171 - The Supreme Court Vacancy and What's at Stake for the Affordable Care Act, Access to Firearms, and Reproductive Rights and Health

The vacancy on the Supreme Court left by Justice Ginsburg could have an unprecedented impact on critical public health issues. In a special Friday episode, Dr. Josh Sharfstein talks with three experts in public health law—Lainie Rutkow, Jon Vernick, and Joanne Rosen—about the ACA, the Second Amendment, and Roe v. Wade. They discuss the Court's precedents around these issues, how nominee Amy Coney Barrett's originalist and textualist philosophies might be used to interpret them, whether one judge can make a significant difference in overall decisions, and the potential impacts reversals and changes to existing laws could make on the public's health. KEYWORDS: policy; firearms; abortion