Reclaiming Salus Populi
Public health law needs its own long-term plan. Such a strategy must re-establish salus populi, the recognition that public health is central to law.
Public Health Law
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Read more: Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy
If public health is to prosper, we will need to overcome the after-effects of several failures of imagination.
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Read more: The End of Public Health? An Introduction to the Symposium The End of Public Health? An Introduction to the Symposium
Certain aspects of public health law as we know it are dead. In this symposium, we propose a path forward to create a “new public health” from the ashes.
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Read more: The Right Tool for the Job: Supporting Vaccination Rates with Universal Paid Sick Leave The Right Tool for the Job: Supporting Vaccination Rates with Universal Paid Sick Leave
With COVID-19 vaccination rates lagging, it’s well past time for city, state, and federal governments to enact paid sick leave.
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Read more: Abortion Bans Threatening Pregnant Patients’ Lives Are Unconstitutional Abortion Bans Threatening Pregnant Patients’ Lives Are Unconstitutional
When abortion bans contravene physician implementation of life-saving interventions for pregnant patients, they cross a constitutional line.
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Read more: The Pandemic Policy Excuse of ‘Meeting People Where They Are’ The Pandemic Policy Excuse of ‘Meeting People Where They Are’
Even where interventions are unpopular, the pursuit of a just world cannot be reduced to a popularity contest.
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Read more: Stemming Supreme Court Rights Reversals Stemming Supreme Court Rights Reversals
The Supreme Court should be wary of denying previously-granted rights through logic that does not comport with the Constitution’s cohesive foundations.
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Read more: A Brief History of Abortion Jurisprudence in the United States A Brief History of Abortion Jurisprudence in the United States
This brief history of abortion rights and jurisprudence in the United States aims to clarify just what is at stake in Dobbs.
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Read more: The Leaked Dobbs Opinion, Explained The Leaked Dobbs Opinion, Explained
The background of the case, the contents of the draft opinion, and potential implications for abortion access and other rights.
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Read more: Flaws in the Textualist Argument Against the CDC Mask Mandate Flaws in the Textualist Argument Against the CDC Mask Mandate
Linguistically speaking, there are three reasons to reject the court’s analysis offered for striking down the CDC’s mask mandate.
