Daniel Aaron
Role at the time: Associate Professor of Law, University of Utah
Statement summary
Law professor Daniel Aaron said the HHS report "likely also violates federal law because it's not peer-reviewed" and questioned why a political-science report was published by a health department.
“It likely also violates federal law because it's not peer-reviewed”
The Guardian reports on the HHS report linking support for trans people to authoritarianism and justification of political violence. It carries criticism from epidemiologist Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz and law professors Daniel Aaron and Craig Konnoth, and an interview with report coauthor Colin Wright, who says the language could have been tighter while disputing the broader characterization.
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Aaron condemns the report's legal legitimacy, arguing it likely violates federal law by not being peer-reviewed and questioning HHS's role in publishing it.