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View article: The Imperial Sovereign: Sovereign Immunity & the ADA
The Imperial Sovereign: Sovereign Immunity & the ADA Open
Professors Brown and Parmet examine the impact of the Supreme Court's resurrection of state sovereign immunity on the rights of individuals protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act in light of the recent decision, Board of Trustees…
View article: Judicial Decisions Constraining Public Health Powers During COVID-19: Implications For Public Health Policy Making
Judicial Decisions Constraining Public Health Powers During COVID-19: Implications For Public Health Policy Making Open
Public health legal powers are increasingly under pressure from the courts in the United States. During the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals and organizations successfully challenged many community mitigation orders (for example, mask mandat…
View article: Post-Truth Won’t Set Us Free
Post-Truth Won’t Set Us Free Open
Since the advent of COVID-19, the widespread dissemination of misleading health information has impeded efforts to control the pandemic. The COVID-19 “infodemic,” as the World Health Organization has termed it, is a symptom of the larger “…
View article: Accommodating Religious Objections to Vaccination Mandates—Implications of <i>Groff v DeJoy</i> for Health Care Employers
Accommodating Religious Objections to Vaccination Mandates—Implications of <i>Groff v DeJoy</i> for Health Care Employers Open
This JAMA Forum discusses Title VII challenges to vaccination mandates, the Groff v DeJoy decision, and the implications of the decision for health care employers.
View article: Addressing the Need for Accountability in Public Health
Addressing the Need for Accountability in Public Health Open
Addressing the Need for Accountability in Public Health Sonja A. Rasmussen MD, MS, Richard A. Goodman MD, JD, MPH, and Wendy E. Parmet JD Affiliation Sonja A. Rasmussen is with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD…
View article: Holding Clinicians in Public Office Accountable to Professional Standards
Holding Clinicians in Public Office Accountable to Professional Standards Open
Clinicians using governing authority to make public health policy are ethically obliged to draw upon scientific and clinical information that accords with professional standards. Just as the First Amendment does not protect clinicians who …
View article: Judicial Review of Public Health Powers Since the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends and Implications
Judicial Review of Public Health Powers Since the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends and Implications Open
During the COVID-19 pandemic, officials in the United States at all levels of government utilized their legal authorities to impose a wide range of measures designed to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome co…
View article: JME volume 51 issue 2 Cover and Front matter
JME volume 51 issue 2 Cover and Front matter Open
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View article: The US Supreme Court’s Rulings on Large Business and Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandates
The US Supreme Court’s Rulings on Large Business and Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandates Open
This Viewpoint examines the recent US Supreme Court rulings on government mandates for COVID-19 vaccination and how these decisions might affect the ongoing pandemic response as well as the future of public health.
View article: Government Speech, Distorted Science, and the First Amendment
Government Speech, Distorted Science, and the First Amendment Open
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have had to confront an extraordinary speech phenomenon: an onslaught of misinformation and recurring lies from government officials, including the former President and his top health officials, …
View article: Reversing Immigration Law's Adverse Impact on Health
Reversing Immigration Law's Adverse Impact on Health Open
Immigration laws and policies have long served to magnify the social vulnerability of immigrants and members of their communities. These vulnerabilities have worked alongside the punitive, anti-immigration policies that the Trump administr…
View article: Employer-Mandated Vaccination for COVID-19
Employer-Mandated Vaccination for COVID-19 Open
When the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided to grant emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first two vaccines for COVID-19, the United States' response to the pandemic entered a new phase. Initially, the greatest challenge i…
View article: Employer-Mandated Vaccination for COVID-19
Employer-Mandated Vaccination for COVID-19 Open
The greatest challenge to vaccination against COVID-19 may be the reluctance of large numbers of individuals to be vaccinated, including in the workplace. Many employers want their employees to be vaccinated to prevent the spread of the vi…
View article: Public Health Originalism and the First Amendment
Public Health Originalism and the First Amendment Open
Current First Amendment doctrine has set public health regulation and protections for commercial speech on a collision course. This Article examines the permissibility of compelled public health and safety warnings after the Supreme Court’…
View article: JME volume 49 issue 4 Cover and Front matter
JME volume 49 issue 4 Cover and Front matter Open
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View article: COVID-19: The Promise and Failure of Law in an Inequitable Nation
COVID-19: The Promise and Failure of Law in an Inequitable Nation Open
COVID-19: The Promise and Failure of Law in an Inequitable Nation Wendy E. Parmet JD, Scott Burris JD, Lance Gable JD, MPH, Sarah de Guia JD, Donna E. Levin JD, and Nicolas P. Terry LLM Affiliation Wendy E. Parmet is with the Center for He…
View article: <i>Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo</i> — The Supreme Court and Pandemic Controls
<i>Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo</i> — The Supreme Court and Pandemic Controls Open
stepping in to shield consumers.
View article: The Legal Response to COVID-19: Legal Pathways to a More Effective and Equitable Response
The Legal Response to COVID-19: Legal Pathways to a More Effective and Equitable Response Open
COVID-19 is the new disease this country had been preparing to take on for decades.1 So far, the response has been a failure, with huge human and economic costs. While peer countries have managed to get the pandemic under a degree of contr…
View article: Health Policy in the Supreme Court and a New Conservative Majority
Health Policy in the Supreme Court and a New Conservative Majority Open
This Viewpoint looks at the range of medical and public health issues that could be adversely affected by appointment of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court, including weakening or elimination of the Affordable Care Act, Medi…
View article: Health Policy in the Supreme Court and a New Conservative Majority
Health Policy in the Supreme Court and a New Conservative Majority Open
This Viewpoint looks at the range of medical and public health issues that could be adversely affected by appointment of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court, including weakening or elimination of the Affordable Care Act, Medi…