This purpose-driven project is designed to provoke thought about bioethics. What really is the bioethical dilemma and how should it be approached?
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Health could be a consensus issue in a partisan country
Health and health care should close the partisan divide, not rip it open further. Politicizing health and health care is not new. Remember Senator John McCain’s famous thumbs down on repealing the ACA? It was a rare act of overcoming the partisan divide. Absent politics, many people agree that the American diet should be healthier,…
We will be OK without the Chevron doctrine. . . if the courts are fair and Congress pays close attention
Written: August 2024 In Chevron v. NRDC, the Supreme Court created what became known as the Chevron doctrine. The 1984 case required courts to uphold an agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous law. There was some leeway – courts did not uphold arbitrary or capricious interpretations or interpretations of rules outside the agency’s expertise. They…
Citations any other way
Parenthetical in-text citations are a mainstay of many academic journals. They are distracting. But more importantly, they edge authors toward eliminating explanatory footnotes. I suggest it is best to use footnotes for all citations and to describe the main thesis of the article cited, clarify the context, and distinguish the facts or context. Law reviews…
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