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UrduSuzanne Bell, PhD, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is available to comment on the safety of mifepristone and the impact of restricting access to it as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the Food…
Tag: U.S. Supreme Court
Bloomberg School Experts on Anniversary of Dobbs Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade
Two reproductive health and legal experts from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are available for comment about the upcoming one-year anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (June 24), which overturned the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark…
Supreme Court will ultimately determine future of Clean Water Act, Tulane expert says
In the latest development in nationwide disputes over the scope of the Clean Water Act, a federal judge in North Dakota has issued a preliminary injunction that blocks a Biden Administration rule over which waters can be regulated. The ruling…
UW law professor available on Navajo Nation water rights case before U.S. Supreme Court
Monte Mills, professor of law at the University of Washington and director of the UW Native American Law Center, is available to speak on State of Arizona v. Navajo Nation, which the U.S. Supreme Court takes up March 20. Mills…
Upcoming Supreme Court ruling could dramatically limit Clean Water Act, Tulane expert says
The U.S. Supreme Court could soon rule on a challenge to the Clean Water Act, dramatically affecting the quality of the nation’s waterways. Haley Gentry, a water law expert at the Tulane University Law School, says that if the high…
CONSUMER PROTECTION UPHELD AS U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS FLORIDA LICENSURE CASE
The U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming schedule of cases, announced December 5, did not include the case of Heather Kokesch Del Castillo v. Secretary, Florida Department of Health. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics called the decision a victory for consumers who will be protected from harm by health care services provided by unqualified and unlicensed practitioners.
WVU law professor says leak of draft opinion from U.S. Supreme Court on abortion rights will have ‘significant impact’ on people’s trust in High Court
“Shocking” is how a law professor at West Virginia University describes the alleged leak of a draft majority opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court, first reported by Politico, which appears to strike down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision…
Ray Brescia on the supreme court and ethics
Since the election of 2020, issues of legal and judicial ethics have dominated the news.
Media Law, Communication, and Free Speech Expert Comments on Supreme Court Ruling on a Student’s Profane Rant
Jason Shepard, professor of Communications at California State University, Fullerton, specializes in media law and is available to comment on this morning’s 8-1 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the free speech of a high school cheerleader who posted a profane rant on Snapchat in 2017.
Though ‘unsurprising,’ U.S. Supreme Court decision on Affordable Care Act a relief for many
The United States Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, should not come as a total surprise despite the conservative efforts to invalidate the law, according to West Virginia University policy and legal experts.…
Expert Available: Supreme Court Nominations 101
Lady Justice and Lady Liberty. Strong female symbols have long been used to represent the embodiment of American ideals and freedom. So, it almost seems fitting that two women — the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and President Donald Trump’s presumptive replacement nominee Amy Coney Barrett — are at the heart of tensions over a vacancy on the country’s highest court.
Galaxy Simulations Could Help Reveal Origins of Milky Way
Rutgers astronomers have produced the most advanced galaxy simulations of their kind, which could help reveal the origins of the Milky Way and dozens of small neighboring dwarf galaxies. Their research also could aid the decades-old search for dark matter, which fills an estimated 27 percent of the universe. And the computer simulations of “ultra-faint” dwarf galaxies could help shed light on how the first stars formed in the universe.
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch surprises University of Utah law students at orientation
Gorsuch, who took his seat on the Court in April 2017, on Friday encouraged law students to persevere through challenging times as they start their legal studies in the midst of a global pandemic.
Tulane immigration law expert calls SCOTUS ruling a surprise victory for Dreamers
Mary Yanik, director of the Tulane Immigrants’ Rights Law Clinic, says the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling barring President Trump from ending DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, is recognition that “the Trump administration’s rescission of the program was…
Has COVID-19 changed U.S. Supreme Court dynamics?
New commentary from Utah legal scholars suggest new platform for oral arguments unveils insight into the most silent justice in modern history.
U.S. protections for constitutional rights falling behind global peers
New research from the WORLD Policy Analysis Center at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (WORLD) shows that the United States is falling behind its global peers when it comes to guarantees for key constitutional rights. Researchers identified key gaps in the U.S. including guarantees of the right to health, gender equality, and rights for persons with disabilities.