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Wendy E. Parmet

@weparmet.bsky.social
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Health law, public health law, Center for Health Policy & Law, Northeastern Univ.

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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We're hiring in health law! Spread the word, northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor (Open Rank), School of Law – Health Policy and Law
About the Opportunity Northeastern University School of Law is seeking candidates at all ranks for full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty positions to join our scholarly community and enhance our l...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Defend Public Health has filed another amicus brief in the lawsuit against RFK Jr. by @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @apha.org et al. for his constant attacks on vaccines. Much gratitude to the amazing @weparmet.bsky.social, @doritreiss.bsky.social and all attorneys fighting for public health.
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Latest DPH Amicus Brief in AAP v. Kennedy | Defend Public Health
Defend Public Health has filed a new Amicus brief in support of the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical groups in litigation in their lawsuit against HHS Secretary Kennedy's effective des...
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Public Health Law Watch @phlw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
You've likely been hearing a lot about President Trump changing the childhood vaccine schedule - he doesn't have the power to do this. He continues to rely on an HHS "Assessment" that is methodologically and scientifically flawed, which we proved in our amicus brief in AAP v. Kennedy.
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Zalman Rothschild @zalmanr.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
For those interested, a piece by the American Public Health Association on vaccines and religion (I am quoted alongside @weparmet.bsky.social) www.thenationshealth.org/content/56/6...
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Supreme Court may rule on vaccination exemptions
The ability of states to reject school vaccination exemptions for non-medical reasons could be on the line this year.
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We're looking for a program director who is passionate about public health, health equity & the law. Please share widely, northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Salus Populi Program Director
About the Opportunity About the Center for Health Policy and Law: The Center for Health Policy and Law (CHPL), “The Center” promotes innovative solutions to public health challenges at home and around...
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We're looking for a program director who is passionate about public health, health equity & the law. Please share widely, northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Salus Populi Program Director
About the Opportunity About the Center for Health Policy and Law: The Center for Health Policy and Law (CHPL), “The Center” promotes innovative solutions to public health challenges at home and around...
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Pleased to share my (not very favorable) review of In COVID's Wake, just published by the Michigan Law Review, repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol124/i...
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"Reflections and Revisionism: Rethinking the U.S. Response to COVID-19" by Wendy E. Parmet
A review of In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us. By Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee.
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Public Health Law Watch @phlw.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Litigation plays a critical role in advancing #PublicHealth— and amicus briefs can help ensure courts understand the science, context, and real-world impacts behind each case. Join Shaping Public Health in the Courts—a webinar from @changelabsolutions.bsky.social & @nusl.bsky.social: bit.ly/4uISY4R
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Shaping Public Health in the Courts: The Role of Amicus Briefs and Cross-Sector Partnerships. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about...
Join ChangeLab Solutions and Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law for a webinar exploring how litigation can advance public health, the role of amicus briefs in litigation, and t...
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
gift link: wapo.st/4flnuNw
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Courts may deliver the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest win
Groups demanding exemptions from vaccines on religious grounds are gaining steam, even as health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dials back his efforts.
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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Recap and 📽️📼📺: @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social 38th Annual Health Law Symposium -- A Defining Moment for Vaccine Science and Policy t.e2ma.net/share/inboun...
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Recap: SLU Law's 38th Annual Health Law Symposium -- A Defining Moment for Vaccine Science and Policy
SLU LAW Center for Health Law Studies 100 N. Tucker Blvd. /// St. Louis, MO 63101 HealthLaw@slu.edu (mailto:HealthLaw@slu.edu) A Defining Moment for Vaccine Science and Policy 38th Annual Health Law S...
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
We're looking for a program director for Salus Populi, which trains judges and lawyers about the social determinants of health and their relationship to the judicial system. JD required. Spread the word! Salus Populi Program Director Position - northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
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Salus Populi Program Director
About the Opportunity About the Center for Health Policy and Law: The Center for Health Policy and Law (CHPL), “The Center” promotes innovative solutions to public health challenges at home and around...
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Prof. @weparmet.bsky.social, key note in #CHLS2026's symposium on A Defining Moment for Vaccine Science and Policy in @slulaw.bsky.social: Consensus fracturing; but hope: most people want access to vaccines, and these conversations emphasize that we can protect future children from old diseases.
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
We're looking for a program director for Salus Populi, which trains judges and lawyers about the social determinants of health and their relationship to the judicial system. JD required. Spread the word! Salus Populi Program Director Position - northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
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Salus Populi Program Director
About the Opportunity About the Center for Health Policy and Law: The Center for Health Policy and Law (CHPL), “The Center” promotes innovative solutions to public health challenges at home and around...
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
We're looking for a program coordinator to join our public health law amicus project. Share widely, northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Project Coordinator- Remote Opportunity
About the Opportunity The Public Health Law Watch (PHLW) is an initiative of the George Consortium in collaboration with the Center for Health Policy and Law - School of Law (CHPL) at Northeastern Uni...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Today, Defend Public Health filed our second amicus brief in the lawsuit against RFK Jr. and his HHS for their harmful changes to vaccine recommendations. Shout out to our fearless legal leaders @weparmet.bsky.social, @doritreiss.bsky.social, and the DPH members who helped with the brief.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit against RFK Jr. by the AAP and APHA, and the government tried and failed to get the suit tossed. A judge said no, citing our amicus brief. Much gratitude to @doritreiss.bsky.social and @weparmet.bsky.social for absolutely crushing it on this brief.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social just submitted an amicus brief in district court in American Academy of Pediatrics v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr on federal vaccine policy. drive.google.com/file/d/1FEH-...
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DPH amicus.pdf
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
yes, it’s really that bad.
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Share this Call 4 Papers on Navigating the New Health Law Landscape with your networks! law.northeastern.edu/academics/ce...
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Annual Health Law Conference - School of Law
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
So Texas, which pioneered the Texas 2 step and has worked to shield companies from tort liability is now suing J&J for trying to shield itself from potential liability in Tylenol claims. Irony really is dead.
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Thrilled to share this new Call for Papers from AJPH on the Relationship between Public Health & Politics, ajph.aphapublications.org/pb-assets/Su...
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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
NEW: @weparmet.bsky.social and me in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social on last Supreme Ct term & impact on health. TLDR: Major concerns about the Court's politicizing health agencies, dashing protections for marginalized groups, and eroding access to justice. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10....
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AJPH
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Pleased to share the latest essay by Daniel Aaron and me on the potential impact of the Supreme Court's 2024 term on health, ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10....
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American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Please share: The Center for Health Policy & Law at Northeastern is looking for a JD Program Director to work on Advancing Public Health & Health Equity in the Courts. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Program Director, Advancing Public Health & Health Equity in the Courts
About the Opportunity About the Center for Health Policy and Law: The Center for Health Policy and Law (CHPL), “The Center” promotes innovative solutions to public health challenges at home and around...
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Pleased to share the Center for Health Policy & Law & Northeastern University Law Review's Call 4 Papers on "Navigating the New Health Law Landscape." Papers will be presented at Northeastern's Annual Health Law Conference on April 3, 2026! law.northeastern.edu/academics/ce...
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Annual Health Law Conference - School of Law
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
This is the exact opposite of what SCOTUS did. It allowed discriminatory stops, www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Immigration Stops in L.A.
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Enjoyed talking with the Boston Globe about the steps that Mass DPH took today to ensure that COVID-vaccines are available in the state. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/03/m...
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Healey counters FDA, makes COVID boosters widely available in Mass. - The Boston Globe
Healey essentially wrote a prescription for COVID boosters for every person in the state over the age of 5.
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Looks like it will be next to impossible to get COVID vaccines in MA for weeks or even months unless your MD will deliver them. For those of us at high risk without that option, well guess we're out of luck or have to become vaccine tourists. Thanks RFK. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
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CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Just learned - maybe others knew - that there are (almost) no COVID vaccines available anywhere. The old ones have been pulled; the new ones not approved. My MD said I need it, but I can't get it. Thanks RFK!
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Claudia Haupt @cehaupt.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
New paper! “The Professional Regulation and Ethics of Direct-to-Prescription Marketing” is forthcoming with the American Journal of Law & Medicine. Draft here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @nusl.bsky.social @clicatnusl.bsky.social
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Public Health Law Watch @phlw.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
For two years, PHLW has been tracking litigation that challenges efforts to improve health equity. Please read “Litigation Challenging Governmental and Health Institution Efforts to Address Health Equity from January 2024 to May 2025”. www.publichealthlawwatch.org/health-equit...
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Health Equity Litigation Report 2025 — Public Health Law Watch
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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Great time at ASLME #HLPC2025, hosted by @bulaw.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social last week! Our panel on Direct-to-Prescription Pharmaceuticals (with @weparmet.bsky.social @cehaupt.bsky.social @jakeelberg.bsky.social) was well-attended despite being slotted in the last session of the conference.
Welcome poster for the 48th Annual ASLME Health Law Professor's ConferencePanelists (from L to R): Claudia Haupt, Wendy Parmet, Michael Sinha, Jake Elberg
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Northeastern Law @nusl.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
At 2:45 PM, Professors Wendy Parmet and Claudia Haupt will present in Room 212 on Direct to Prescription Marketing: Constitutional, Regulatory, and Ethical Implications. @weparmet.bsky.social @cehaupt.bsky.social healthlawprofconf.org/schedule-2025/
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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Looking forward to presenting on a panel with @weparmet.bsky.social @cehaupt.bsky.social #HLP25 #HLPC25
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
They are driving a narrative that is unhelpful in preparing us for future threats as @weparmet.bsky.social, @drsinhaesq.bsky.social & I discuss in @NEJM. While it may feel good to find someone to blame for COVID, in the end these pieces lead us dangerously astray. end/ www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Déjà Vu All Over Again — Refusing to Learn the Lessons of Covid-19 | NEJM
The federal government’s initial response to H5N1 avian influenza suggests that elected officials and other key decision makers may not be heeding the lessons from Covid-19.
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Pleased to share my latest editorial in the American Journal of Public Health on what needs to be done to protect public health in the courts, ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10....
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Protecting Public Health in the Courts | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 5
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Excited to share my latest paper on the past and future of public health law, www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Public Health Law | American Journal of Law & Medicine | Cambridge Core
The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Public Health Law - Volume 50 Issue 3-4
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Lynette Martins @lynettemartins.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Enjoyed this AJLM article from @weparmet.bsky.social. Must-read for anyone interested in public health law. Link : www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Northeastern Law @nusl.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Join Act for Public Health today at 3PM for “Executive Orders & Public Health Implications.” A panel of experts, including Professor Wendy Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social, will provide insight into the legal & practical implications of recent executive orders. changelabsolutions.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Executive Orders & Public Health Implications. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Recent federal executive orders are affecting public health practice at federal, state, and local levels. These executive orders influence policies related to health equity, agency operations, and f...
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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
How does the ACA address/should address the social determinants of health? Fascinating discussion w @weparmet.bsky.social @mblawrence.bsky.social @yaelcannon.bsky.social & John Jacobi @setonhallhealthlaw.bsky.social ACA at 15 symposium at Seton Hall Law!
Four people in a panel: three are sitting and one standing on a podium in front of a slide that reads Social Determinants of Health
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Tara Adams Ragone @tararagone.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@setonhallhealthlaw.bsky.social's @jvjshu.bsky.social is moderating panel 2, "How the ACA Addressed Social Determinants of Health" with @weparmet.bsky.social, @yaelcannon.bsky.social, and @mblawrence.bsky.social at Seton Hall Law's ACA at 15: A Health Equity Review Symposium
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Sarah de Guia @sdeguia.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Recent federal executive orders are affecting public health policy, equity, and funding at all levels of government. Join Act for Public Health’s webinar on March 19 to learn about their impact and how to respond: bit.ly/43Iqk9k #PublicHealth #HealthEquity #A4PH
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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happening next Friday! It’s not too late to register 🔥🔥🔥 law.shu.edu/events/journ...
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Seton Hall Legislative Journal Symposium - Seton Hall Law School
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Claudia Haupt @cehaupt.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Speaking as a health professional or speaking as a politician? @weparmet.bsky.social and I discuss the important nuances here: illinoislawreview.org/print/vol-20... @sherylnyt.bsky.social @nusl.bsky.social
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Lethal Lies
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have had to confront an extraordinary speech phenomenon: an onslaught of misinformation and recurring lies from government officials, including the former P...
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Paul Signorelli @paulsignorelli.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
New set of reflections on civility--this one centered on civility, pandemics, and public health--inspired by @weparmet.bsky.social's "Constitutional Contagion: COVID, the Courts, and Public Health": buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/c... @kellyhayes.bsky.social #civility #covid19
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Wendy E. Parmet @weparmet.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Anyone else wondering if all of the back & forth about tariffs is supporting some insider market manipulation? How would we know? www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Tariffs Live Updates: Lutnick Says Canada, Mexico Deal Possible; Dow, Nasdaq Open Higher
Live updates on the trade disputes between the U.S., Canada, Mexico and China, plus stocks and other markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.
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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I certainly don't disagree. I think the easier case would be to do away with philosophical exemptions, but members of this Court have shown their openness to First Amendment arguments, as @weparmet.bsky.social has written. www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/o...
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Opinion | A Dangerous Legal Battle Over Vaccine Mandates Will Continue (Published 2021)
The Supreme Court is welcoming a legal battle with far-reaching implications.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/02/2025
This is terrifying.
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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Thrilled about the "ACA at 15" symposium by Seton Hall J of Legislation & @setonhallhealthlaw.bsky.social on March 14! With @lindsaywiley.bsky.social @christinasho.bsky.social @weparmet.bsky.social @mblawrence.bsky.social @yaelcannon.bsky.social+other ⭐⭐⭐ Register: law.shu.edu/events/journ...!
A poster with a blue background that reads: Seton Hall Legislative Journal Symposium: The Fifteenth Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act: A Health Equity Review. Sponsored by The Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law. You're Invited - March 14, 2025. With photos and names of 11 participants. Erin Fuse Brown (Brown Public Health), Yael Cannon (Georgetown Law), Abbe Gluck (Yale Law School), Christina Ho (Rutgers Law), Nicole Huberfeld (BU Law & Public Health), Renee Landers (Suffolk Law), Matt Lawerence (Emory Law), Mary Beth Musumeci (GW Public Health), Wendy Parmet (Northeastern Law), Sidney Watson (SLU Law), and Lindsay Wiley (UCLA Law). 
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Patti Zettler @pzettler.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It is difficult to overstate just how detrimental this will be to the health and well-being of the American people.
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