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The End of Public Health? It’s Not Dead Yet

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By Nicole Huberfeld Once again, health law has become a vehicle for constitutional change , with courts hollowing federal and state public health authority while also generating new challenges. In administrative law disputes, a critical aspect of public health law, clear statement rules enforce separation of powers.

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Six Opportunities to Use the Law to Support Harm Reduction

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Far too often, the public health imperative of harm reduction is blocked by federal policy, state laws, and other structural barriers anchored in the “war on drugs” that reduce the effectiveness of harm reduction efforts. Student at Temple University’s Department of Geography.

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

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Evaluating the possibility of conditional spending in the health space, Eloise Paschoff writes that “the scope of Congress’s power under the Spending Clause has remained extremely broad [after NFIB ].” What Would the “Thomas Court” Say?

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A Different Future Was Possible: Reflections on the US Pandemic Response

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Most crucially, the federal policy response created conditions in which states could implement universal SARS-CoV-2 mitigation measures (e.g., They allowed furloughed workers to, in most cases, earn more on unemployment than they had on the job. They allowed people to stay home when sick, protecting their coworkers.

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