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.
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Read more: The Beginning of the End of Federalism The Beginning of the End of Federalism
From this hearing we can anticipate substantial strengthening of an individual state’s ability to resist federal regulation.
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Read more: Major Questions about Vaccine Mandates, the Supreme Court, and the Major Questions Doctrine Major Questions about Vaccine Mandates, the Supreme Court, and the Major Questions Doctrine
A doctrine that essentially allows courts to strike down willy-nilly policies that they deem “major” undermines the federal government’s capacity to govern.
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Read more: Brittney Poolaw and the Long Tradition of State-Sponsored Control of Women and Their Fertility Brittney Poolaw and the Long Tradition of State-Sponsored Control of Women and Their Fertility
Poolaw’s conviction stands as a modern recapitulation of the historical violations that women have endured regarding their fertility.
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Read more: Health Justice Meets Reproductive Justice Health Justice Meets Reproductive Justice
When people cannot obtain abortion care, they incur social, financial, and physical costs that are difficult to bear.
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Read more: Beyond Abortion: The Far-Reaching Implications of SB 8’s Enforcement Mechanism Beyond Abortion: The Far-Reaching Implications of SB 8’s Enforcement Mechanism
The novel enforcement mechanism behind SB 8 may soon appear in a wide range of legislation, making it more difficult to challenge unconstitutional laws.
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Read more: How Social Movements Have Facilitated Access to Abortion During the Pandemic How Social Movements Have Facilitated Access to Abortion During the Pandemic
Further on-the-ground innovations, outside the courtroom and across state borders, will be needed to meet future challenges to abortion access.
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Read more: COVID-19 and the New Reproductive Justice Movement COVID-19 and the New Reproductive Justice Movement
The pandemic finally shifted the reproductive justice movement’s focus to abortion access, rather than abortion rights.
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Read more: The Patent Trial and Appeal Board Again Survives Supreme Court Review The Patent Trial and Appeal Board Again Survives Supreme Court Review
For the generic drug and biosimilar industries, the Supreme Court’s recent decision in United States v. Arthrex, Inc. comes as a relief.
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Read more: A Legislative Override Could Save the ACA (and Fix Other Misapplications of Health Laws) A Legislative Override Could Save the ACA (and Fix Other Misapplications of Health Laws)
The Biden administration could use legislative overrides to address any number of incorrect judicial interpretations of federal health laws.
