Abstract
This is a review of Wendy E. Parmet’s new book, Constitutional Contagion: COVID, the Courts, and Public Health. The book adequately exposes the reader to criticism of modern jurisprudence involving COVID-19. However, this review focuses on three areas of critique: comparing red states versus blue states for COVID-19 response outcomes, the inability of science to make public policy pronouncements, and the alleged connection between a healthy democracy and healthy citizens. Additionally, the ends-justify-the-means theme throughout the book is critiqued as an invalid form of constitutional interpretation.
Recommended Citation
Michael Conklin,
IS MODERN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW MAKING US UNHEALTHY?,
49
S. Ill. U. L.J.
95
(2024).
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/siulj/vol49/iss1/6