That's the way I heard it.
I don't think this is going to go the way we want.
I do not follow Sotmajor on there is no mandate.
Sotomoyor just absurdly stated that OSHA is more politically accountable than congress or the states!
If the Supreme Court was held in Georgia, and the justices could walk around without masks and around unvaccinated people freely every day, they’d KNOW COVID isn’t a universal death sentence. But it is in Washington DC where all their friends and associates live in daily terror of COVID and dying.
I’ve met people like that in Arizona. One guy was afraid to walk his dog because he might catch COVID....from a COVID asteroid strike? The fear porn of COVID, 24/7 for two years, particularly in places like Washington DC...too many justices ARE immersed daily in COVID fear. BLIND fear.
I have a very bad feeling about how they are going to rule. Thomas will be great of course but....
My prediction is that the court will deny the stay now but then eventually, years from now, undo the order by upholding a ruling against it once someone who has been harmed by it has standing.