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#BULawProf @jedshug.bsky.social provides his insights on SCOTUS' decisions in Slaughter & Cook for @upenn.edu @theregreview.bsky.social: www.theregreview.org/2026/07/30/s...
The Fate of Independent Adjudication and the Civil Service? | The Regulatory Review
Slaughter and Cook rely on historical inaccuracies while raising new questions about agency independence.
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1/2 #BULawProf Nicole Huberfeld says the hearings "play into a larger picture, which is that the field of public health has been devalued significantly by leadership..." ➡️spr.ly/63320BEhPzi
After Fauci Senate hearing, experts worry about 'chilling effect' on public health
The accusations against Dr. Anthony Fauci, once the nation's leading infectious disease expert, have some experts worrying that these events may further erode public health staffing in the U.S.
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1/3 #BULawProf @madisoncondon.bsky.social proposes a National Climate Service that can bridge the gap between the science and economic agencies. Read more: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications... Part of the @rooseveltinstitute.org's future governing agenda for climate policy. @toddntucker.com
Climate policy isn't going away because Washington stopped talking about it. Americans are already paying the price through fires, floods, heat, and rising costs. Our new collection asks a different question: what should the next agenda for climate look like post-DOGE and the rollback of the IRA? 🧵
Building Up in 2029: How to Make Green Statecraft Durable
Explore 17 essays on durable US climate and industrial policy after Inflation Reduction Act rollbacks, covering governance, planning, finance, and production.
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#BULawProf and CARB-X Executive Director Kevin Outterson will be testifying before the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care today at 10am for the “Building a Resilient Health Care Future with Biotechnology” hearing. Watch here: spr.ly/63327BECdOl
Building a Resilient Health Care Future with Biotechnology | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Building a Resilient Health Care Future with Biotechnology
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#BULawProf Susan Akram will be in hearings at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights today at 9am EST. She will be discussing repression of speech and assembly in the US: spr.ly/63329BE7Oh3
IACHR ::196 Period of Sessions :: Schedule of Public Hearings
The IACHR is a principal and autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS) whose mission is to promote and protect human rights in the American hemisphere. It is composed of seven independent members who serve in a personal capacity. Created by the OAS in 1959, the Commission has its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Together with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ("e;the Court" or "the I/A Court H.R."), installed in 1979, the Commission is one of the institutions within the inter-American system for the protection of human rights ("IAHRS").
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New in NEJM: DOJ's theory makes a doctor who prescribes off-label a drug "distributor." HHS claims power to exclude you from Medicare over a treatment decision. This doesn't stop at gender-affirming care — it reaches every off-label prescription. @benjaminabarsky.bsky.social doi.org/10.1056/NEJM...
Medical Standards by Federal Fiat | NEJM
The Trump administration’s legal theories about gender-affirming care, if accepted, could shift the equilibrium of medical decision making in the United States in important ways.
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My commentary on Slaughter & Cook in @upenn.edu Regulatory Review: "The Fate of Independent Adjudication and the Civil Service?" www.theregreview.org/2026/07/30/s...
The Roosevelt Institute asked a bunch of climate wonks to put our heads together to talk about what a national Democratic platform should look like. 2029 is really not that far away and there's a lot of work to do.
Roosevelt Institute@rooseveltinstitute.org · 6d agoClimate policy isn't going away because Washington stopped talking about it. Americans are already paying the price through fires, floods, heat, and rising costs. Our new collection asks a different question: what should the next agenda for climate look like post-DOGE and the rollback of the IRA? 🧵
#BULawProf Rory Van Loo & Nikita Aggarwal (Miami Law)'s research "found that the first result on the largest marketplace’s search page is on average 29% more expensive than the best available match. That best match, meanwhile, sits 17 positions down the page." ➡️ spr.ly/63328BEo5Zm
Small Sellers Are Leaving Legacy Marketplaces. Here’s Where They’re Going Instead - RETHINK Retail
Online marketplaces set out to democratize retail. Their original premise was straightforward: any seller, regardless of size, could reach a national customer base without building the infrastructure from scratch. For years, that promise held. But as Amazon and other large marketplaces have matured, the economics have shifted. Fee structures have grown more complex. Advertising has
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#BULawProf @jedshug.bsky.social discusses the recent SCOTUS cases on executive power with Michael Ramsey (University of San Diego Law) and Thomas Donnelly (@constitutionctr.bsky.social). Listen: constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/...
Does Article II of the Constitution Grant the President Power to Fire Anyone in the Executive Branch?
Podcast for Does Article II of the Constitution Grant the President Power to Fire Anyone in the Executive Branch? from the National Constitution Center
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Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No Evidence Explaining Roberts’s and unitary theorists’ serious misuses of historical sources - which Ilan Wurman dodged in our podcast: open.substack.com/pub/jedshuge...
Daily Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No Evidence
Neither Roberts nor unitary theorists could cite one Founding-era source who agreed with their conclusion, but zero evidence won't stop pseudo-originalists. Control-F Around and Find Out!
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Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No Evidence (Plus anti-birthright nonsense) I explain Roberts’s & Wurman’s digital cherrypicking of sentences out of context: Control-F Around and Find Out open.substack.com/pub/jedshuge...
Daily Supreme Court Historical Fact-Check #5: The Nonsense Appointments Clause Claim with No Evidence
Neither Roberts nor unitary theorists could cite one Founding-era source who agreed with their conclusion, but zero evidence won't stop pseudo-originalists. Control-F Around and Find Out!
