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Moore v. Harper: Voting rights, election law, and the future of American democracy
Woman wearing face mask walks along sidewalk lined with campaign signs

Campaign signs from Maryland’s primary election, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (Image: AP Photo/Julio Cortez) 

Moore v. Harper: Voting rights, election law, and the future of American democracy

Experts from law, political science, and history share their thoughts on the potential dangers posed by a case the U.S. Supreme Court will hear next term.

Kristen de Groot

Dorothy Roberts on the future of abortion advocacy
A crowd of people gathered, one holds a sign that reads ABORTION IS ESSENTIAL.

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    • Dorothy Roberts on the future of abortion advocacy

    Dorothy Roberts speaks with Penn Today on the implications of the Dobbs decision, which struck down Roe v. Wade, leaving many states with no legal right to abortion.

    Kristina García

    Dorothy Roberts on ‘Black Families Matter’: Race and Regulation Podcast
    Dorothy Roberts

    Dorothy Roberts, the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights. (Image: Penn Law)

    Dorothy Roberts on ‘Black Families Matter’: Race and Regulation Podcast

    In her book, “Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World”, Roberts says the U.S. should replace its current family surveillance system with one that improves children’s welfare.

    What defines judicial activism? Not being an activist, says Kermit Roosevelt
    The nine current U.S. Supreme Court justices.

    Members of the Supreme Court: Seated from left are Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left are Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. (Image: Erin Schaff/AP Images)

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    • What defines judicial activism? Not being an activist, says Kermit Roosevelt

    The David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice at Penn Carey Law explains judicial activism in a historical sense, and how justices today interpret the Constitution and federal and state policies.
    Hong Kong handover, 25 years later
    Hong Kong and Chinese flags fly in advance of the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from Britain

    Chinese and Hong Kong flags are hanged to celebrate the upcoming 25th anniversary of Hong Kong handover to China, in Hong Kong, Friday, June 17, 2022. Hong Kong marks the anniversary on July 1, 2022. (Image: AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

    Hong Kong handover, 25 years later

    Hong Kong marks 25 years under Chinese control on July 1. Jacques deLisle, director of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, discusses where Hong Kong stands now and what the future might hold.

    Kristen de Groot

    The Supreme Court restricts the EPA’s power to curb climate change
    Smoke from a power plant clouds out the sun's light

    With the decision in West Virginia v. the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Supreme Court ruled to limit the EPA’s capacity to regulate power plant emissions under the Clean Air Act. The move hamstrings efforts by the federal government to regulate a major contributor to climate change.

  • Q&A

    • The Supreme Court restricts the EPA’s power to curb climate change

    Shelley Welton, a new faculty member with Penn Carey Law and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, calls the decision “devastating,” even if expected. She explains the ruling and its implications for action on climate change.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Controversial jurist’s name to be removed from Law School building
    Exterior of Silverman Hall at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law

    A medallion with the name of controversial jurist Roger Brooke Taney adorns the exterior of Silverman Hall at The University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law.

    Controversial jurist’s name to be removed from Law School building

    Following a yearlong evaluation and inclusive process, the name of Roger Brooke Taney, former chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, will be removed from a decorative medallion on the exterior of Silverman Hall.

    Kristen de Groot

    Title IX and disability, 50 years later
    Abasketball game celebrating the anniversary of Title IX in 2012. (Image: Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Education)

    Title IX and disability, 50 years later

    On the anniversary of the landmark bill, Penn Carey Law’s Jasmine Harris shares five things to know about how Title IX and disability intersect.

    Kristen de Groot

    The factors that lead to eviction by default
    Entrance to Philadelphia Municipal Court.

    The factors that lead to eviction by default

    A new study from Penn Law’s David Hoffman links tenant evictions with long courthouse commute times, and finds that adopting video technology in court significantly reduce barriers to justice.

    From Penn Carey Law