Judge Damon Leichty
Posted on 07/20/2021 12:17:07 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Indiana University students must comply with the school's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the fall semester after a federal judge refused to block the school's inoculation requirement, one of the first rulings of its kind during the pandemic.
U.S. District Court Judge Damon Leichty in South Bend, Indiana, rejected the argument by eight students that the school violated their bodily autonomy and constitutional right to due process.
"This university policy isn’t forced vaccination," wrote the judge. "The students have options — taking the vaccine, applying for a religious exemption, applying for a medical exemption, applying for a medical deferral, taking a semester off, or attending another university."
The students sued last month and asked Leichty to block the school's requirement that students, faculty and staff be vaccinated or receive an exemption. Exempted students must follow separate COVID-19 mitigation strategies.
“Today’s ruling does not end the students’ fight — we plan to immediately appeal the judge's decision,” states James Bopp, a conservative activist attorney represented the students.
COVID-19 vaccines have become a political flashpoint and the country has fallen short of President Joe Biden's vaccine goals, raising concerns that life may not return to normal as the number of infections are beginning to rise.
Leichty, appointed by former President Donald Trump, said had the students shown a likelihood that the university was infringing unreasonably on constitutional rights, blocking the policy would have been in the public interest. But he said the students "have a low likelihood of success" of proving that.
More than 500 colleges and universities have mandated the COVID-19 vaccine and Leichty's ruling appears to be the first in a case challenging such a policy.
A federal judge in Texas in June dismissed a case brought by 117 workers at Houston Methodist Hospital who challenged the facility's employee vaccine requirement.
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Judge Damon Leichty
So what happens if a doctor steps forward and says, “I will give anyone a medical deferral. Just call me.”?
Will the state take his license? Because he allows people to opt out of medical experiments?
Who appointed this guy?
(I hope not PDJT.)
FTA....”The students have options — taking the vaccine, applying for a religious exemption, applying for a medical exemption, applying for a medical deferral, taking a semester off, or attending another university.”
Applying for an exemption??? Taking a semester off? Why, they’ll change their mandate, or they think all will be given these shots, by then? WTHeck? Attend another University???
Those aren’t choices of a free society, Judge. :-(
The judge is a Marxist scumbag.
N/m....I just read that this Judge was, in fact, appointed by PDJT 😩
Could it be that we ONCE had freedom to choose, and now that freedom is gone?
I must admit at first glance this “judge” looks as though he has just received an unexpected — but not unwelcomed — back door delivery. Ain’t he sweet?
How is that not a forced vaccination? You take it, or you can't attend.
The only way to make it more forced by the university is to have university staff hunt you down and shove the vaccine into you against protests, regardless of ever being a student.
🐫💩
Can you attend the University of you have been diagnosed with AIDS? There is no Vaccination for AIDS.
Good.
Never allow far left crazies to force any vaccine on you. If it comes down to it, just switch universities already.
These students are buying a service.
How weird they would not be anxious to take their business elsewhere, or not purchase the product at all.
Instead they whine.
In a split second.
“So what happens if a doctor steps forward and says, “I will give anyone a medical deferral. Just call me.”?”
I don’t think that’s how it works. The university is judge, jury and executioner, you have to apply to THEM for the medical deferral.
We are not being told the truth about what Covid really is.
Video above raises many questions.
“How is that not a forced vaccination? You take it, or you can’t attend.”
It’s a coerced vaccination, not a forced vaccination. Not much difference to you or me, but it’s enough difference for the courts to give us no relief.
How we know this clown is another uniparty shill (of the Trump nominee variety in this case):
“On July 9, 2019, the Senate voted 87–11 to invoke cloture on his nomination.[8] On July 10, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a vote of 85–10.[9] He received his judicial commission on July 26, 2019.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_R._Leichty
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