Supreme Court Stays OSHA Large Employer Vax Mandate, Upholds CMS Healthworker Mandate
Split verdict. 6-3 against OSHA mandate, with liberals dissenting. 5-4 in favor of CMS mandate, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, dissenting....
Split verdict. 6-3 against OSHA mandate, with liberals dissenting. 5-4 in favor of CMS mandate, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, dissenting....
Sotomayor: "Why is the human being not like a machine if it's spewing a virus, blood-borne viruses?" ...
In each case, expect the non-federal government litigants to focus on whether the agencies involved had the power to impose the mandates, while the goverment will argue that PEOPLE ARE GONNA DIE if the mandates are not upheld....
The Supreme Court building even was attacked to try to prevent swearing in....
Melissa Chen: "In light of the lawsuits, this seems convenient for Harvard. Now they can freely discriminate to achieve desired racial quotas without worrying about any data on file that would make such discrimination obvious to the casual onlooker."...
Oral argument scheduled in two sets of mandate cases, one involving the OSHA employer mandate and the second involving the CMS mandate....
OSHA Says Enforcement Starts January 10...
Gorsuch dissent: "Those who cite medical reasons are exempt. But no comparable exemption exists for individuals whose sincere religious beliefs prevent them from taking one of the currently available vaccines. It seems New York is one of just three States to have a scheme like...
In a complicated and contentious decision authored by Justice Gorsuch, Court rules that Texas state judges, clerks, and Attorney General Paxton cannot be sued to challenge the law, but certain state medical licensing officials can be sued....
Justice Alito: If Maine refuses to fund students to attend schools that teach white supremacy, "would you say the same thing about a school that teaches critical race theory?"...
So court packing is dead? Just you wait. If SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade in the Mississippi abortion case, well, the screams could become, ahem, an insurrection....
The case was expedited and oral argument held November 1, but it's been sitting there without decision yet as Texas abortion procedures were cut in half....
Sotomayor seemed desperate: "Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts?"...
We will likely get a decision in the spring....
"When Wednesday’s oral argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen drew to a close after roughly two hours of debate, it seemed likely that New York’s 108-year-old handgun-licensing law is in jeopardy."...
Two cases challenge law that bans abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, but leaves enforcement to private lawsuits....
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