Lawyer and Former Deputy General Counsel @HHSGOV and Outgoing @US_FDA Chief Counsel under President Donald J. Trump. Partner at @EnvisageLaw.
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Mar 6 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
1/ An NC Court of Appeals opinion from yesterday illustrates hurdles to COVID-19 vaccine lawsuits.
The court held that a minor who got a jab against his will and his mom's wishes cannot bring legal claims against those who administered the shot.
Why? The PREP Act.
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2/ The case involves a then-14-year-old high school football player.
In August 2021, after a COVID-19 outbreak in the football team, Guilford County Schools announced players could not practice again “until cleared by a public health professional.”
Testing was offered.
Nov 11, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Russell Moore (@DrMoore) is a “public theologian,” whose views on the Iraq War are not widely known, particularly by the elite audiences he writes to.
In a 2003 interview on the War’s eve, @DrMoore laid out his support for invading Iraq, invoking Romans 13 in the process.
2/ In the interview, @DrMoore defended George W. Bush, referencing the “agonizing process” the Bush Administration engaged in at the @UN.
“Some of us turn on the television and see one more Security Council meeting and say ‘when is this ever going to end’,” Moore said.
Sep 21, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
1/ The NC GOP supermajority’s budget deal contains so-called “medical freedom” provisions that fail to protect working people.
The legislature is also giving more tax dollars to the NC Symphony, which fired 3 musicians for declining COVID-19 vaccines on faith grounds.
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2/ Start with the medical freedom parts of the bill. Simply put, if you are employed by a private, non-state entity, the employment protections in the budget deal don’t apply to you.
This bill doesn’t stop private businesses from mandating COVID-19 vaccines, testing, or masks.
Jul 1, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
1/ I represent world-class musicians who wowed audiences at the @NCSymphony for years.
The taxpayer-funded Symphony says it serves “all of North Carolina.”
But my clients can’t play in the orchestra anymore.
Why? They respectfully declined the COVID-19 shot.
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2/ My clients have decades of experience as classical musicians. It takes extraordinary talent and determination to perform at this level.
2020 was hard enough for my clients, when the @NCSymphony ceased live performances to play for audiences online.
2021 was even worse.
Jan 1, 2023 • 18 tweets • 8 min read
1/ @DavidAFrench’s #TwitterFiles thread is emblematic of his shrug-your-shoulders approach to the law of Big Tech censorship.
French’s legal views on Silicon Valley are in tension with his prior positions, including with a 2005 book he co-authored while at @TheFIREorg.
2/ French says the #TwitterFiles show “pervasive jawboning”—“government efforts to convince or cajole private actors to change their behavior”— but that analysis of the files “contains…little nuance.” French then invites us to consider the government speech doctrine.
Jul 14, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Pleased to represent medical doctor and research scientist @andrewbostom who @Twitter suspended under its COVID-19 misinformation policy over a tweet summarizing a peer-reviewed study. For the reasons outlined in my four-page letter below, @Twitter should reinstate his account.
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