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.
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Gerrymandering Case Headed to Supreme Court Could ‘Destroy American Democracy,’ Northeastern Professors Say
A ruling in favor of the independent state legislature doctrine would have a lasting impact, ensuring one-party rule and rendering elections “virtually meaningless,” according to Professors Michael Meltsner, Jeremy Paul and Dan Urman.
Covid Pill Prescriber Rules Limit Reach of ‘Test to Treat’ Plan
“There are people who simply do not have connection to health services, for many reasons, mainly poverty related, but also some historic mistreatment and distrust,” Professor Brook Baker ’76, senior policy analyst for Health GAP tells Bloomberg Law. “Extra work has to be done to overcome that history of inferior service and inferior service access.”
Boston to Replace School Buses with Electric Ones by 2030
“The plan to electrify Boston’s school buses by 2030 “is absolutely the right move,” says Staci Rubin ’10, vice president of environmental justice at the Conservation Law Foundation. “Electric school buses dramatically improve air quality and our children deserve to be in a tailpipe emissions-free vehicle.”
Pfizer Allegedly Pressured UNICEF to Keep Secret, Pricing for Anti-Viral Treatment Paxlovid. UNICEF Yielded.
Professor Brook Baker ’76, senior policy analyst for Health GAP, tells Geneva Health Filesthat a negative precedent is being set with respect to transparency for public resources spent in procuring COVID-19 therapeutics: “Not only has the world allowed biopharmaceutical companies to maintain monopoly control over the supply, price, and distribution of COVID-19 countermeasures, it has also consistently allowed them to achieve their profiteering under a veil of secrecy.”
The Death Toll in the Kentucky Floods Is Climbing. Could This Have Been Prevented?
“For a long time, the narrative around climate change has been that this happens somewhere else,” Professor Alexandra Meise, tells News@Northeastern. “In the past couple of years, there’s starting to be a real realization that climate change has come home.”
Legal Face-Off With Professor Gundavaram
Professor Hemanth Gundavaram, director of Northeastern Law's Immigrant Justice Clinic, joined WGN Radio's Legal Face-Off podcast, to discuss recent and upcoming Supreme Court immigration rulings.
'Whose God Wins?’ Florida Lawsuit Exposes Supreme Court’s Religious Hypocrisy, Northeastern Professors Say
“Since Roberts became chief justice, almost all of the decisions are issued on behalf of Catholics or Evangelicals,” Professor Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern Law's Center for Health Policy and Law, tells News@Northeastern.
Reviewing "Human Rights in Global Health"
The major takeaway from Human Rights in Global Health is the need to understand the history, process, attitudes, and struggles that have either been overcome or continue to act as barriers to full integration of health policies in international law, writes Jennifer Huer, managing director of NUSL's Center for Health Policy and Law, in a book review for the Human Rights at Home Blog.
The Mueller Report Found No Collusion Between Trump and Russia. but the Saga of the Russia Investigation Is Not Over.
Following the partial disclosure on Sunday of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report that cleared Trump of collusion, the House of Representatives is likely to demand the release of any underlying documents and testimony from various players, including Mueller himself, says Professor Michael Meltsner.