Scott Burris

May 23, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Sabrina Adler |Ross C Brownson |Scott Burris |Paul Erwin |Peter Jacobson |Wendy E. Parmet | +1 more

During and immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of bills were introduced in state houses limiting the legal powers of public health officials. While most of these bills did not become law, at least 25 states enacted legislation curbing the legal authority of public health officials. Many judicial decisions also pushed back against broad interpretations of public health officials’ legal powers.

Aug 2, 2023 | theregreview.org | Scott Burris

The Supreme Court rigidly limits governments to simplistic, outdated solutions to firearm violence. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen rejected New York’s century-old approach to gun regulation and announced a new test for Second Amendment rights. That test was constructed entirely out of a set of primary school—or maybe law school—beliefs about the simplicity and objectivity of historical analysis.