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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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There’s no way the Georgia prosecutions of Donald Trump and Mark Meadows belong in federal court
In an Op-Ed, Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law explains why the Hatch Act prevents Donald Trump and Mark Meadows from transferring their criminal cases in Georgia to federal court.
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The ticking time bomb in America’s downtowns
Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that banks are notoriously bad owners for making real estate decisions, since they’re not entrepreneurs and aren’t in a position to actively manage buildings.
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America’s mothers are suckers. And I say that with love
In an Op-Ed featuring a quote from PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan of Penn Carey Law writes that American capitalism has commodified motherhood, shifting it from a “social good” to a “personal choice” when women ask for support.
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What happened to Brooke Shields was awful. It could have been even worse
In an Op-Ed, Jennifer E. Rothman of Penn Carey Law warns of the dangers of a growing trend among states making the rights to a person’s own name, likeness, and voice transferable to others.
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The delusion at the center of the A.I. boom
Tess Wilkinson-Ryan of Penn Carey Law is skeptical about the utility of cheap AI for the kinds of contracting problems that pose the most serious threats to low-income parties.
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Tucker Carlson says paying hush money is normal in America. Is that true?
In a Q&A, Tess Wilkinson-Ryan of Penn Carey Law discusses hush money payments, their relationship to nondisclosure agreements, and their limitations and extralegal power.
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The Clinton-era adoption law that still devastates Black families today
In an Op-Ed, PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts urges the repeal of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 for its negative impact on Black families.
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Affirmative action on the chopping block
On a segment of “Amicus,” Cara McClellan of Penn Carey Law explains how the Supreme Court is poised to fundamentally change access to higher education.
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The Supreme Court is blowing up law school, too
Serena Mayeri of Penn Carey Law says that decisions like Trump v. Hawaii have unsettled the foundational premises of law professors’ lives.
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Could brain scans bring psychiatry into the 21st century?
Dani Bassett of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Desmond Oathes of the Perelman School of Medicine are quoted on the contrast between brain imaging and the tried-and-true, low-tech clinical interview.