The ''University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law'' is a

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covering the interdisciplinary study and analysis of

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. The ''Journal'' is published in print and electronically by an organization of second- and third-year J.D. students at the

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. It is one of the top three constitutional law journals and top fifty law journals in the

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based on citations and impact. Additionally, it is the third most cited non-Law Review journal in the United States. Articles published in the Journal have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court, including Justice

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in his dissent in '' Carpenter v. United States''; Justice

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in his concurrence in ''

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''; Justice

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in her opinion in ''

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''; and Chief Justice

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in his dissent in '' Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission''. The ''Journal'' publishes six issues per volume, including an issue or issues devoted to its multi-day

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. The journal is published in

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(home of the

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, which is depicted on the journal's cover). Beginning with Volume 15, the ''University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law Online'' (''JCL Online'') became the official online companion edition to the ''Journal''. ''JCL Online'' is committed to publishing short, timely articles, usually responding to new legal developments or novel issues. The current editor-in-chief is Katherine McKeen.

Symposia

Each year the ''Journal of Constitutional Law'' hosts a symposium focusing on popular topics in constitutional scholarship and featuring notable constitutional law scholars. Past topics include "The Judiciary and the Popular Will" (January 29–30, 2010), and "Presidential Power in Historical Perspective: Reflections on

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and Yoo's ''The

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''" (February 6–7, 2009). The most recent symposium, hosted in conjunction with the

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, focused on "The Past, Present, and Future of Presidential Elections" (January 29, 2021). Additionally, the ''Journal'' recently presented a joint symposium with the

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titled "Civil Procedure, Judicial Administration, and the Future of the Field: A

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in Honor of Professor

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" (February 12–13, 2021). This symposium brought together leading scholars in civil procedure and judicial administration, along with renowned jurists, and highlighted new scholarship in international and comparative procedure and interdisciplinary approaches.

Notable articles

* * David C. Baldus et al., ''The Use of Preemptory Challenges in

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Trials: A Legal and Empirical Analysis'', 3 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 3 (2001) *

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, ''The Supreme Court and the

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'', 3 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 573 (2001) * Randy E. Barnett, ''The Original Meaning of the

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'', 6 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 183 (200

* Adam Raviv, ''Unsafe Harbors: One man, one vote, One Person, One Vote and Partisan

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'', 7 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 1001 (2005) *

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, ''The Original Meaning of the Establishment Clause and the Impossibility of Its Incorporation'', 8 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 585 (2006) (cited by Justice

in his concurrence in

* Louis H. Pollak, ''"Liberty": Enumerated Rights? Unenumerated Rights?

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Rights? Other?'', 8 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 905 (2006) * Brian R. Decker, ''"The War of Information": The

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,''

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, ''and the

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's Warrantless-Wiretapping Program'', 9 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 291 (200

* Laurence Tribe, Laurence H. Tribe, ''Reflections on Unenumerated Rights'', 9 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 483 (2007) * Benjamin P. O'Glasser, ''"

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al,

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, and

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Struggle: Measure 37 and the

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"'', '' V''9 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 595 (2007) * Jeremy A. Blumenthal, Meera Adya & Jacqueline Mogle, ''The Multiple Dimensions of Privacy: Testing Lay "Expectations of Privacy,"'' 11 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 331 (2009) (cited by Justice

in his dissent in Carpenter v. United States

* Paul F. Figley, ''The Judgment Fund: America's Deepest Pocket and Its Susceptibility to Executive Branch Misuse'', 18 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 145 (2015) (cited by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, DC Circuit Court of Appeals in Keepseagle v. Perdue, 856 F.3d 1039 (2017) (Edwards, J.) * Stephen E. Henderson, ''Fourth Amendment Time Machines (and What They Might Say About Police Body Cameras)'', 18 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 933 (2016) (cited by the

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in United States v. Ganias, 824 F.3d 199, 220 n. 42 (2016) (Livingtson, Lynch JJ)) * Louis S. Rulli, ''Seizing Family Homes from the Innocent: Can the Eighth Amendment Protect Minorities and the Poor from Excessive Punishment in Civil Forfeiture?'', 19 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 1111 (2017) (cited heavily in the briefing in

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)

Editors-in-Chief

* Vol. 1 - Mike N. Gold (as Coordinating Editor) * Vol. 2 - David Liebowitz * Vol. 3 - Jeremy A. Blumenthal * Vol. 4 - Andrew C. von S. Smith * Vol. 5 - Jason A. Abel * Vol. 6 - Carlos S. Montoya * Vol. 7 - Akua E. Asare * Vol. 8 - Maura E. McKenna * Vol. 9 - Ellen C. Hu * Vol. 10 - Nabeel A. Yousef * Vol. 11 - Jeremy T. Adler * Vol. 12 - Jonathan P. Adams * Vol. 13 - Emily S. Stopa * Vol. 14 - Vivian Lee * Vol. 15 - Megan E. Barriger * Vol. 16 - Brandon Harper * Vol. 17 - Zachary C. Ewing * Vol. 18 - Barron M. Flood * Vol. 19 - Joseph F. Camp * Vol. 20 - Katherine J. King * Vol. 21 - Charles S. Nary * Vol. 22 - Myles S. Lynch * Vol. 23 - Diana Cummiskey * Vol. 24 - Katherine McKeen * Vol. 25 - Simone Hunter-Hobson

References

External links

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