The latest installment of our Legal History Blog series on "Outside In" is out. This one is by my insightful @PennLaw colleague Serena Mayeri. It highlights some of Calabresi's employment discrimination decisions & makes connections to the work of Amy Kapczynski, Katie Eyer, & others.

Trump admitted on tape that he didn't declassify at least some of what he had. “As president, I could have declassified, but now I can’t." He added: "Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this." cnn.com/2023/06/09/pol…

An amazing scholar and person!

This. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

This week, we celebrate a historic moment: Sophia Z. Lee, the first woman dean in Penn Carey Law’s history begins her tenure. We welcome Dean Lee as she leads us toward a new era of Penn Carey Law. Learn more: penncareylaw.news/46CFNqI

This @lourdesgnavarro interview with SFAA's Ed Blum is wild. Blum has been working to end race-based aff action for years. He prefers race-neutral policies like the TX top-10% plan. The thing is... such plans aren't race-neutral. nytimes.com/2023/07/08/us/…

A Michigan hair salon says they are now banning members of the LGBT community after the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding discrimination— “I am not willing to... cater to requests outside of what I perceive as normal.” advocate.com/business/michi…

It’s not just a “controversial” position; it’s belied by 234 years of practice, and would turn the separation of powers totally on its head. It’s rather stunning that he’d say this out loud. Stunning—& revealing of the extent to which he thinks the Court *must* be unaccountable.

ICAP’s Executive Director Mary McCord sits down for another The Washington Post Q&A with Ruth Marcus about the third indictment of Donald Trump, for his multi-pronged attempt to overturn the 2020 election: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Judge Dale Ho, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York!

2/9: 43rd Annual Edward V. Sparer Symposium "Nothing Works Unless We Do: Harnessing Labor’s Power" will examine the current state of labor & organizing in the U.S. alongside its intersecting social movements. Hosted by the Toll Public Interest Center.penncareylaw.news/48UQsNV

From my fabulous colleague, Kate Shaw, who could not be more spot on about the importance of the Court acting quickly in the Trump immunity case nytimes.com/2024/03/11/opi…

Spent the day University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, workshopping “Back to the Future: (Re)constructing Ineffective Assistance of Counsel,” & connecting w/ friends @CaraMcClellan6 Jasmine E Harris Karen Tani (@kmtani.bsky.social) Kate Shaw Shaun Ossei Owusu Amanda Shanor #SandyMason Quattrone Center Thanks for the fantastic feedback 🙏🏾

Amanda Shanor & Alice Clapman, who submitted a Brennan Center proposal to address judge-shopping, talk about the federal courts' new policy w/ Talking Points Memo. A step in the right direction, but we still need a rule change to give litigants clarity & transparency. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judicial-…

After months of planning, I am so excited to announce our upcoming conference NYU Law next month, in partnership with Yale Law School, on the long 1920s — culminating in this open-to-the-public book conference on Robert Post’s magisterial two volume history of the Taft Court (1/2)

New OpEd in TIME from my brilliant colleague Serena Mayeri: time.com/6965160/trump-… University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

with thanks to Steve Vladeck and Amanda Shanor for expert guidance

NEW BLOG POST: Amanda Shanor of The Wharton School argues that the press should be treated at least as constitutionally exceptional as religion, and explores what such press exceptionalism might mean in practice: knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-const…

🔗: wapo.st/44OmlbR "The three of us have divergent views on many legal and political questions, but we all agree that the unchecked executive power the president claims poses an existential threat to liberty and constitutional democracy," writes Serena Mayeri,