A Win for Business, A Loss for Healthcare Workers
Tag: Vaccination Mandates
US Supreme Court suspends OSHA’s private-employer COVID-19 vaccine mandate
“The Biden administration’s mandate would have a profoundly negative effect on those employers and the 80 million American workers who are affected…”
Maine Health Care Workers Ask SCOTUS to Take Case
“It is time for the High Court to stop this unlawful mandate against all these health care workers who have become constitutional orphans in their own state.”
Air Force Officer Asks Federal Court for Relief from Compulsory COVID-19 Vaccines
In a lawsuit filed January 6, 2022, in federal court, Thomas More Society attorneys are representing the officer, who has served her country for over 25 years.
Fourth Judge Blocks Biden Shot Mandate for Federal Contractors
Judge Merryday is the fourth judge to block Biden’s shot mandate for federal contractors.
McConnell: Democrats Have Little to Show for 11 Months Running Pandemic Response
“Every American is rooting for our country in the continued fight against COVID-19. But 11 months into the Biden Administration, we need an honest accounting.”
Parents Win Over Unconstitutional Quarantine Policy
“In Brian Shellem, et. al. v. Angela Grunewald, et al., several parents filed a lawsuit against the superintendent of Edmond Public Schools and several board members because the school district implemented a policy that required unvaccinated students to quarantine at home while those who had the shot could stay in school. “
United Airlines Has Pilot Shortage Following Shot Mandate
“United Airlines is now feeling the financial effects of not accommodating religious exemptions for its employees.”
Supreme Court’s NY Decision Is a Blow for Religious Freedom
The decision not to intervene and immediately block the New York COVID-vaccine mandate is a disappointing move.
Amtrak Reverses Course from Shot Mandate
Amtrak had to back off the shot mandate because it would have lost so many workers.
United States Supreme Court to Consider Request to Stop San Diego Public Schools’ Covid Vaccination Mandate
“San Diego Unified School District exempts tens of thousands of this student’s classmates (and many of her teachers) from the same mandate for secular reasons.”
IL Health Care Employees Appeal Shot Mandates
These health care workers need relief from the court.
DOD Continues to Threaten Military Entitled to Religious Exemption
Biden’s Department of Defense continues to ignore the law by denying every religious exemption request.
National Guard Deployed in ME and NY Following Shot Mandates
“The governors of Maine and New York are to blame for the current health care shortages.”
Catholic League’s Open Letter to NEA President
Catholic League president Bill Donohue issued the following open letter today to the president of the National Education Association regarding a senior member of the organization who is calling for innocent Americans to be shot.
Another Biden Shot Mandate is Down
Joe Biden has no authority to issue unlawful shot mandates.
Biden’s Shot Mandates Continue to Bite the Dust
“It is promising that these federal judges are acknowledging that Biden has no authority to issue unlawful shot mandates to any person in America.”
IL Health Care Workers Could Prevail with Monetary Damages
Northshore University HealthSystem is unlawfully denying religious exemptions from the COVID shot mandate.
Ninth Circuit Grants San Diego Public School Student Emergency Injunction in COVID Vaccine Mandate Case
The original complaint was filed by Thomas More Society attorneys in federal court on October 22, 2021 on the behalf of the 16-year-old high school junior and her parents.
San Diego Public School Student’s Religious Rights Case Appealed to Ninth Circuit
Thomas More Society attorneys filed an emergency appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a religious rights lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of a Scripps Ranch High School student-athlete against the San Diego Unified School District over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
IL Hospital Unlawfully Discriminates Against Employees Over Shot Mandate
Liberty Counsel filed a supplemental brief today on behalf of 14 health care workers asking the federal District Court of Illinois to grant a preliminary injunction against NorthShore University HealthSystem for unlawfully discriminating against and denying religious exemptions from the COVID shot mandate.
Class Action Certification Filed for IL NorthShore Health Care Employees
Illinois law dictates that employees at NorthShore University HealthSystem have the fundamental right to determine what medical care to accept and refuse.
Inaccuracies of CDC Study Promoting COVID Shots and Pregnancy
The CDC scientists acknowledged they should have made clear that they could not accurately calculate a risk estimate for miscarriages because follow-up data was not yet available for most of the women.
Univ. of CO Constituents Expand Lawsuit for School’s Religious Discrimination
Effective September 1, 2021, the university enacted and enforced a policy that all students, employees, and other individuals “who currently or may in the future access any CU Anschutz facility or participate in any CU Anschutz program” or otherwise interact with members of the Anschutz community “regardless of location” must “become fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with a vaccine that has been approved by the World Health Organization.”