Dismantling Independent Science—The Supreme Court and Public Health Regulation

This Viewpoint summarizes the ways in which federal health agencies and state-level safeguards work in parallel to ensure public health and highlights how 3 recent Supreme Court rulings have reduced the independence of federal agencies, expanded political control over them, and curtailed state-level protections meant to challenge and supplement federal standards.

Corresponding Author: Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, 600 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001 (gostin@georgetown.edu).

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