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Today, 12/13/2021, our Supreme Court denied injunctive relief to stop New York's Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers which does not contain religious exemptions. The ruling gave no reason for not giving injunctive relief nor did it remark on the protection of "strict scrutiny" in cases where fundamental rights are infringed upon by government actions.
Here is a LINK to the ruling and dissenting opinions.
With regard to New York ignoring the protection of “strict scrutiny” and imposing an authoritarian approach in dealing with the COVID outbreak, I suggest those interested in preserving our fundamental rights study Justice GORSUCH's dissenting opinion in which he wrote:
"But even where such overt animus is lacking, laws that impose burdens on religious exercises must still be both neutral toward religion and generally applicable or survive strict scrutiny. Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah, 508 U. S. 520, 546 (1993). To meet its burden under strict scrutiny, the government must demonstrate that its law is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest. Id., at 531–532. Applying these principles to this case, New York’s mandate falters at each step."
JWK
"If the Constitution was ratified under the belief, sedulously propagated on all sides that such protection was afforded, would it not now be a fraud upon the whole people to give a different construction to its powers?"___ Justice Story
Today, 12/13/2021, our Supreme Court denied injunctive relief to stop New York's Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers which does not contain religious exemptions. The ruling gave no reason for not giving injunctive relief nor did it remark on the protection of "strict scrutiny" in cases where fundamental rights are infringed upon by government actions.
Here is a LINK to the ruling and dissenting opinions.
With regard to New York ignoring the protection of “strict scrutiny” and imposing an authoritarian approach in dealing with the COVID outbreak, I suggest those interested in preserving our fundamental rights study Justice GORSUCH's dissenting opinion in which he wrote:
"But even where such overt animus is lacking, laws that impose burdens on religious exercises must still be both neutral toward religion and generally applicable or survive strict scrutiny. Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah, 508 U. S. 520, 546 (1993). To meet its burden under strict scrutiny, the government must demonstrate that its law is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest. Id., at 531–532. Applying these principles to this case, New York’s mandate falters at each step."
JWK
"If the Constitution was ratified under the belief, sedulously propagated on all sides that such protection was afforded, would it not now be a fraud upon the whole people to give a different construction to its powers?"___ Justice Story