Penn Journal of Constitutional Law

A legal journal dedicated to advancing the interdisciplinary study and analysis of constitutional law. Published by @PennLaw students. Founded 1997.

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In his recent JCL article titled "Vindicating Public Rights," Blake Emerson, Professor at @UCLA_Law, discusses and critiques the recent trends towards a formalist approach to administrative law. Read his recent article in JCL Vol. 26, Issue 6: https://t.co/dwd4C202To

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Sam Bookman, Postdoctoral Fellow in Law @Harvard_Law and @Nyulaw, advocates for a reconceptualization of environmental rights in “Defensive Environmental Constitutionalism: American Possibilities.” Read more about Bookman’s work in Vol. 26, Iss. 5 of JCL: https://t.co/o72eFyqRHO

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Professor James R. May @washburnlaw discusses the future of climate rights in his article “Subnational Climate Rights in America." Read his article in JCL vol. 26, iss. 5 to learn more: https://t.co/1owNuHWX6F

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In his article, “The Administrative State, Inside Out,” Professor Cass Sunstein of @harvardlaw discusses the legitimacy of the administrative state. Read his article in Volume 26 of JCL online: https://t.co/ffHVCZLPbH

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Quinn Yeargain argues against rights-based litigation to effectuate environmentalist change in our legal system. Learn more about Prof. Yeargain's legal and policy recommendations in his article, "Against Environmental Rights Supremacy," in JCL 26.5: https://t.co/0JoSanawDn

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In Volume 26, Issue 5 of JCL, Mary Christina Wood considers the current legal regime around environmental rights and how the public trust principle can be used to channel environmental advocacy in an age when courts are hesitant to intervene: https://t.co/lZidmYlsK4.

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Join JCL for a lively lunchtime discussion with Prof. Jerry Dickinson on his forthcoming article, "Judicial Laboratories," to be published in Vol. 27, Issue 1 of JCL.

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Was Madison truly the Father of our Constitution? William Ewald proposes that it was James Wilson who proposed key concepts adopted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in this classic JCL article from 2008: https://t.co/5bAXmwMLIS

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Mitchell Berman writes that "[t]he law of religious liberty under the U.S. Constitution is a riot of principles." Read more about Berman's exploration of the constitutional principles of religious liberty in the latest issue of JCL:
https://t.co/at3YvFYafQ

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Volume 26.5 is now live on our website! You can find the articles here: https://t.co/ogUPY9u3mU. The articles in this issue came from our Symposium, which was titled "The Constitutional Right to a Clean Environment."

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"The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban still on the books in the state is enforceable, a bombshell decision that adds the state to the growing lists of places where abortion care is effectively banned." https://t.co/KCuLbsOqsx

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"During [WWII], Congress authorized President Franklin Roosevelt to enlist oil refineries for the war effort. Centralization helped meet the war’s rapidly increasing demand for fuel. But it also led to a glut of hazardous waste . . ."

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"The Marquette University Law School poll, released Wednesday, found that 47 percent of Americans said they either “strongly” or “somewhat” approve of “the way the Supreme Court is handling its job” in March, up from 40 percent the previous month." https://t.co/j8WG20sHk7

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During oral argument last week, the Court seemed to favor the IRS in a case about the tax treatment of life insurance policies that closely held corporations use upon the death of a shareholder.

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"The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled that it was likely to allow mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, to remain widely available in the United States."

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"A majority of justices seemed to doubt the antiabortion doctors had legal standing to challenge rules on mifepristone." https://t.co/seYkMJmOGq

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"[SCOTUS] on Tuesday ruled that a lawsuit filed by an Oregon man who was placed on the No Fly List can go forward even after the government has removed him from the list and pledged not to return him to it 'based on the currently available information.'"

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"The Supreme Court ruled Friday that public officials may block people on social media in certain circumstances . . . ." https://t.co/A4LCoW0MwP

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In a pair of cases involving local officials in California and Michigan, the Supreme Court held that public officials can be held liable for blocking critics on their personal social media accounts.

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"On Monday, the justices will be focused on whether the Biden administration’s communications with private social media companies transformed the platform’s content moderation decisions into state action, violating the First Amendment."

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