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What do I mean when I say that John Brown practiced “fringe constitutionalism”? #America250 #JohnBrown #AmericasForgottenConstitutions
Robert L. Tsai@robertltsai.bsky.social · 2mo agoDid you know that before John Brown attacked Harper’s Ferry he wrote a Declaration of Independence? Or that he led a convention that approved a provisional constitution? Please join us for a conversation about John Brown’s legacy on June 29, 7 pm EST zoom: bit.ly/49XMRRJ #America250
Congratulations to #BULawProf who have been promoted to Professor: Madison Condon, Ngozi Okidegbe, and Weijia Rao! Read more: spr.ly/63325BEWC2T
Meet the 38 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Ranks of Associate Professor, Full Professor
Faculty represent 10 schools and colleges
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#BULawProf Jed Shugerman on SCOTUS: “There is a serious breakdown on the court that reflects the breakdown & echo chambers in America. When it comes to history & originalism, you have to read more broadly than just the founding fathers that you liked.” More: spr.ly/63322BEo6B2
Commentary: Birthright citizenship ruling was a win for democracy — and a warning about erasing history
Birthright citizenship narrowly prevailed at the Supreme Court. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's opinion reads as a warning for what comes next: a fight to rewrite history to serve political aims.
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Equivalent surgeries are reimbursed 34% less when performed on women. It is patently unconstitutional, and leads to lifelong patient injuries. We are getting some traction! CMS is accepting public comments on next year's payment rates. We built this to make it easy: surgicalparityproject.org
The Surgical Parity Project
Our healthcare system reimburses the same surgery up to 34% less when the patient is a woman. We're ending structural sex discrimination in surgical reimbursement — because equity means safer surgery.
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We are getting some traction! CMS is accepting public comments on next year's payment rates. We built this to make it easy for you to tell them this is wrong: surgicalparityproject.org
The Surgical Parity Project
Our healthcare system reimburses the same surgery up to 34% less when the patient is a woman. We're ending structural sex discrimination in surgical reimbursement — because equity means safer surgery.
surgicalparityproject.org
Are surgeries on women REALLY reimbursed at 30% lower rates than equivalent surgeries on men? Yep that's the conclusion of our new paper, and the discrimination impacts physician training and safety for patients. Check out the paper (& LMK if you need full text). journals.lww.com/greenjournal...
(1/2) Research from BU Law Immigrants' Rights and Human Trafficking Program inspires activists to raise awareness of Plymouth County Correctional Facility. Read more:
Why two men are walking 64 miles from Provincetown to Plymouth
Chris Tansey and Connor May will lead a pilgrimage from Provincetown to Plymouth to support immigrants detained at Plymouth County Correctional Facility.
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Alumni Weekend is less than 2 months away! Join #BULaw on September 18-19, 2026 for a weekend of connection and community! All BU Law alumni are invited. Learn more and register ➡️ spr.ly/63327BEbaI3
Alumni Weekend 2026
5:30-7 pm - Opening Forum: How AI Is Reshaping Legal Learning Join your classmates as BU Law Alumni Weekend kicks off with remarks from Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig, followed by a conversation exploring how AI is transforming legal education. 7- 9 pm - Alumni Weekend Reception* Join us for a reception in the Tower to celebrate Alumni Weekend!
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#BULawProf Nicole Huberfeld: "decisions have turbocharged 1st Amendment protections in ways that may shield those who provide substandard med. care & perhaps even those providing unlicensed care." w/@cehaupt.bsky.social (@solomonctryls.bsky.social @nusl.bsky.social) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Erosion of Professional Medical Standards by the Supreme Court
This Viewpoint discusses the potential effect of recent US Supreme Court decisions that upheld the First Amendment rights of organizations that provide substandard or even unlicensed care that deceive...
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#BULawProf @Woodrow Hartzog notes, “No existing law comprehensively addresses the myriad ways these tools can pose risks during their design and manufacturing.” Read more: spr.ly/63328BEbtNY
Meta Tests Super Sensing AI Glasses with New Privacy Concerns Rising
Meta Platforms is testing AI-powered smart glasses that can capture what users see and hear through cameras and microphones, according to reports. The prototype
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#BULaw's Director for Public Service and Pro Bono, Eron Hackshaw shares, "Integrity always means doing what is right because you know what is right, not just out of fear of consequences or in hopes of a reward." Read more: spr.ly/63322BEbIwa
Individually Speaking: Former Commissioner Eron Hackshaw
Learn more about former Commissioner Eron Hackshaw and his perspective on integrity, accountability, and public service as part of the State Ethics Commission's Individually Speaking series
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#BULawProf Cornelius Hurley advises caution when enrolling in a starter credit card, "It’s best to search for cards that have no deposit requirement.". Read more: spr.ly/63327BEbIMz
#BULaw Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig is included in this list of impressive Grinnell College alumni! Watch: spr.ly/63327BEbxQH
Meet 19 of Grinnell College's most notable alumni
From theater to investment banking, Grinnell grads have been making names for themselves since the college was founded. Get to know 19 top alums.
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#BULawProf Jed Shugerman wonders, "Who knows if this will get resolved before the 2028 election? I know that sounds crazy, but look how long it took for this case just to get to the Supreme Court on this procedural basis." Read more: spr.ly/63320BEbxZg
Here’s what’s next for the Fed’s Lisa Cook after her victory at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook will require the Trump administration to do a lot more work in order to oust her from the central bank, and a definitive resolution could be months or even years away.
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