Drawing together Fowler School of Law faculty, students and alumni, October 23rd’s SCOTUS in FOCUS discussion panel delivered another masterclass in legal scholarship, providing a non-partisan forum for discussion, debate and a thorough weighing up of the merits of key United States Supreme Court decisions from 2024-25 term.

Faculty panelists, Interim Dean Kenneth Stahl, Dr. Tom Campbell and Professor Larry Rosenthal, led by special guest moderator, decorated United States Marine Corps Judge, alumnus LtCol Alex Douvas (JD ’05), tackled SCOTUS decisions and opinions on cases as disparate as Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, Mahmoud v. Taylor, Seven County Infrastructure v. Eagle County, CO, and United States v. Skrmetti. The panelists took the Supreme Court opinions to task while considering the intricacies of each case and giving careful regard to the implications for similar cases and how these decisions may impact lower court decisions in the future.

An annual fixture on the Fowler School of Law event calendar, now in its second year, SCOTUS in Focus offers the Fowler School of Law community unique insights into the decisions from the most senior jurists in the land, shedding light on their decisions and framing the issues at stake within the pageant of national affairs, scholarly excellence and intellectual rigor. This year’s event provided a showcase of professionalism, collegiality and civility as faculty panelists dissected the issues and inspected the merits of each case.