The Federal Government does NOT have the right to impose mandates; the states do.
The standard appears to be Jacobson vs. Massachusetts.
The reason that applies is.
It was during a pandemic - SMALLPOX. Which had a 30% FATALITY rate. The rate for COVID-19 in the US is around 0.3%; and those deaths are concentrated in people over 65 (about 78% of the deaths last time I checked).
Even at that, the mandate upheld in Jacobson was a *state* law. But even with a 30% fatality rate, the only thing the state even SOUGHT was a $5 fine. (That's about $165 today, or a large speeding ticket.)
Right now Montana has a law forbidding the clot shot being required by employers; Arkansas has passed the law through the legislature but I don't know if the governor has signed it.
Here's a link a couple of days old of the status of laws/bills in other states.
A Federal Appeals Court for the 8th Circuit has UPHELD a ruling by a Federal Judge that students cannot be required to get the Clot Shot.
JUST IN: In a unanimous published decision issued Oct. 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, Ohio, held Western Michigan University's vaccination mandate likely violated sixteen unvaccinated athletes’ First Amendment rights. pic.twitter.com/HrboFi5BPq— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) October 9, 2021
And in case you think this is just about health, Baton Rouge Louisiana is offering expungements of certain misdemeanors AND FELONIES to those getting the clot shot.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4002174/posts
And PFIZER is BUSTED! They ADMIT there is no "Approved" vaccine in the US on a recorded call.
https://gab.com/redvoicemedia (hat tip to Ymani Cricket and WildHighlander57).
The group Liberty Council has had success with lawsuits against government entities and private actors. Liberty Counsel has engaged in extensive litigation in the last year regarding civil rights violations ostensibly justified by “COVID-19,” and has had great success holding both government entities and private actors accountable. See, e.g., Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Newsom, 141 S. Ct. 1289 (2021) (permanent injunction granted and $1,350,000 in attorney’s fees awarded in Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Newsom, No. 2:20-cv-06414, C.D. Cal., May 17, 2021); Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Newsom, 141 S. Ct. 889 (2020); Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church v. Pritzker, 962 F.3d 341 (7th Cir. 2020); Maryville Baptist Church, Inc. v. Beshear, 957 F.3d 610 (6th Cir. 2020). Source: https://lc.org/PDFs/Attachments2PRsLAs/090221LtrreWAStateCOVIDMandates.pdf
And ICAN has also been involved.
https://www.icandecide.org/ican-supports-successful-legal-challenges-to-covid-19-vaccines-mandates/.
Their website implies they wrote a letter to Cornell and got them to back down.
America's Frontline Doctors has a legal group:
https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/legal/
Here's a larger list of legal firms working against the mandates:
Great info, thanks for the links.
My state is good to go:
“Texas
(Signed into Law):
Executive Order GA 35 prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from adopting or enforcing any order, ordinance, policy, regulation, rule, or similar measure that requires an individual to provide documentation regarding the individual’s COVID-19 vaccination status for any vaccine administered under an emergency use authorization. The Order also prohibits any public or private entity receiving public funds from requiring consumers to provide, as a condition of receiving any service or entering any place, documentation regarding such vaccination status. However, an exception exists to allow (i) nursing homes, (ii) state supported living centers, (iii) assisted living facilities, and (iv) long-term care facilities to require documentation of residents’ vaccination status. The Order took effect on April 5, 2021.
Senate Bill 968 prohibits businesses in the state from requiring “a customer to provide any documentation certifying the customer’s COVID-19 vaccination or post-transmission recovery” to enter, gain access to, or receive any service from such businesses. Businesses that fail to comply with this provision are “not eligible to receive a grant or enter into a contract payable with state funds.” The Bill was signed into law on June 7, 2021 and took effect immediately.”
Great post. Thanks