The Roundtable
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on cases and developments in law and the legal system.
on cases and developments in law and the legal system.
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By Isabela Baghdady Isabela Baghdady is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania with plans to study Political Science and History. Over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the increasing availability of vaccines has offered a glimmer of hope for a return to the “normalcy” of pre-COVID times. With over 86 million Americans fully vaccinated, the Biden administration has voiced hope that by summer time, there will be a welcome reprieve from the virus as well as the grief, social distancing, and uncertainty that has come with it [1].
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By Isabela Baghdady Isabela Baghdady is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania with plans to study Political Science and History. On May 25, 2020 the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, sparked protests across the nation. After released footage showed Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, a White man, kneeled on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes while he was in police custody, thousands of Americans took to the streets to demand racial justice and police reform [1]. Floyd’s now immortalized plea—”I can’t breathe”—has since become a symbol for African American repression under the structural racism embedded in the United States legal system.  Photo Credit: The Atlantic By Isabela Baghdady Isabela Baghdady is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania with plans to study Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. With Election Day weeks away Senate Republicans are in danger of losing the majority, prompting questions about the future of the Senate filibuster—a long-honored institutional practice that allows a single Senator to extend debate until 60 members agree to move to a vote [1].
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By Isabela Baghdady Isabela Baghdady is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania with plans to study Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. On September 18, 2020, the American political landscape was transformed: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an inspiring champion of women’s rights who served the American people with inimitable passion and precision, passed away. The United States not only lost an icon of the 21st century, but saw a change in the ideological balance of the nation’s highest court. Since RBG’s death, President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Court as well as the high probability of a swift Senate confirmation have almost guaranteed the shift of the Supreme Court from a 5-4 to a 6-3 conservative-leaning majority [1]. All the while, liberals’ faith in the judicial system continues to diminish. |
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