Law

How to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility

On the 20th anniversary of the arrival of detainees at the U.S. prison, Penn’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law releases 13 recommendations on how to shutter the facility.

From Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law



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Wired

Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht is waiting for Trump to keep his word—and set him free

Leeza Garber of the Wharton School says that legal questions can’t be neatly isolated from ethical and political ones.

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ABC News

Courts restrained Trump in first term. Will they ‘check’ his power again?

Kate Shaw of Penn Carey Law says that the current Supreme Court is less likely to act as a check on presidential power than the Supreme Court of a few years ago.

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The New York Times

What a Trump presidency might mean for Mayor Adams’s criminal case

Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law comments on the incoming presidential administration and the legal woes of the New York City mayor.

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Business Insider

Elon Musk wins big by betting on Trump

Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that Elon Musk might view himself as capable of “turning around the federal government.”

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Bloomberg

What a reelected Trump can and can’t do to sway the Fed

Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that whether a president can remove the Federal Reserve chair is ambiguous because the law doesn’t explicitly provide “for cause” protection for the role.

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CNET

Election Day 2024: Can people see who I vote for?

Michael Morse of Penn Carey Law says that ballots are anonymous and won’t be connected back to a name when tabulated.

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