Tag Archives: Tina Batra Hershey

President Trump’s Reaction to the Senate Impeachment Vote

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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President Trump Is Impeached: Now What?

Trump Is Impeached

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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September Is Sepsis Awareness Month

September Sepsis Awareness month

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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Impeachment by the Numbers

impeachment by the numbers

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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Contradictory ABA Letters Reflect Divisiveness of Our Country

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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President Trump’s Emergency Declaration Concerning the Opioid Crisis

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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Justice Gorsuch’s Potential Impact on Public Health

Justice Gorsuch Public Health

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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21st Century Cures Act: Laudable Goals but Public Health Programs Pay the Price

Justice Gorsuch Public Health

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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