Kennedy v. Braidwood upheld the constitutionality of the USPSTF. There businesses argued, in part, that requiring PrEP coverage under their insurance plans promoted homosexuality & violated their 1st Amend. rights. Thus, an anti-public health argument has given us another anti-public health moment.

#BREAKING: Full Supreme Court *grants* stays pending appeal in mifepristone case; preserves nationwide access to remote/mail dispensation of the drug. Only Justices Thomas and Alito publicly dissent.

"Even though we went through all of this [in 2021], the rebranding operation has gained new steam in the right-of-center commentariat world—and, as was the case in 2021–22, at the exact same time as #SCOTUS has come under sustained ... public criticism for how it is handling emergency applications."

Grim.

11th Circuit: Congress has not authorized the mass detention of unadmitted aliens who are simply present in the country under the INA. ROSENBAUM and MARCUS, majority. LAGOA dissents. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

#BREAKING: Justice Alito, acting as Circuit Justice, has just issued administrative stays of the Fifth Circuit's Friday ruling in the mifepristone case (so he's temporarily restored full access to mife). The stay will expire, absent further a order from Alito or #SCOTUS, at 5 p.m. ET on May 11.

Always excited to work with #PublicHealth colleagues and with @drsinhaesq.bsky.social

The DOJ was created to increase the capacity for federal prosecutions during Reconstruction esp. those to be brought under the newly enacted KuKlux Klan Act. Now the DOJ is being used to prosecute a storied civil rights organization whose central mission has been to expose & dismantle the Klan.

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded. “This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

This is a tremendous experience with the *BEST* people! Definitely submit an application.

Public health is best when people impacted by public health policies are at the table designing them. Lived experience matters. Community voices matter. This is a good read.

Those of us in public health don't just have to become better storytellers, we need go out into our communities and co-create a better future for all of us. The story of public health in the 21st century should be one embedded in communities that need us most. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.

Any rep or senator posting about the statement but not on their way to DC to act…I don’t know what to tell you. You have your job for a reason. And it is not social media.

An opposition party would not be on vacation right now. They would have coordinated message to the public about the fact that a President in cognitive decline is threatening more war crimes. They would be BLASTING the message on all available platforms.

It says a lot about where we are that one can read the entire @nytimes.com story on the firing of the Attorney General of the United States without a *single* reference to that officer's duty to uphold the Constitution—which might just sometimes make it just a little hard to do the boss's bidding:

Millions Could Lose Medicaid Coverage Due to New Rules www.rwjf.org/en/insights/...

Today at Law Dork, I covered the Supreme Court’s decision holding that Colorado's conversion therapy ban "censors" talk therapists.

After Gorsuch announced the opinion, Jackson began dissenting from the bench. Opinion: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 vote, holds that Colorado's law banning conversion therapy regulates speech based on viewpoint, subjecting it to strict scrutiny and likely rendering it unconstitutional when lower courts apply today's decision. Gorsuch writes for the court; Jackson dissents.

It’s one of my favorite days of the year-the @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social Annual Health Law Symposium. We mark our 38th year discussing A Defining Moment for Vaccine Science and Policy with an amazing set of speakers, starting with the incomparable Prof Wendy Parmet.

"Some people would need to come out in order to vote" is an additional SAVE Act consequence that I've not seen explored as to same-sex couples. (I've seen discussion about that as to trans people, given increasing restrictions on birth certificate and ID changes.)

This is huge! The European Court of Justice, the top EU court, has ruled that EU member states must provide a process to change gender markers on identity documents for trans people. sofiaglobe.com/2026/03/12/e...

The first state in the US to remove statutory protections for an entire class, gender identity, has just enacted a bill preventing local municipalities from having their own protections for trans people. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

This is important! Senate has a role here.

"Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for H.I.V. as nearly 20 states impose restrictions ... The biggest change took effect in Florida on Sunday, when officials cut off benefits for at least 16,000 residents living with H.I.V." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

Check out this upcoming Workshop on Legal Epidemiology — an in-person, interactive session on the research methodology pioneered by CPHLR. Hosted by the University of Michigan School of Public Health on March 25, 2026 at Ann Arbor, MI. Learn more and register: sph.umich.edu/events/event....

Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

Here is my report on the Supreme Court ruling itself:

Looking forward to speaking about policy and its impact on LGBTQ health at the WashU Midwest LGBTQ+ Conference Rights Conference today!

Our amicus in AAP v. Kennedy. Thanks to Wendy Parmet at Northeastern and Dorit Reiss at University of San Francisco for making this happen. You can find our amicus here: litigationtracker.law.georgetown.edu/litigation/a...

This.

The number of trans youth suicides in the UK quadrupled in 2021 following significant restrictions in access to care. The NHS tried to cover this up with a fake report that tried to hide the truth. goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...

The DEA also uses CSA admin warrants that agents self-issue to obtain highly sensitive controlled substance prescribing data on prescribers and patients from state databases. See: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This right here!

A measles outbreak at Dilly. Public health matters. Vaccines matter. This is a horror show.

In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law. The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia: tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...

In today's @nytimes.com, @barryfriedman1.bsky.social and I argue that, with no *other* means of pursuing accountability for lawlessness by ICE, local/state prosecutions become not just legally viable, but necessary—both to punish past abuses and to deter future ones: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...

We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.

Amazingly, women in Missouri still cannot finalize a divorce while pregnant. Another effort to change the law has been launched now that the 2026 legislative session is underway, led by State Senator Maggie Nurrenbern www.missourinet.com/2026/01/22/s...

Seven organizations, led by American Academy of Pediatrics, are seeking to remove all ACIP members and prohibit the panel from conducting further meetings. My story for @medscape.com #healthpolicy #IDsky #pediatrics #vaccines #measles #COVID #healthlaw #publichealth

BREAKING: Another of DOJ's invasive trans care subpoenas quashed as to patient records. This one was challenged by patients of Children's National Hospital. Opinion from Judge Julie Rubin (Biden): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Don’t let people tell you people in Red states don’t care. Mo turned up on a weekday and worked for change at the statehouse. Rally followed by meetings.

Cites my piece from the Journal of Law and the Biosciences with Lisa Verity and Ana Santos Rutschman: The pressing need for FDA regulation of tattoo ink academic.oup.com/jlb/article/... Glad to see that FDA now has guidance for industry on tattoo ink safety (Oct. 2024): www.fda.gov/regulatory-i...

MO showing up today. The line to get in to the Statehouse goes around the corner.

New research maps the campaign to erase trans people from UK data 🔢 This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID. doi.org/10.1080/0958...