There was nobody in the courtroom representing the interests of the individual workers -- because individual workers were not a party to the legal challenges even though they were the ones most affected by at least the CMS mandate.
The CMS ruling may end up being a case where a bad decision was made on the correct legal grounds.
I would think the relationship between employers (health care facilities) and staff would be the subject of a very different type of legal challenge.
Interesting, I had assumed that these cases had originally been brought forward by individuals seeking relief, as those cases have undoubtedly been filed. Perhaps individual cases rarely make it all the way Supreme Court, for a variety of reasons, but if one were to on this matter, do you think the ruling might be different, even if the scope of relief would likely be limited to the individual complaint? Thanks again.