Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away suddenly at the age of 79 last weekend, shifting the dynamic of the nation’s highest court and igniting a heated debate over his successor. Appointed to the Court […]
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Quick Take: Drexel Law Professor Discusses Supreme Court’s Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
On June 26, the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriage, and that gay marriage is legal nationwide. It’s a victory in the long struggle for the gay rights movement that has established […]
Television Industry Expert Available to Discuss Supreme Court’s ABC v. Aereo Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in favor of American Broadcasting Company in ABC v. Aereo effectively struck down the web-based streaming service’s business plan for capturing and rebroadcasting television content to its subscribers. The […]
Drexel Law Expert Available to Discuss Violence Against Abortion Clinic Workers
In light of the upcoming ruling by the Supreme Court on the abortion clinic buffer zone case McCullen vs. Coakley, David S. Cohen, JD, is available to comment on violence against abortion clinic workers and […]
Aereo Case Could Set a New Precedent For Storing, Streaming Television Content
This week the Supreme Court hears arguments in American Broadcasting Company v. Aereo with its ruling likely to reverberate among cloud storage providers, cable companies, broadcast networks and television consumers. Aereo is a web-based subscription […]
The Battle Over Reproductive Rights
On the eve of the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on abortion, constitutional law and gender issues expert David S. Cohen joined MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” show for a discussion […]
Legal and Public Health Experts Comment on Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Experts from Drexel’s Earle Mack School of Law and School of Public Health are available to comment for news stories about today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that the Defense of Marriage Act […]
Roe v. Wade: 40 Years Later
Forty years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide. David S. Cohen, a professor in the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University, whose scholarship explores constitutional law […]
Bank Robber Turned Supreme Court Litigator
Shon Hopwood isn’t the typical law student. Sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for robbing 5 banks in his home state of Nebraska, Hopwood used his time on the inside to teach himself the […]