It's easy to write off Bernie Sanders’ latest move simply as an octogenarian acting like a grumpy old man. But Bernie Sanders is no suburban retiree with a chip on his shoulder. He’s a senior Senator who heads an important committee, so when he levels threats –people are justifiably nervous.

On Thursday Sanders called for a vote to subpoena two drug company CEOs to testify in front of his committee. The CEOs in question head companies that are suing HHS because of the price controls included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The third of three companies that had filed suit, had previously agreed to show...if he wasn’t alone.

Instead of waiting on the legal system to work and for these cases to make their way through the courts—perhaps even the Supreme Court—and instead of working on bipartisan legislation that addresses drug costs, or a policy that improves drug supply instead of shrinking it, Senator Sanders is demanding these CEOs sit for what amounts to a public humiliation session, an inquisition posing as a fact-finding mission.

In recent years this tactic has regrettably been employed by both parties. Republicans hauled the CEOs of large tech companies in to grill them on bias in their platforms. And though it’s generally not a tactic I support,........

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