Supreme Court rejects bid to block authorization of Covid vaccines for NY healthcare workers
A healthcare worker holds a sign that reads “Last year’s heroes, unemployed this year” at a rally at St. Catherine of Siena in Smithtown, New York, on September 27, 2021.
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The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an emergency attempt to block New York’s enforcement of a coronavirus vaccine authorization for healthcare workers.
The legal challenge was filed by a group of 20 doctors and nurses, who argued that the state’s vaccine mandate violates the First Amendment of the Constitution because it does not include religious immunity.
A request for an order was made to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was assigned to handle the cases from New York.
Judges Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito – three of the court’s six majority conservative members – said in order that they would accept bids to block the mandate.
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