Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor denies a request from a group of NYC teachers to block the city's vaccine mandate for public school employees
Sotomayor did not refer the request to the other Supreme Court justices, or comment on her action, likely signaling they agreed with her decision. In August, Justice Amy Coney Barrett likewise rejected an effort to block Indiana University's vaccine mandate.In court papers, lawyers for the teachers argued that New York City, as well as the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, have placed an"unconstitutional burden" on public school teachers.
Dissension at the Supreme Court as justices take their anger public The lawyers argued that instead of allowing teachers the opportunity to opt out of the vaccine mandate through weekly testing, the city's mandate"forces unvaccinated public-school employees to go on unpaid leave for nearly a year."Read MoreThe challengers in the case gave different reasons for not wanting to get the vaccine including a concern over the long-term effects of the vaccine.
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