned that Act 135, which enables nonprofits to take control of abandoned, blighted properties and sell them, was being disproportionately used in areas that were already at high risk of displacement due to rising real estate prices.
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Red states struggle to clean voter rolls without ERIC
Michael Morse of Penn Carey Law says that inaccurate voter rolls are an integrity problem and an access problem.
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How will Philadelphia finance climate change?
In an Op-Ed, Eugenie Birch of the Weitzman School of Design, William Burke-White of Penn Carey Law, and Mauricio Rodas of the Penn Institute for Urban Research write that Philadelphia will need to blend public and private climate financing to adapt to ever-growing climate risks.
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Too many Philly police are no-shows in court, derailing cases and undermining our justice system
Research by Sandra Mayson of Penn Carey Law, Aurelie Ouss of the School of Arts & Sciences, and doctoral candidate Linsday Graef finds that Philadelphia police officers failed to appear in 31% of cases for which they were subpoenaed between 2010 and 2020.