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....
A good time to reflect on WHO's antics early in pandemic history....
Airlines have not sounded the alarm over Omicron as they did over the Delta variant....
Oral argument scheduled in two sets of mandate cases, one involving the OSHA employer mandate and the second involving the CMS mandate....
Complaint: "the company broke its promises, its stated policies, and our laws, including a nearly 150-year-old California law that explicitly sets out its obligations as a company in the business of carrying messages"...
OSHA Says Enforcement Starts January 10...
Meanwhile, Sec. of State Blinken vows more US military might in Asia to counter China....
"Recognizing that the “old normal” is not going to return, employers and employees have sought new models for a workplace that will protect the safety and health of employees who earn their living there."...
Meanwhile, Oklahoma's Republican governor and the state attorney general have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the military mandate for the state's Guard....
"Students, faculty, staff and visitors must get a booster shot by Jan. 21 or secure an approved medical or religious exemption."...
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...
Twitter lackeys know more about heart health than the American Heart Association. Wrap your mind around that one....
The usual threats of fiscal punish do not seem to be swaying this district, due to the number of parents who will outright leave the public school system if the mandate goes forward....
"IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that OSHA take no steps to implement or enforce the Mandate until further court order."...
Worried about the shadow docket: "Were the standard otherwise, applicants could use the emergency docket to force the Court to give a merits preview in cases that it would be unlikely to take—and to doso on a short fuse without benefit of full briefing and...
Immunocompromised people are 485 times more likely to end up in the hospital or die from Covid-19....
