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Essay in MIT Press Reader
Written as part of a recent Harvard Law School faculty essay collection America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance, I. Glenn Cohen’s article on reproductive technology covers how surrogacy, embryo disputes, and synthetic gametes raise profound, unanswered questions about liberty and equality.
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Can States Still Protect Public Health? The Risk of a Climate Regulatory Vacuum
On Oct. 5, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that has the potential to greatly impact state and local municipalities’ ability to fight widespread threats to public and environmental health.
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Clinical Trials May Need a Backup Plan for U.S.–EU Data Sharing
The Supreme Court’s June 2026 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter may affect how U.S. clinical trial sponsors receive long-term safety data from Europe.
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Law and Severe Mental Illness: The Lindsay Clancy Trial
Published Author Share As a forensic psychologist, I have conducted hundreds of forensic evaluations, including in cases where a defendant has raised lack of criminal responsibility — or colloquially, the “insanity defense.” These cases are complex because having a mental illness by itself, even a severe mental illness, does not necessarily mean the person is not…
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Bans on Assault Weapons Reach the U.S. Supreme Court
The American Medical Association declared gun violence a “public health crisis” in 2016. In June 2024, then U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, took a significant stand on the relationship between public health and gun violence by issuing the first ever advisory opinion declaring gun violence a national public health crisis.
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I. Glenn Cohen and Rochelle Walensky
December 2023
This interview focuses on Dr. Walensky’s career as an infectious disease clinician focused on HIV/AIDS, her experience leading the CDC during COVID-19, and her reflections on public health infrastructure in the United States and internationally.
