The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from health care workers in Maine to block a vaccine mandate that went into effect Friday.
Gorsuch, Thomas, Alito dissent.
Only New York and Rhode Island also have vaccine mandates for health care workers that lack religious exemptions. Both are the subject of court fights and a court has allowed workers in New York to seek religious exemptions while the lawsuit plays out.
The high court has previously turned away students at Indiana University and teachers in New York City who objected to being vaccinated. Both the university and city allow people to seek religious exemptions.
Gorsuch (joined by Thomas and Alito) argues in his dissent that because Maine’s vaccine mandate has a medical exemption, he would vote to block it for not including a religious exemption as well. https://t.co/IvAKgHy0Akpic.twitter.com/WtaV7quue2
