Showing posts with label supreme court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label supreme court. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Why Obama Keeps Losing at the Supreme Court

Why Obama continues to lose at the Supreme Court

Friday, July 15, 2011

Metoclopramide and the Supreme Court

As already mentioned on this blog the supreme court ruled that generic drug makers can't be held liable for failing to warn about drug side effects. At the heart of the case was the drug reglan or metoclopramide which has the rare side effect of tardive dyskinesia (or drug induced parkinsons). What is missed largely in the debate is that metoclopramide is not used in other western countries because its twin sister domperidone is available, has the same usage but it doesn't cause that terrible side effect. Due to some regulatory nonsense at the FDA domperidone is not available in the US, as a result a few thousand people have drug induced parkinsons.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Friday, July 1, 2011

Supreme Court on violent video games

Jeffery H. Anderson argues that the got it wrong when the supreme court struck down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to children. Jon Stewart offered this criticism of the decision where he demonstrates just how violent these video games can be. Stewart makes the point that it is ok to disembowel a women in a video game, but if she had a nipple slip during then it would be something that could prohibited from being sold to children.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Constitutionality of Health Care Law being challenged in Appeals Court

The Health Care law is being challenged in an appeals court. Most observers believe it will ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court.
One of the Judges on the appeals court asked if congress has the authority to force people to buy goods on the open market, is there any limit to their power?