New Legal Mapping Method Highlights Recent Laws Limiting Public Health Emergency Orders
Legislators in 19 states have enacted laws to limit state executive authority to respond to the pandemic or future health emergencies.

Legislators in 19 states have enacted laws to limit state executive authority to respond to the pandemic or future health emergencies.
By Valerie Gutmann Koch, Govind Persad, and Wendy Netter Epstein On March 17, the Washington Post published an op-ed by Dr. Jeremy Faust, titled Make This Simple Change to Free Up Hospital Beds Now. In it, he argues that cities and states should “temporarily relax the legal standard of medical malpractice,” in order to encourage…