By Zack Buck Yet another case that examines the authority of administrative agencies to interpret health care laws will make its way to the Supreme Court next term. And the case could have major implications…
by Rachel Rebouché Two years after deciding the case that overturned a constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court heard two cases on abortion law this term. The first involved a challenge to the U.S.…
by Elizabeth Sepper For the past decade, a blockbuster religion law case has been a feature of every Supreme Court term. The Court dramatically eased the ability of employers to claim religious exemptions. It overturned…
by Michael R. Ulrich Many advocates, legal scholars, and public health researchers concerned about the gun violence epidemic in the United States have viewed the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment doctrine as the greatest barrier to…
by Nathan Cortez If you wanted quick medical advice, you’d ask your friend with an MD or BSN. Not a JD. Likewise, if you wanted to know how to regulate nitrogen oxide under the Clean…
This post launches a new Digital Symposium: Supreme Court Preview: Key Health Law Issues for the 2024 Term, guest edited by Cary Franklin, Professor of Law, McDonald/Wright Chair of Law, and Faculty Director of the…
This digital symposium, Supreme Court Preview: Key Health Law Issues for the 2024 Term is guest-edited by Cary Franklin and Lindsay F. Wiley. Authors explore the restructuring of individual rights and governmental and private institutional…
We are delighted to welcome a new group of Student Fellows to the Petrie-Flom Center family: Spencer Andrews, Zain Khalid, Abeer Malik, Rebekah Ninan, Rupa Palanki, and Jessica Samuels. These six students are a fantastic cohort…
by James Toomey If you are supposed to make a legally binding decision on behalf of someone incapacitated by dementia, chances are the law will tell you to apply the “substituted judgment” standard—you will be…
by James Toomey Imagine that you were to develop dementia and someone else had to make medical decisions on your behalf. How would you want them to decide? Then suppose that you had to make…
