Karen Tani (@kmtani.bsky.social)
@kmtani
Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor in History & Law @Penn. Blogs @legalhistory @lpeblog. Poverty, disability, rights, agencies, US state.
So thrilled to see this article w/ @katie_eyer out in the world! - on the foundational role of #disability cases in SCOTUS's "new federalism" revolution, w/ ongoing significance today yalelawjournal.org/feature/disabi…
Issue 3 is live! With Articles—by @CamillaHrdy (@AkronLaw) & @cbseaman (@wlulaw), and by @jason_s_oh & Andrew Verstein @UCLA_Law)—a Feature—by @katie_eyer (@RutgersLaw) & @kmtani (@pennlaw)—a Note—by Elle Eshleman (@YaleLawSch ’23)—and a Comment—by Eric Eisner (@YaleLawSch ’23)
I’m honored that my article Third-Party Accommodations (forthcoming in the Michigan Law Review) was selected for the 2025 Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum! Can’t wait to workshop it with some amazing colleagues at HLS in June 🙏🏻
Ablavsky & Berger on Birthright Citizenship -- "Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof: The Indian Law Context" dlvr.it/TKGxz4
This collection - touching on everything from cost-benefit analysis and notice & comment to questions of representation and Hegelian political theory - is a tremendous resource for anyone grappling with the place of the administrative state in a democratic society.
Today, we reach into the vault and highlight some of our most illuminating posts on administrative law and democratic governance. Featuring Sabeel Rahman, Karen Tani, Sophia Z. Lee, Kate Jackson, Daniel Walters, Blake Emerson, and more. lpeproject.org/blog/from-the-…
An update from @TheArcUS @DREDF @NHeLP_org @BazelonCenter @public_rep @AlisonBarkoff on the Texas v. Becerra lawsuit attacking Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act: dredf.org/wp-content/upl…
@BrentCebul and I are thrilled that our new collection, Mastery and Drift: Professional Class Liberals since the 1960s, is out today from @UChicagoPress. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book… When we began this project a few years ago, we had no idea how sadly relevant exploring the
My colleagues voted to grant me tenure. I'm grateful to countless mentors & friends @BrownUniversity @harvardgov @Harvard_Law @UChicagoLaw @Wharton (plus some anonymous letter-writers!) Tenure in academia is a privilege. I will strive to use it well.
Post on the Judiciary Act of 1925 and Supreme Court Legitimacy, buff.ly/4jnxuW0 - Robert Post (Yale University - Law School) has posted The Supreme Court’s Crisis of Authority: Law, Politics, and the Judiciary Act of 1925 on SSRN.
The @StanfordLawHist is hiring a new fellow! An amazing opportunity for legal historians planning to go on the academic market in the next few years. law.stanford.edu/stanford-cente…
I was thrilled to learn, just before Christmas, that I was elected to the American Law Institute. Many thanks to the colleagues who nominated me! law.wm.edu/news/stories/2…
I learned so much reading this paper — highly recommend it!!!
Big new article alert: @pennlaw Prof. @Jeharrislaw on "The Political Economy of Conservatorship," in @UCLALawReview: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf….
Lee on the Fourth Amendment Privacy, buff.ly/4iySqsR - Sophia Z. Lee (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School) has posted The Reconciliation Roots of Fourth Amendment Privacy (The University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 91, p. 2139, 2024) on SSRN.
Excellent review of the gradual disappearance of criminal procedure cases of all kinds from the SCOTUS docket.
#SCOTUS is set to hear *0* appeals from state criminal convictions this term. That total may be a fluke, but the gradual disappearance of such cases from the docket isn’t. And as today’s “One First” explains, it has lots of (bad) downstream implications: stevevladeck.com/p/113-direct-a…
very excited about this !!
@BNofil’s The Migrant’s Jail is featured in the December 16 issue of the @NewYorker: hubs.ly/Q02_cG4W0
For those interested in The Plaintiff Police, a new draft is up, and comments still very welcome!
This article discusses how #policeofficers are taking on the role of plaintiffs in civil #litigation, suing individuals for harms such as physical injuries, emotional distress, #defamation, & privacy violations. Read: spkl.io/6011fZjTc Subscribe: spkl.io/6014fZjTm
Suggestions for good pieces on the history of US criminal legal education? Changes over time? Leaders in development? Classifying cases? TIA
Christen Hammock Jones (@ChristenHammoc1), one of my brilliant @PennHistory PhD students, has a new op-ed out in @TIME's "Made by History" section: "Abortion Has Always Been More Than Health Care." Give it a read! time.com/7199096/aborti…
