Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Virginia AG Jason Miyares Crushes Vaccine Mandates at Public Universities
TOWNHALL ^ | 01/28/2022 | Leah Barkoukis

Posted on 01/28/2022 12:28:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares issued a legal opinion this week addressing the issue of vaccine mandates at state institutions of higher education.

The issue at hand was whether or not in-state colleges and universities could require the vaccine “as a general condition of enrollment or in-person attendance.”

"A prior Opinion of this office…concluded that the ‘broad specific and implied discretion’ granted to institutions of higher education in § 23.1-1301 and other statutes contained in Chapter 13 of Title 23.1 permitted public institutions of higher education to condition in-person attendance on receipt of an approved COVID-19 vaccine. That opinion, however, failed to consider § 23.1-800,” a statement from the attorney general’s office said.

"As recognized in the prior opinion, ‘[t]here is no question that the General Assembly could enact a statute requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for in-person school attendance.’ As of this writing, it has not done so. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the General Assembly has amended other statues to address pandemic-related issues,” the statement continued.

While public institutions of higher education assisted health departments in administering the vaccine, “the legislation did not grant such institutions power to impose vaccine requirements.”

Miyares concluded that without the authority to mandate the Covid-19 vaccine from the General Assembly, Virginia colleges and universities cannot make the jab a condition of enrollment or in-person attendance.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: ag; colleges; vaccinemandate; virginia
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-23 next last

1 posted on 01/28/2022 12:28:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

I have been very impressed with him so far.


2 posted on 01/28/2022 12:33:47 PM PST by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Yep! ...and I believe the exact same principle is true for “school boards”. The “emergency powers” laws apply to the Governors only yet we’ve been led to believe that school boards have some sort of authority here. They don’t...so stop complying with masks and eating outside. Sue them if they retaliate against the kids.


3 posted on 01/28/2022 12:33:50 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sertorius

Needs to put a few asses in jail to get their attention..I suspect these lib universities are gonna ignore this and mandate covid shots anyway


4 posted on 01/28/2022 12:37:41 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

For more:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4033435/posts

More than likely, an not unexpected, the universities will ignore the notices.

😷💉🐂💩💀


5 posted on 01/28/2022 12:38:48 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

The GA needs to pass a ban on mandates.

Branch Covidians here are all butt-hurt


6 posted on 01/28/2022 12:40:10 PM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: fuzzylogic

Select and isolate one intransigent school board and hammer it mercilessly as an example to the others.


7 posted on 01/28/2022 12:47:16 PM PST by Walrus (I do not consent)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

What a difference a good Governor makes.


8 posted on 01/28/2022 12:48:06 PM PST by windsorknot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Tawny Buettner, RN observed a >10X increase in the rate of myocarditis after the vaccines rolled out.

She worked in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU) of a major children’s hospital in San Diego, California for more than 12 years.

Here’s her story about what happened after the vax rollout.

https://ussanews.com/tawny-buettner-rn-observed-a-10x-increase-in-the-rate-of-myocarditis-after-the-vaccines-rolled-out/

https://rumble.com/vtge32-tawny-buettner-rn-observed-a-10x-increase-in-the-rate-of-myocarditis-after-.html


9 posted on 01/28/2022 1:01:42 PM PST by Grampa Dave (How do you prove fraud, when those that determine fraud, use fraud to cover the fraud?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN
Needs to put a few asses in jail

Kick their doors in at a 4 a.m. raid...drag em out by their hair...make a spectacle and example out of them. That's their game...we can play too.

10 posted on 01/28/2022 1:07:04 PM PST by Ros42 (We need an "APLC" (American Patriot Law Center))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Some schools in Virginia, UVA,VT don’t know about others. Are making people have a vaccination card to attend basketball games. That should be stopped.


11 posted on 01/28/2022 1:41:53 PM PST by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
The General Assembly can't mandate these "vaccines" because they are "EUA" gene therapy drugs, not "FDA approved" vaccines.

This is a scam by the "higher learning" crowd that apparently can't - or won't - follow the science or the law.

There will be a lot of soon-to-be-rich lawyers eating up all those nice endowments and picking the bones clean from these academic cesspools.

"Wokeness" has its price.

12 posted on 01/28/2022 1:50:12 PM PST by Gritty (The hill you are on right now is the hill you are going to die on! - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 01/23/22)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Walrus

Exactly, this garbage would soon stop.

It’s a great TEACHING MOMENT for kids...this is an example of people complying out of fear and not wanting to cause harm, resulting in them giving power to people without them actually having authority...then they reward you with assuming that power and abusing it. Time to let them know who’s boss.


13 posted on 01/28/2022 1:55:37 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

BTTT


14 posted on 01/28/2022 3:49:56 PM PST by Enlightened1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Memo to ALL red state governors: If you don’t have a DA like this one… FIND ONE.


15 posted on 01/28/2022 4:01:11 PM PST by Enlightened1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: windsorknot
What a difference a good Governor makes.

Thank God for the voters of VA.

Here's hoping that in the next election, the voters in PA will follow suit.

16 posted on 01/28/2022 4:01:53 PM PST by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

DugwayDuke is butthurt.


17 posted on 01/28/2022 4:10:08 PM PST by wjcsux (RIP Rush Limbaugh 12 Jan 1951- 17 Feb 2021. We really miss you. 😢)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Gritty

RE: This is a scam by the “higher learning” crowd that apparently can’t - or won’t - follow the science or the law.

Follow the endowment money. Do they have any endowment from anyone connected directly or indirectly to big pharma?


18 posted on 01/28/2022 4:15:48 PM PST by SeekAndFind
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

I am ecstatic that so many of you posters feel about Jason the way I do.

He is a marvelous, exceptional young man.

May God bless him and keep him safe.

He has a bright future.


19 posted on 01/28/2022 4:20:20 PM PST by Maris Crane
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Gritty

The codexof federal registry has very interesting and specific reasons it can be used. All of them are about bioweapon attack or emminent attack on us or citizens abroad. Just the fact they are using an eua makes it evident we were and still are under attack.


20 posted on 01/28/2022 4:46:41 PM PST by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-23 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson