by Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH, and Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, states and local governments issued sweeping orders to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. While these orders have been credited with saving lives,[1] they have also had a profound impact on the economy. Numerous legal challenges have been filed with respect to
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by Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD, and Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH “Our Country’s VICTORY on the Impeachment Hoax.” On February 5, 2020, the impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump ended in acquittal. As mentioned in previous JPHMP Crossroads postings, the impeachment process to remove a president from office is bifurcated. During the first phase, the House investigates whether questionable actions
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Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD, and Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH “ASSAULT ON AMERICA.” In our September 6, 2019, blog “Impeachment by the Numbers,” we described the processes for impeaching and removing a president from office. So what’s happened since then? On December 28, 2019, the US House of Representatives voted, for the third time in our nation’s history, to impeach
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by Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH, and Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD Sepsis, the body’s extreme reaction to infection, is one of the leading causes of illness and death in the United States, with annual costs over $20 billion. Common symptoms include fever, chills, difficulty breathing, and an elevated heart rate. Without timely treatment, sepsis can quickly lead to tissue damage,
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by Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD, and Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH Public health practitioners from around the nation are concerned with President Trump’s attempts to dismantle the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see, for example, our article “I Walk in, Sign. I Don’t Have to Go Through Congress.” President Trump’s Use of Executive Orders to Unravel the Patient Protection
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by Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH, and Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD Crossroads: Law and Public Health addresses topics related to the intersection of law and public health. This series highlights the perspectives of two attorneys turned academicians and explores legal and policy issues that impact public health. As the entire nation is aware, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford accused President Trump’s Supreme
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by Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD, and Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH Crossroads: Law and Public Health addresses topics related to the intersection of law and public health. This series highlights the perspectives of two attorneys turned academicians and explores legal and policy issues that impact public health. On October 26, 2017, President Trump finally took action to follow through with his August
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by Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH, and Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD Justice Gorsuch Public Health Crossroads: Law and Public Health addresses topics related to the intersection of law and public health. This series highlights the perspectives of two attorneys turned academicians and explores legal and policy issues that impact public health. Justice Gorsuch Public Health Newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice
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by Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD, and Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH Power Appeal Executive Orders Crossroads: Law and Public Health addresses topics related to the intersection of law and public health. This series highlights the perspectives of two attorneys turned academicians and explores legal and policy issues that impact public health.Power Appeal Executive Orders The Power and Appeal of Executive Orders
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by Tina Batra Hershey, JD, MPH, and Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD Crossroads: Law and Public Health addresses topics related to the intersection of law and public health. This series highlights the perspectives of two attorneys turned academicians and explores legal and policy issues that impact public health. The 21st Century Cures Act (the Cures Act), signed into law on December 13,
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