Professor Jules Epstein was persuaded by a colleague to ask ChatGPT to suggest opening lines for a case he had recently argued before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The results came as quite a surprise. Read More

President Trump’s approach to treaties is more aligned with monarchs from the Middle Ages than modern governments and risks “the death of the entire U.S. treaty system”, write Prof. Duncan Hollis and Prof. Gregory Fox in Foreign Policy magazine. Read More

Prof. Laura Little is a First Amendment scholar and expert on humor and the law. She offers her take on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and more in this Q&A with the Philadelphia Citizen. Read more

Sec. of State Rubio was for birthright citizenship before he was against it, filing a court brief during his 2016 presidential campaign. Prof. Peter Spiro tells the New York Times that the brief is a “powerful, succinct statement of why the 14th Amendment has been interpreted to cover almost all children born in the United States, regardless of parental immigration status.” Read More

After the FTC abandoned its ban on non-competes, states across the ideological spectrum stepped in to protect worker mobility. Prof. Jonathan Harris explores their strategies at LPE Blog. Read More

Stateless people in the US cannot obtain passports, birth certificates or other essential identification documents and have no direct path to gain US citizenship. Prof. Laura Bingham tells NPR “There’s no protection. You’re effectively the most vulnerable undocumented person …. it just forces people underground.” Read More

SCOTUS has been asked to overturn an appeals court decision finding that most of President Trump’s tariffs are unconstitutional. If they grant cert, says Prof. Jeffrey Dunoff, “The clear constitutional provision and specific statutory language involved in this case provide the court an opportunity to reject the President’s expansive invocation of emergency powers and vindicate core separation of powers principles.” Read More

Prof. Jules Epstein tells the New York Times that in more than 45 years as a criminal defense lawyer and death penalty litigator, he has never seen law enforcement wear masks – not even in high profile gang-related cases. Read More

USA Wealth Report 2025: America Tops Global Wealth Growth — But the Wealthy Eye Opportunities Abroad While the US remains one of the top destinations for global wealth migration, an increasing number of affluent Americans are actively seeking alternative residence and citizenship options abroad. Prof. Peter Spiro notes that “as Donald Trump’s second term unfolds with historic unpredictability, more Americans are confronting a stark reality: US citizenship alone no longer feels like a sufficient safeguard. Dual citizenship, once a luxury, is becoming the new American dream. In an era of rising uncertainty, many are seeking not just the right to stay, but the right to leave.”

An Al-generated video of a dead victim was used in an Arizona court case, raising questions about how the tech’s use might spread An Arizona court has heard “testimony” at the sentencing hearing for a man convicted of homicide from an Al-generated avatar of the victim. Professor Jules Epstein offers an analysis of how Pennsylvania courts might consider a similar admission and why it matters whether such evidence would be heard by a judge or a jury.