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Law
Penn Law’s key role in Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund for small businesses
Penn Law’s key role in Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund for small businesses
Penn Law and Wharton MBA students put their new skills to practice to help draft the Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund, which allocates forgivable loans to small businesses impacted by the pandemic’s economic downturn.
Internet connectivity during the novel coronavirus pandemic
Internet connectivity during the novel coronavirus pandemic
A Q&A with Penn Law’s Christopher Yoo on the importance of internet connectivity at this moment, with millions of people around the world working and schooling from home.
The legal history of epidemics in America
The legal history of epidemics in America
Sarah Barringer Gordon, the Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law and Professor of History, offers a commentary on American political responses to epidemics past.
Allison Hoffman on congressional response to coronavirus
Allison Hoffman on congressional response to coronavirus
Penn Law Professor Allison Hoffman, a health care law and policy expert, explains HR 6201 and what it means in practical terms.
Karen Tani named a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
Karen Tani named a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
Karen Tani has been named the University of Pennsylvania’s 24th Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett.
Penn Law’s Beth Simmons on improving the UN Human Rights Treaty
Penn Law’s Beth Simmons on improving the UN Human Rights Treaty
Self-reporting contributes to human rights improvements, says Simmons in a paper she co-authored on recommendations to inform the review of the UN Human Rights Treaty.
Nuclear weapons in an age of emerging technologies
Nuclear weapons in an age of emerging technologies
As part of a weeklong residency at Perry World House, Nobel Peace Prize winner Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, spoke on the impact artificial intelligence and other technologies have on nuclear risk.
Dorothy Roberts on prison abolition constitutionalism
Dorothy Roberts on prison abolition constitutionalism
In “Abolition Constitutionalism,” the Penn Law professor argues that prison abolitionists can “reinvigorate abolition constitutionalism” by using the Reconstruction Amendments.
Revolving door politics: Can a U.S. president rejoin an international treaty?
Revolving door politics: Can a U.S. president rejoin an international treaty?
A new article by Penn Law Professor Jean Galbraith illuminates how and why future presidents can use their power to reenter the same international agreements the current president is withdrawing from, without returning to Congress for renewed advice and consent.
W. P. Carey Foundation makes historic $125 million gift to name Penn’s law school
W. P. Carey Foundation makes historic $125 million gift to name Penn’s law school
Leader in legal education is named University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in recognition of transformative commitment—the largest ever to a law school.
In the News
New York Daily News
What New York still owes those abused as children: Gov. Cuomo took a big step; now, go further
Marci Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences co-authored an op-ed about the extension of New York’s Child Victim’s Act by way of executive order. The next step is to expand the look-back window for victims, they wrote.
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ABC News
President Trump to claim 'absolute immunity' from subpoenas in Supreme Court appeal
Claire Finkelstein of the Law School spoke about the upcoming Supreme Court arguments on executive power. “It would literally put the president above the law if the Supreme Court sides with the president's lawyers in this case,” she said.
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The New York Times
Trump’s bid to stand above the law
Claire Finkelstein of the Law School and a University of Minnesota colleague wrote about an upcoming Supreme Court case on executive privilege and President Trump’s claims of “temporary absolute immunity” while in office. “If the justices endorse this extreme view, they will make it impossible to hold this president, and all future presidents, answerable in courts for their actions,” they wrote.
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The Washington Post
Can the U.S. sue China for COVID-19 damages? Not really.
Jacques deLisle of the Law School and the School of Arts & Sciences said U.S. proposals to sue China for coronavirus-related harms are “legally flawed and politically fraught.”
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Bloomberg
McConnell says he favors letting states declare bankruptcy
David Skeel of the Law School commented on Mitch McConnell’s support for letting states declare bankruptcy. “That’s amazing,” Skeel said. “This is a pretty strong signal that bankruptcy for states ought to be part of the policy debate.”
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The Washington Post
Freezing funding, adjourning Congress, reopening states. What are the limits on Trump’s power?
Claire Finkelstein of the Law School offered insight on the limits of presidential power in times of crisis.
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