MedPage Today December 28, 2022
On November 9, 2022, Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, LLD, shared his perspective on the Supreme Court’s 2022 term. As part of MedPage Today’s review of the past year’s top events, Gostin follows up with an analysis of the deeply consequential cases on the Supreme Court’s docket for its 2023 term.
On October 3, a new Supreme Court term began with Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman joining the bench in the Court’s 232-year history. Yet, even with this long overdue voice, the Court retains a 6-3 conservative supermajority. My last column in The Health Docket showed how the Court has weakened public health powers to combat the defining threats of our lifetimes — COVID-19, climate change, and gun violence...