Judge Kavanaugh and Public Health Policy

President Trump has nominated Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. Of particular interest to Professor and Faculty Fellow James G. Hodge, Jr. is how Kavanaugh’s confirmation might affect public health policy in the future. To answer this question, Kavanaugh’s legal philosophy and past work as a judge are worth examining. […]

Blog Share: The Network for Public Health Law

Our Center Faculty is associated with many fine and exemplary national institutions.   We occasionally give a platform to such establishments as they present engaging and important issues relating to law, science and/or technology.   The Network for Public Health Law (The Network) is one such organization.   According to its website, The Network “provides insightful legal […]

Student Digest: Obesity is the Epitome of a Global Pandemic

By Kellie Nelson (J.D. Candidate 2015 – Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law,  Arizona State University). As the opening line of James G. Hodge, Jr. et al’s article titled New Frontiers in Obesity Control: Innovative Public Health Legal Interventions, obesity is analogized to global issues like cancer, influenza, HIV/Aids, West Nile Virus, heart disease, and […]