The U.S. Supreme Court heard eight cases during the February Sitting. This edition of May it please the Court covers the last four cases—including the second Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) case this term. Hungary v. Simon (Oyez) was the first one.
Category: Opinion
Sarah Mester | Why I Support Israel
I support Israel because history—and my experience at Penn—has taught me that I have no other choice. After October 7, I knew that the coming rhetorical fight would force me to lean on that principle. I knew that my community—one that I value deeply—would soon have to fight a heart-wrenching, fraught, and completely necessary battle.
Nicolas Casey | Why I Support Palestine: Realpolitik in the New Jerusalem
Sentimentality has no place in foreign affairs. When we allow our judgement to be clouded by emotional considerations, we run the risk of making catastrophic miscalculations on behalf of the American people. If we do not heed the lessons of history today, we gamble with repeating this mistake at a far more disastrous scale in Israel.
Abraham Franchetti | Are private credit BDCs too risky to invest in?
The rapid growth of business development companies in private credit is concerning argues Abraham Franchetti.
Brett Seaton | Populism, 10 years in
Brett Seaton offers a review of populism’s impact on our republic, 10 years into its resurgence.
Nicolas Scola | Participation Trophies: how to create a generation of excuses, laziness, and depression
Failure is a necessary part of proper growth and development, something which participation trophies prevent children from experiencing.
Eli Cohen | Defeated in Damascus
There has been a spectacular, rapid collapse of the Iranian axis argues Eli Cohen.
Sarah Mester | Alarmism is not analysis
Sarah Mester explores the accuracy of the DP’s claim that Trump will deport students and defund Penn.
Wesley Liu | Victimhood culture at Penn: a case of misplaced oppression
Wesley Liu argues that a recent article in the DP recounts an encounter that highlights the inanity of perpetual victimhood and the negativity that follows.
Lucas Richman | RFK Jr. and Matt Gaetz should not be members of the Trump cabinet
RFK Jr. and Matt Gaetz have been nominated for major positions within the Trump Administration but, their records should disqualify them from consideration writes Lucas Richman.