Faculty Who Lead: UC Law SF Experts, Research Shape National Discussions on Executive Power, Health, Rights, and More
From the current administration鈥檚 federal funding freeze to the ongoing debate about vaccines and healthcare reform, 糖心原创 faculty are adding important legal context to issues at the center of the national debate.
Executive Power
The Conversation
Professor Zachary Price writes about Congresses鈥 power of the purse for The Conversation. Price outlines its historical legacy and why it matters today.
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NPR
Price adds legal and historical context surrounding the Impoundment Control Act, which gives the President legal pathways to pause or reduce government spending.
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Zachary Price was previously an attorney in the U.S. Justice Department鈥檚 Office of Legal Counsel. He has also worked as a litigator in private practice and clerked for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court.
KQED
Professor Dave Owen comments on the legality and potential consequences of President Trump鈥檚 far-reaching executive orders. Owen tells KQED that 鈥渁n executive order can鈥檛 change the Constitution. An executive order also can鈥檛 change legislation.鈥
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Los Angeles Times
Owen provides analysis in this story about how judicial appointments in previous years have shifted challenges to federal actions away from the Ninth Circuit to East Coast courts.
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Dave Owen is an environmental lawyer specializing in energy, land and water use, and administrative law. He previously worked as a geologist and environmental consultant.
KPIX
Professor Rory Little discusses Elon Musk鈥檚 influence on the federal government, the limits of executive power in light of recent executive orders, and challenges to the executive orders. He notes the pressures being exerted on checks and balances.
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Rory Little听蝉别谤惫别诲听 as an associate deputy attorney general for U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno and previously was the Appellate Chief for the Northern District of California U.S. Attorney鈥檚 office.
Health Care and Vaccines
New York Magazine
Professor Dorit Reiss adds legal and historical context to this Intelligencer article about the connections that have been drawn between vaccination and freedom.
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NPR
Reiss comments on the temporary restraining order granted in response to a suit filed against the federal government by Doctors of America, after websites and datasets were removed in response to an executive order.
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Dorit Reiss is a researcher and writer on the legal and policy issues of vaccines, and the anti-vaccine movement.
The Regulatory Review
This analysis of the restrictions on prescriptions used to treat opioid addition uses a scholarly by Professor Benjaman A. Barsky as its primary source. Barsky proposes solutions that would allow greater access to treatment through telemedicine.
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Benjamin A. Barsky studies the relationship between law and health inequalities. Currently, his research focuses on how criminal law enforcement shapes health, with a particular focus on policing, incarceration, and controlled substance law.
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Professor Robin Feldman comments on a pharmaceutical company鈥檚 Super Bowl commercial, which discussed weight loss but didn鈥檛 name a particular drug, nor the associated risks and side effects.
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Robin Feldman is founder and director of the UC Law SF Center for Innovation (C4i) and of the AI Law & Innovation Institute. She provides technical advice and testimony to congressional committees and government agencies on various intellectual property and innovation topics.
NC Health News
A by UC Law SF鈥檚 The Source on Healthcare Price & Competition that analyzes the sale of non-profit Mission Health to for-profit HCA Healthcare is discussed, alongside the legal and regulatory implications of the sale.
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The Source on Healthcare Price & Competition is an initiative of the UCSF 鈥 UC Law Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy. It provides up-to-date and accessible information about healthcare price and competition in the U.S.
Freedom of Speech and Anti-Discrimination Law
CalMatters
Professor Matt Coles responds an appellate court ruling that a California baker violated the law in refusing to sell a cake to same-sex couple for their wedding. Coles also notes the potential impact of a SCOTUS ruling that allowed a web designer to deny services on First Amendment grounds.
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Matt Coles听was previously the deputy national legal director at the ACLU, where he was responsible for the organization鈥檚 work on race, voting, disability and immigration.
Political Analysis
The Guardian
Professor Joan Williams鈥 upcoming book is previewed, in which she discusses how Democrats can win back sections of the working class they lost to Trump without compromising their commitment to equal rights and compassionate government.
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Joan Williams is the founding director of the Equality Action Center and is widely known for 鈥渂ias interrupters,鈥濃攁n evidence-based metrics-driven approach to eradicating implicit bias.
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