Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History

Listen back: NPR's 1A, Simone Yhap ’22, national chair of the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) discusses the historic confirmation hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Fights between U.S. States and the National Government Are Endangering Public Health

”In today’s increasingly polarized political environment, legal doctrines that once supported the states’ ability to protect the health of their residents are diminishing the capacity of both our national and local governments to do so,” writes Professor Wendy Parmet in an op-ed for Scientific American. “Unless the courts stop enabling this political weaponization of federalism, our federalism will remain uncooperative. And deadly.”

Gates Versus the Pandemic

Professor Brook Baker talks to Fast Company magazine about philanthropy’s function in public health: “A fundamental question is, Well, because you have the money, should you be able to control the architecture of global health?”