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Penn Law reacts to the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in her office at the court in Washington. (Image: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Penn Law reacts to the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

President Joe Biden has selected the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as his nominee to the Supreme Court.

From Penn Carey Law

Former Justice Breyer law clerks share perspectives on his retirement
The Supreme Court Building

The Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

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Former Justice Breyer law clerks share perspectives on his retirement

Statements from Ted Ruger, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law, and Jacques deLisle, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law & Professor of Political Science.

From Penn Carey Law

2020 voting report: By the numbers
Students bend over to fill out paperwork on a table

Students sign up on National Voter Registration Day in September 2021. 

2020 voting report: By the numbers

Penn students voted in unprecedented numbers during the 2020 presidential election, in part due to the voter-engagement program Penn Leads the Vote, which recently won the 2021 ALL IN Democracy Challenge Best Action Plan Award.

Kristina Linnea García

President Gutmann votes at Houston Hall
Amy Gutmann leaves voting booth

President Amy Gutmann emerges from a booth in Houston Hall, just after casting her vote.

President Gutmann votes at Houston Hall

Exercising her civic duty, Penn’s leader participated in Pennsylvania’s 2021 general election.

Penn Today Staff

1 in 3 Americans say they might consider abolishing or limiting Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court building.

1 in 3 Americans say they might consider abolishing or limiting Supreme Court

A new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that more than a third of Americans say they might be willing to abolish the Supreme Court or have Congress limit its jurisdiction.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Americans’ civics knowledge increases during a stress-filled year
U.S. Capitol at night.

Americans’ civics knowledge increases during a stress-filled year

The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s annual survey follows increased media coverage of the powers, functions, and prerogatives of the three branches in a year marked by impeachment proceedings and a pandemic.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

What you need to know about the protests in Cuba
Amalia Dache sitting criss-cross applesauce on a sea wall in Cuba reading a book.

Amalia Dache during a research trip to Cuba. (Image: Courtesy of  Santiel Rodríguez Velázquez)

What you need to know about the protests in Cuba

Penn GSE’s Amalia Dache traveled to Cuba in 2018 and 2019 to research the Afro Cuban experience, and the opportunities that existed—or were closed off from—the island nation’s significant Black population.

From Penn GSE

Supreme Court decision rules Arizona’s laws constitutional
Glass doors read "polling station" with opening times listed

“What you should be doing with voting is trying to make it as easy as possible for people to vote with the fewest restrictions,” says Mary Frances Berry. 

Supreme Court decision rules Arizona’s laws constitutional

In Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the Supreme Court ruled that Arizona’s election laws—pertaining to out of precinct ballots and whether or not third parties can pick up and deliver absentee ballots—do not violate the Voting Rights Act.

Kristina Linnea García

Anti-trans legislation: ‘Game pieces in the culture wars’
progressive lgbtq flag

Philadelphians celebrate the outcome of 2020’s presidential election, waving the Progress Pride Flag while marching through Center City. The U.S. saw the rollback of trans civil rights protections in health care, education, housing, employment, and other areas under the Trump administration. (Image: Rashaad Jorden, also featured on homepage)

Anti-trans legislation: ‘Game pieces in the culture wars’

With 117 bills proposed across 33 U.S. states, 2021 is a record-breaking year for anti-trans legislation.

Kristina Linnea García , Julian Shendelman

Journalism, law, and freedom of the press
Two journalists take photos in a crowd with a person wearing a face shield in the foreground.

Journalism, law, and freedom of the press

Law student Peter Jacobs draws on his background as a professional journalist for his forthcoming Comment on freedom of the press in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law.

From Penn Carey Law