Scott Schweikart
@scottschweikart.bsky.social
attorney and bioethicist at the AMA; UPenn, CWRU, and WashU alum; UChicago MacLean alum. Views my own. Post about health law, bioethics, and city 📷📍Chicago
Wrote this piece with @lynettemartins.bsky.social and @profcraig.bsky.social important issue in criminal law and bioethics. and the unprecedented story is still unfolding....
www.thehastingscenter.org/lethal-injec...
www.thehastingscenter.org/lethal-injec...
Lethal Injection: America’s Unethical Answer to an Unethical Punishment : The Hastings Center for Bioethics
When Christa Pike did not die from lethal injection, physicians were obligated to save her life. We are concerned about the predicament the healthcare workers are placed in.
www.thehastingscenter.org
October 7, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Wrote this piece with @lynettemartins.bsky.social and @profcraig.bsky.social important issue in criminal law and bioethics. and the unprecedented story is still unfolding....
www.thehastingscenter.org/lethal-injec...
www.thehastingscenter.org/lethal-injec...
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Happy to have co-written this with @profcraig.bsky.social and @scottschweikart.bsky.social. As we note, the case is complex but the ethics are clear. “Christa Pike is now in critical condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Healthcare professionals are working hard to save her life…
⚖️ What happens when an execution by lethal injection goes wrong?
A NEW HC Bioethics Forum essay examines the ethical questions surrounding lethal injection following Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike.
📖 https://bit.ly/4AOyE5D
A NEW HC Bioethics Forum essay examines the ethical questions surrounding lethal injection following Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike.
📖 https://bit.ly/4AOyE5D
October 5, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Happy to have co-written this with @profcraig.bsky.social and @scottschweikart.bsky.social. As we note, the case is complex but the ethics are clear. “Christa Pike is now in critical condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Healthcare professionals are working hard to save her life…
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Glass, Like Glass. Sunday's sunrise at the entrance to the Chicago River.
September 27, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Glass, Like Glass. Sunday's sunrise at the entrance to the Chicago River.
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Chicago Skyline Start from this week.
September 16, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Chicago Skyline Start from this week.
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Building Blanket. Saturday's start with fog in Chicago this morning.
September 5, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Building Blanket. Saturday's start with fog in Chicago this morning.
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The brilliant @amwhelan.bsky.social has written a short piece about DOD's new testosterone testing/treatment policy, based on a longer piece that law journals should absolutely grab ASAP.
Testosterone, Informed Consent, and the Military Masculinity Complex - Petrie-Flom Center
In July, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced, in a video titled “The High T Department of War,” that every service member 30 and older will now be screened annually for testosterone defic...
petrieflom.law.harvard.edu
August 15, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The brilliant @amwhelan.bsky.social has written a short piece about DOD's new testosterone testing/treatment policy, based on a longer piece that law journals should absolutely grab ASAP.
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If you havent read Ministry of the Future, the first chapter is about this. Harrowing.
August 9, 2026 at 8:03 AM
If you havent read Ministry of the Future, the first chapter is about this. Harrowing.
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Just so you know, if you hire me to fact check your book, I will *never* use AI to do it.
I will, however, be really hyper-detailed and not go easy on you and frankly be pretty pedantic (complimentary) and even fact check your jokes - but I won’t use AI to do ANY of that.
I will, however, be really hyper-detailed and not go easy on you and frankly be pretty pedantic (complimentary) and even fact check your jokes - but I won’t use AI to do ANY of that.
As a professional fact checker I would never *in a million years* use AI for research and fact checking. It lies! It makes things up! It plagiarizes! And I also have an obligation to the authors I work for not to do shoddy half-work.
August 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Just so you know, if you hire me to fact check your book, I will *never* use AI to do it.
I will, however, be really hyper-detailed and not go easy on you and frankly be pretty pedantic (complimentary) and even fact check your jokes - but I won’t use AI to do ANY of that.
I will, however, be really hyper-detailed and not go easy on you and frankly be pretty pedantic (complimentary) and even fact check your jokes - but I won’t use AI to do ANY of that.
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Nobody's working harder than I am to get @msmith750.bsky.social covered by The New York Times. "The Scholarly Crimes of Michael L. Smith" is now available for download on SSRN.
If you, too, would like to be the subject of a minor academic controversy, do reach out!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
If you, too, would like to be the subject of a minor academic controversy, do reach out!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
July 12, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Nobody's working harder than I am to get @msmith750.bsky.social covered by The New York Times. "The Scholarly Crimes of Michael L. Smith" is now available for download on SSRN.
If you, too, would like to be the subject of a minor academic controversy, do reach out!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
If you, too, would like to be the subject of a minor academic controversy, do reach out!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Hancock wrapped in fog while watching over the Race To Mackinac this morning in Chicago.
July 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The Hancock wrapped in fog while watching over the Race To Mackinac this morning in Chicago.
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June 21, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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Note: Idaho’s anti-trans bathroom law is severe.
