JUD MATHEWS APPEARS ON ‘FACE THE STATE’
June 2025 — Jud Mathews, associate dean for academic affairs and professor of law and political science, recently appeared on ‘Face the State,’ a show that discusses the issues and politics that shape Pennsylvania. Mathews joined host Joel D. Smith on the topic of the impact of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” a legislative budget package, on courts. In the current bill, which now faces the Senate, there is a provision targeting United States Courts enforcement.
“This is a concerning provision of this bill,” said Mathews. “If this were enacted, it could make it harder for federal courts to do their job.”
Watch the interview, beginning at the 7:43 mark.
Jud Mathews is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Penn State Dickinson Law. His scholarly work focuses mostly on administrative law and constitutional law. He has written extensively about techniques of constitutional rights adjudication, in the United States and in other jurisdictions, and in particular about proportionality review. His scholarship in administrative law has explored, among other topics, the political economy of judicial deference doctrines and the tensions between administrative law and democratic theory.