The Most Dangerous Branch: A Review of the Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 Term
A review of key decisions from the Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 term, including rulings on abortion, concealed carry, and regulatory authority.
Vaccines
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Read more: COVID-19, Patents, and Trade Secrets COVID-19, Patents, and Trade Secrets
Has the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines been impacted by patent rights? David Gindler and Jasper L. Tran argue that the story is complicated.
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Read more: It’s Time for the Federal Government to Get Back to Protecting the Nation Against COVID-19 It’s Time for the Federal Government to Get Back to Protecting the Nation Against COVID-19
Despite recent Supreme Court rulings, the federal government still has considerable power to both lead and persuade.
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Read more: The Proposed TRIPS Compromise Risks Setting Several Bad Precedents The Proposed TRIPS Compromise Risks Setting Several Bad Precedents
The proposal introduces precedents that will be used to justify further narrowing of TRIPS flexibilities.
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Read more: COVID ‘Compromise’ on International IP Underscores Need for New Approach COVID ‘Compromise’ on International IP Underscores Need for New Approach
For COVID treatments and diagnostics to be broadly available at affordable prices, their IP must be considered a global public good.
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Read more: Vaccine Mandates in the Military: Litigation Over Religious Exemptions Vaccine Mandates in the Military: Litigation Over Religious Exemptions
To date, the military branches have granted very few religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
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Read more: Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics
Research funding contracts can help to safeguard against inequities in global allocation and distribution of lifesaving diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines.
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Read more: The Bind We’re in — And How the Supreme Court Put Us There The Bind We’re in — And How the Supreme Court Put Us There
It is time to step away from this destructive path where nine unelected individuals can decide our fate.
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Read more: NFIB v. OSHA and Its Contradiction with the GOP’s Disability Employment Agenda NFIB v. OSHA and Its Contradiction with the GOP’s Disability Employment Agenda
Conservative jurisprudence during the pandemic is at odds with the goal of full, in-person employment.
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Read more: Who ‘Deserves’ Health, Who ‘Deserves’ Freedom? A Recurrent Divide in SCOTUS Vaccine Mandate Cases Who ‘Deserves’ Health, Who ‘Deserves’ Freedom? A Recurrent Divide in SCOTUS Vaccine Mandate Cases
Many occupational risks, after all, can be framed as universal. If those protections, too, fall, the most vulnerable will, as always, be most vulnerable.