A 1st time violator can face up to a year in prison, and a 2nd offense (within 5 years of the first) can result in a felony and up to 5 years in prison.
People piss 6-8 times a day, on average, so it prohibits people from being in public.
A 1st time violator can face up to a year in prison, and a 2nd offense (within 5 years of the first) can result in a felony and up to 5 years in prison.
People piss 6-8 times a day, on average, so it prohibits people from being in public.
Breaking News: A federal judge blocked an Idaho law criminalizing transgender bathroom use, the strictest such ban in the U.S.
Federal Judge Blocks Idaho Law Criminalizing Transgender Bathroom Use
Six transgender residents claimed that the bathroom ban, the most restrictive in the nation, violated their constitutional rights.
nyti.ms
June 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Note: Idaho’s anti-trans bathroom law is severe.
A 1st time violator can face up to a year in prison, and a 2nd offense (within 5 years of the first) can result in a felony and up to 5 years in prison.
People piss 6-8 times a day, on average, so it prohibits people from being in public.
A 1st time violator can face up to a year in prison, and a 2nd offense (within 5 years of the first) can result in a felony and up to 5 years in prison.
People piss 6-8 times a day, on average, so it prohibits people from being in public.
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Warm Wake-up in the Windy City. Today in Chicago to start the day.
June 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Warm Wake-up in the Windy City. Today in Chicago to start the day.
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I think this might be the image of the mission for me.
May 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I think this might be the image of the mission for me.
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NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission.
It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another.
Link:
eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos...
Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)
It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another.
Link:
eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos...
Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)
May 3, 2026 at 11:36 PM
NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission.
It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another.
Link:
eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos...
Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)
It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another.
Link:
eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos...
Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)
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Super depressing but very good piece on grant funding, with lots of insight from @kaytesb.bsky.social @michiganbioethics.bsky.social
#academia #research
#academia #research
With federal research funding cuts, the first year of Trump 2.0 was tough. Year 2 is in some ways grimmer, a @statnews.com survey shows. Bridge funding is drying up, existing grants are ending & competition for fewer new grants is steep, @aniloza.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2026/04/30/n...
Securing NIH awards is getting more competitive — and confusing
The likelihood of snagging NIH grants has plunged to historic lows, forcing academic researchers to resort to a variety of tactics to try to obtain funding
www.statnews.com
April 30, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Super depressing but very good piece on grant funding, with lots of insight from @kaytesb.bsky.social @michiganbioethics.bsky.social
#academia #research
#academia #research
Cool lake color and clouds today.
April 29, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Cool lake color and clouds today.
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Tonight on the 100th anniversary of the Better Business Bureau celebration at Navy Pier in Chicago.
April 23, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Tonight on the 100th anniversary of the Better Business Bureau celebration at Navy Pier in Chicago.
Chicago yesterday.
April 17, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Chicago yesterday.
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Fog-tastic! Thursday early evening in Chicago.
April 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Fog-tastic! Thursday early evening in Chicago.
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STATE CONSTITUTIONS MATTER
MONTANA SUPREME COURT: “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” and is subject to strict scrutiny under the Montana Constitution.
![Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination. Discrimination based on sex is expressly prohibited under Montana’s unique Nondiscrimination Clause––“[n]either the state nor any person, firm, corporation, or institution shall discriminate on account of . . . sex . . . .” Thus, Article II, Section 4 is
unequivocal in its intolerance for discrimination based on sex. Because sex discrimination involves a fundamental right under Article II, the appropriate level of judicial review is strict scrutiny. Snetsinger, ¶ 17.
¶28 Being transgender is also a suspect class under the Equal Protection Clause of
Article II, Section 4,––“[n]o person shall be denied equal protection of the law.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:inwzoq34u52clnzwfmmv4j3b/bafkreidt45gkkqkhg24folszm4hyzpnuoyoe3f6f3pmqpoiqtvf6lweexi)
April 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM
STATE CONSTITUTIONS MATTER
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Illini Colors atop Sears Tower for the past few nights supporting the University of Illinois basketball team. Final Four game today just after 5pm.
April 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Illini Colors atop Sears Tower for the past few nights supporting the University of Illinois basketball team. Final Four game today just after 5pm.
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Yvette Lindgren & I have a new essay recently accepted by Southern California Law Review! "The Post-Dobbs Abortion Irony" explores how abortion bans only seem to be chilling medically necessary abortions while everyday abortions are increasing everywhere. 1/4 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
March 30, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Yvette Lindgren & I have a new essay recently accepted by Southern California Law Review! "The Post-Dobbs Abortion Irony" explores how abortion bans only seem to be chilling medically necessary abortions while everyday abortions are increasing everywhere. 1/4 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Chicagohenge during Saturday's Sunrise. Today in Chicago.
March 21, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Chicagohenge during Saturday's Sunrise. Today in Chicago.
Sunset this evening.
March 7, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Sunset this evening.