Professor Wendy Parmet tells the National Journal there isn’t a clear way to enforce a national mask requirement: “I personally think that the nudging impact of a mandate at the federal level might be undermined by the almost inevitable political backlash and potential litigation quagmire.”
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “was a predictable vote for fairness over process,” Professor Jeremy Paul Tells Bloomberg.
It’s very hard for an individual to understand the risks of consenting to facial surveillance, Professor Woodrow Hartzog tells Nature. "And they often don’t have a meaningful way to say ‘no’."
“We’re in like the 1950s in tobacco years when it comes to the gambling industry," Mark Gottlieb '93, executive director of Northeastern Law's Public Health Advocacy Institute tells MASSLive.
For too long, "the United States has often been on the sidelines during international discussion of water challenges," writes Professor Martha Davis in a piece for WBUR's Cognoscenti.
Watch: Professor Ari Ezra Waldman, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Information and Creativity and author of Industy Unbound, joined Scott McGrew on NBC's Press:Here, to talk about big tech’s power over congress and society at large.
“Quarantines and travel bans have a really, really ugly history, Professor Wendy Parmet tells The Guardian. "" Everyone always wants to do it when people are scared. But the downsides are high and the risks are high.”"
As the Supreme Court sits on the cusp of becoming more conservative, Ginsburg’s absence will be felt most deeply by the many people seeking abortions that she fought to protect, writes Professor Aziza Ahmed in a symposium piece for the SCOTUS Blog.