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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.

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    • 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

    SCOTUS limits federal court review in immigration cases
    Small child being detained by U.S. Border Patrol.

    Migrants are detained while being processed by US Border Patrol before boarding a bus to a detention center on June 1, 2022 in La Joya, Texas. (Image: John Lamparski/SIPA US/Sipa via AP Images)

    SCOTUS limits federal court review in immigration cases

    Penn Carey Law School’s Sarah Paoletti says the recent Supreme Court decisions will have a “devastating impact on non-citizens and their family members.”

    Facing climate change with optimism
    Satellite view of receding sea ice from space.

    Receding Arctic sea ice, as seen from space.

    (Image: NASA/Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio)

    Facing climate change with optimism

    In the course titled Climate Change & the Energy Evolution, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law students learn how to use their legal skills to decarbonize the world’s economy.

    From Penn Carey Law

    Reactions to leaked SCOTUS decision on the future of Roe v. Wade
    Crowd in front of U.S. Supreme Court at night holding pro-choice signs like BANS OFF OUR BODIES and I STAND WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD.

    A crowd of people gather outside the Supreme Court on Monday, May 2, 2022 in Washington. A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that earlier this year a majority of them had thrown support behind overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a report published Monday night in Politico. (Image: AP Photo/Anna Johnson)

    Reactions to leaked SCOTUS decision on the future of Roe v. Wade

    According to a leaked draft published by Politico, the Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights. University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School faculty offer perspectives.

    From Penn Carey Law