Briefing 5: The Courts
Wendy E. Parmet, professor of law at Northeastern University School of Law and faculty director of the Center for Health Policy and Law, and Thomas Pryor, lead senior staff attorney at the Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law discussed several recent Supreme Court cases that have important ramifications for public health, as well as ongoing litigation relating to executive branch actions. They also suggest how listeners can keep abreast of public health litigation and how they can respond to legal threats to public health.
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- Act for Public Health website: https://actforpublichealth.org/
- Recordings from all Act for Public Health briefings: https://actforpublichealth.org/event/act-for-public-health-2025-briefings/
- EO FAQ: https://actforpublichealth.org/executive-orders-faqs/
- United States v. Skrmetti, https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-477_2cp3.pdf
- Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1275_e2pg.pdf
- Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc., https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-316_869d.pdf
- Birthright citizenship: Trump v. CASA, Inc., https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf
- Legal Challenges to Trump Administration; https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
- Tracking Litigation Brought by Trump Admin and Brought Against; https://www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-series/trials-of-the-trump-administration/tracking-trump-administration-litigation
- Executive Orders and Legal Action Taken Against Them ; https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/executive-briefing/trump-administration-regulatory-litigation-tracker
- Litigation Breakdown by Current Status and Presiding Judge; https://apnews.com/projects/trump-executive-order-lawsuit-tracker/#immigration
- Public Health Law Center Litigation Tracker; https://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/litigation-tracker
- The O’Neill Institute’s Health Care Lawsuit Tracker; https://litigationtracker.law.georgetown.edu/
- Vaccine case against Kennedy: • American Academy of Pediatrics v. Kennedy (D. Mass.), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70722326/american-academy-of-pediatrics-v-kennedy/
- APHA v. NIH: https://www.aclu.org/documents/apha-v-nih-findings-of-fact-ruling-of-law-and-order-for-partial-separate-and-final-judgement
- Thakur v. Trump (N.D. Cal.), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70459259/thakur-v-trump/
- Doctors for America v. Office of Personnel Management et al (D.D.C.), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69608613/doctors-for-america-v-office-of-personnel-management/
- State of Colorado v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (D .R.I.), https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69829000/state-of-colorado-v-us-department-of-health-and-human-services/
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