Category: Health
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What Makes a Doctor a Criminal? Preventing the Criminalization of Medical Errors
By Dabeluchi Isiofia — When a physician walks into a room, the patient need not say anything. There is an unspoken assumption that the physician is there to help them. It is well understood that even when a physician does…
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At Heart of Intentionality: Reevaluating the Standards for Civil Rights Violations in Context of Organ Transplants
By Aiko Offner — As of March 2025, three plaintiffs are suing the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) across California, Washington, and Tennessee. Randall v. UNOS, Maddox v. UNOS, and Welch v. UNOS are the three ongoing lawsuits against…
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The Glyphosate Debate: Challenging Federal Preemption of State Failure-to-Warn Claims
By Daniel Zayas — Over the past decade, thousands of cases have reached federal courts to gain redress for injuries that plaintiffs have sustained while using Roundup, a popular pesticide manufactured by American agrochemical corporation Monsanto to kill weeds and…
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Abortion Exceptionalism in the Post-Dobbs Period: Violation of Equal Protection?
By Anika Sekar — Arbortion exceptionalism refers to the substantial difference in how abortion is treated compared to other medical procedures and forms of medical care. Oftentimes, abortion is subject to additional regulations that similar medicines are not; for example,…
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Cutting the Line: Judiciary Folly and Federal Telemedicine
By George Vavrik — Telemedicine represents a transformative approach to healthcare delivery, leveraging technological advancements to facilitate remote diagnosis, consultation, and treatment.Through modalities such as real-time video conferencing and asynchronous communication methods like store-and-forward mechanisms, telemedicine offers a versatile toolkit…
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How to Prove Mental Illness in the Eyes of the Court
By Eunice Lee — Kahler v. Kansas, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 23, 2020, ruled that the Due Process Clause does not require Kansas to adopt an insanity test that aims to understand a defendant’s ability to…
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The Real Lesson of Texas v United States
By Anna Ferris — In 2010, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius came before the Supreme Court seeking to clarify key tenets of the Affordable Care Act (commonly known as Obamacare). First, the Court was called to decide whether…
