Playing the Long Game for Public Health Law
A persuasive political case must be made to bolster public health law and invest in the capacity of the public health system.
OSHA
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Read more: Federalizing Public Health Federalizing Public Health
The most promising path forward in public health is to continue recognizing federal authority and responsibility in this space.
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Read more: Overhauling our Federal Courts to Preserve and Advance Public Health Overhauling our Federal Courts to Preserve and Advance Public Health
Judicial partisanship is a major threat to public health. Congress should implement reforms to address this problem at its roots.
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Read more: Relying on the Unreliable? COVID-19 Claims Can’t Proceed Without a Proper Standard of Care Relying on the Unreliable? COVID-19 Claims Can’t Proceed Without a Proper Standard of Care
Without a reliable standard of care, COVID-19 tort claims should not see the success achieved in other contagious disease cases.
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Read more: A Different Future Was Possible: Reflections on the US Pandemic Response A Different Future Was Possible: Reflections on the US Pandemic Response
Elements of the early U.S. pandemic response can help us remember that the limits of what is possible are perhaps wider than we think.
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Read more: The Most Dangerous Branch: A Review of the Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 Term 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.
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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.
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Read more: The Supreme Court’s Rulings on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Explained The Supreme Court’s Rulings on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Explained
The Court drew new and unprecedented lines between the kinds of risks that agencies have power to address through federal regulations.
