This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
hen correcting misinformation actually makes people believe it more, this effect is to blame.
What is the continued influence effect?
These actions can derail a bill from passing.
What is a:
1. Presidential veto (pocket/regular)
2. Committee vote
This political movement pits "the people" against "the elite" and "the establishment." It advocates for major the common people.
What is populism?
There will be an essay question focusing on populism and partisan politics. There are 9 essay question options; you must select two to answer.
This ethical framework focuses on the greatest good for the greatest number.
What is utilitarianism?
When people selectively accept information that supports what they already believe, this bias is at work.
What is confirmation bias?
Supreme law that governs the relationship between individuals and their government.
Constitutional law
This term refers to the power of state governments to regulate behavior and enforce order to promote health, safety, morals, and general welfare.
What are police powers?
This 1905 case upheld mandatory vaccination under state police powers.
What is Jacobson v. Massachusetts?
This framework prioritizes individual rights and duties, regardless of outcomes.
What is deontological (rights-based) ethics?
Analyze the ethical dimensions of the policy through two ethical frameworks discussed in class:
Utilitarianism
Deontological (rights-based) ethics
Egalitarian (justice-based) ethics
Libertarian ethics
This federal power most commonly allows Washington to influence state public health policy without directly mandating action.
What is taxation and spending?
The lowest-level advocacy/lobbying involving regular people. For example, Minnesotans took to the streets to protest ICE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp3ABvXXEsE
What is grassroots lobbying/advocacy?
Make sure you know all of the different types of lobbying groups!
This principle holds that individuals have no general legal right to receive health care.
What is the no-duty-to-treat principle?
This case established a constitutional right to abortion under the 14th Amendment.
What is Roe v. Wade?
What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation?
Misinformation
False or inaccurate information that is shared without the intent to deceive
Disinformation
False information that is deliberately created and spread with the intent to deceive
This requirement explains why most states cannot run sustained public health deficits during emergencies.
What is a balanced budget requirement?
The most powerful Senate/House committees are...
What are the:
House Ways & Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Department of Defense Committee
This federal law narrowed the no-duty-to-treat principle by requiring emergency stabilization.
What is Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)?
This case replaced the trimester framework with the “undue burden” standard.
What is Planned Parenthood v. Casey?
What is police powers?
Police powers highlight the tension between individual rights/liberties vs. the population's public health interest.
Does public health have a constitutional mandate?
No.
Public health does not have an explicit constitutional mandate in the United States. The U.S. Constitution does not guarantee a right to health or require the government to provide health services. Instead, public health authority is derived from a combination of state police powers and federal enumerated powers.
The 10th Amendment and the 14th Amendment play central but distinct roles in shaping public health authority in the United States.
The 10th Amendment reserves powers not delegated to the federal government to the states or the people.
The 14th Amendment places important limits on public health authority by protecting individual rights. Through its Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause, the amendment requires that public health laws be applied fairly, reasonably, and without discrimination.
This term describes the use of withholding funds to force state compliance with federal priorities.
What is coercion?
When federal law overrides conflicting state law, it is called this.
What is preemption?
This doctrine requires courts to follow precedent.
What is stare decisis?
Psychological factors that contribute to belief in misinformation.
What is confirmation bias and continued influence effect?