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Supreme Court set to issue opinions This Morning on Vaccine Mandates (live thread) [update SCOTUS blocks business mandate at reply 115]
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Posted on 01/13/2022 5:33:17 AM PST by janetjanet998

ASHINGTON (TND) โ€” The U.S. Supreme Court is set to begin issuing opinions Thursday morning.

Itโ€™s expected that among them will be a ruling on the vaccine mandate for large employers and healthcare workers.

In a special session this past Friday to hear the case, Chief Justice John Roberts remarked that the federal government has never imposed a mandate like this on private companies.

The rest of the court's conservative majority also appeared to be leaning towards opposing it.

However, they seemed to be more understanding of the requirement for healthcare workers, saying that the government can impose conditions when there's government funding involved.

Court watchers now mostly expecting a split decision.

The opinions are expected to start coming down at 10 a.m. Thursday.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mandate; scotus; vaccine; vaccinemandate
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To: JoSixChip
Agreed. Echoes of the Obamacare decision we were so damn confident about..

SCROTUS never ceases to disappoint. Perhaps if the gov't can FORCE YOU TO PURCHASE SOMETHING (Obamacare), they can also FORCE YOU TO SUBMIT TO AN INJECTION (Vaccine mandates).

81 posted on 01/13/2022 7:17:46 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my b"ack for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: TexasGurl24
So what, if anything, is happening today?
82 posted on 01/13/2022 7:17:49 AM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: atc23

If they rule against the mandates, there is going to be a renewed push to pack the Court by adding justices — reliable progressive justices.

Roberts is more concerned about the opinion of the D.C. cocktail crowd, than he is about the Constitution.


83 posted on 01/13/2022 7:22:05 AM PST by CFW
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To: mewzilla

Eight imbeciles and Clarence Thomas.


84 posted on 01/13/2022 7:22:36 AM PST by nonliberal (Trump 2024. Burn it down.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Why stop there?
Force pregnant women to have an abortion since increasing population is hastening climate change and taking food out of the mouths of tax-paying citizens.


85 posted on 01/13/2022 7:26:57 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (This is NOT a pandemic of the unvaxx'd. It is a complete loss of common sense.)
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To: mewzilla

Baloney


86 posted on 01/13/2022 7:27:43 AM PST by Jonny7797
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To: Reno89519

I suspect they’ll punt and say No to feds and suggest this is a matter for the states to decide.

That wouldnt be a punt, that would be the correct ruling.


87 posted on 01/13/2022 7:30:05 AM PST by Jonny7797
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To: Jonny7797
I agree...The power is in the states. Does the Federal Government mandate Smallpox, Measles, Mumps, etc etc...

It'll be 6-3...the 3 Dem liberals.

88 posted on 01/13/2022 7:35:30 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: CFW
No opinion today on the mandate. SCOTUS seems to be punting and will let the mandate go into effect by default.

Yup. Big Gov/Pharma will look at this as a fumble and will take all the yardage they can in the meantime. For many, including children, it is Sudden Death Overtime.

89 posted on 01/13/2022 7:36:37 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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Three scenarios:
90 posted on 01/13/2022 7:36:54 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least 1 of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, J&J, Merck and GSK)
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To: Openurmind

Not to mention the executive branch will come up with more reasons for the mandates, so that most of us will be forced to get them.

On the other hand WHO just came out saying that boosters compromise people’s immune systems. So the Supreme Court would look pretty foolish to say mandating them is fine now.


91 posted on 01/13/2022 8:18:54 AM PST by CottonBall (Nothing says 81 million votes like spontaneous โ€œLet's Go Brandonโ€ chants in stadiums all over the US)
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To: Antoninus

“If they vote “yes”, it could explain why Trump has been so dead-set on propping up the failing vax.”

No one - not even Trump - could predict the “severity” levels of either the various viruses (delta, omicron, etc) nor the “effectiveness” of any of the different vaccines (Phizer, Moderna, J&J, etc). EVERYONE knows that a typical vaccine development timeline has historically taken 5 to 10 years to go through several phases of testing to see if these vaccines are effective. They are simply trying to speed up the process due to the guesswork of coming up with some vaccine that “might” work on “everyone” with any of these various viruses - that have different “severity” levels.

After two years, they are STILL researching these. IT IS ALL GUESSWORK, USING SOME CHEMICAL LAB TO DO SOME RESEARCHING IN A CHEMICAL LAB. Hell, they’ve already come up with 3+ different vaccines - how many more will they end up? And they are now working to make it unlawful for me to refuse to be f###ing vaccinated? It’s stupid and insane.

D&D


92 posted on 01/13/2022 8:30:05 AM PST by Deaf and Discerning (I ain't volunteering to be guinea pig)
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To: MNJohnnie

Nothing


93 posted on 01/13/2022 8:35:27 AM PST by TexasGurl24
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To: janetjanet998

Not today; https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4029162/posts


94 posted on 01/13/2022 8:35:40 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: FlipWilson

I used to work for a company that would, without warning, lay people off.

Security would show up, tell the person “follow us”, do not remove anything from your desk or desktop, we will box it all up for you.

And you were out the door, period.

One person in particular I remember. 27 years of service, no warning, no indication. Heartbreaking.


95 posted on 01/13/2022 8:36:59 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

‘I used to work for a company that would, without warning, lay people off.’

SOP in the software industry. In my last job, Larry, our main security guy, would show up at your desk with a cardboard box and you were out the door in 5 minutes. We referred to the cardboard box as a retirement benefit (most software companies aren’t known for extensive benefits, so getting to keep the box was viewed as a plus).


96 posted on 01/13/2022 8:50:38 AM PST by Roadrunner383 (;)
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To: FlipWilson

Thatโ€™s what Iโ€™m betting on. Some kind of bastardized BS ruling.


97 posted on 01/13/2022 9:05:14 AM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: Deaf and Discerning

I predicted the outcome of the vaccine before it was made. Coronaviruses and flu viruses mutate and circle the globe forever.


98 posted on 01/13/2022 9:09:46 AM PST by EEGator
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To: zek157
Much like Roberts did in saving the Affordable Care Act as a tax. <<<

He could rule the same way again...the โ€œMandateโ€ is an essential โ€œTAXโ€ on every citizen....

99 posted on 01/13/2022 9:12:31 AM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: Pollard

Not today
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I take this as a bad sign. They let the mandate go into effect, and they don’t seem in a hurry to stop it.


100 posted on 01/13/2022 9:17:04 AM PST by kara37 ( )
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