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Posted on 12/06/2025 12:56:43 PM PST by CFW
A year and a half after the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals knocked down the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine's original and revised COVID-19 vaccine mandates for discriminating against students and employees seeking religious exemptions, the school has paid an "historic" settlement to the 18 plaintiffs, their lawyers said this week.
The $10.3 million settlement in damages, tuition, and attorney’s fees is one of the few nationwide, in challenges to government COVID vaccine mandates, to pay money damages to plaintiffs suing for their First Amendment rights, the Thomas More Society said.
The taxpayer-funded school was spooked into paying damages after the 10th Circuit found Chancellor Don Elliman, who has led the school for 13 years, and other officials violated "clearly established" First Amendment rights, removing their qualified immunity from personal liability, according to TMS.
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The med school continues to defend the legitimacy of the vaccine mandate, telling The Colorado Sun the since-rescinded policy "was grounded in science, public health guidance, and our obligation to safeguard lives during an unprecedented global crisis," falsely portraying COVID vaccines as able to stop infection and transmission.
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They should pool their money and use it to remove those responsible from the University so they can never harm anyone else again.
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