Posted on Nov 14, 2023
Supreme Court delivers blow to vaccine skeptics
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected to hear an appeal relating to COVID-19 vaccine requirements in the workplace, dealing a blow to vaccine skeptics across the nation.
On Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court orders list showed that it was denying to hear any further arguments in the case Katie Sczesny, et al. v. Murphy, Gov. of New Jersey, et al. The case focused on four New Jersey nurses who filed a lawsuit against New Jersey's COVID-19 vaccine requirements in the workplace, citing religious freedom and health concerns.
On Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court orders list showed that it was denying to hear any further arguments in the case Katie Sczesny, et al. v. Murphy, Gov. of New Jersey, et al. The case focused on four New Jersey nurses who filed a lawsuit against New Jersey's COVID-19 vaccine requirements in the workplace, citing religious freedom and health concerns.
Supreme Court delivers blow to vaccine skeptics
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..."The decision by the Supreme Court on Tuesday comes as some Americans have continued to question the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine and past requirements for workers to be inoculated during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In April of last year, the four nurses, Katie Sczesny, Jamie Rumfield, Debra Hagen, and Mariette Vitti, filed a lawsuit against the state of New Jersey, arguing that executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine booster requirements were unconstitutional.
In one portion of their complaint, the nurses mention Murphy's Executive Order 283, which required healthcare workers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters.
"EO 283 violates the liberty and privacy rights protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, including the right to refuse medical procedures and the right to not be medically surveilled by government actors," the nurses wrote.
They also argued that the vaccine mandates violated their religious freedoms, and one portion of the complaint explains that Sczesny was pregnant and did not want to receive a booster while pregnant. The complaint alleges that Sczesny was informed her pregnancy "was not a legitimate reason to wait to receive her booster" by her employer.
The challenge was later dismissed by the lower court of appeals, but the four nurses rechallenged, asking the Supreme Court to hear their arguments."
..."The decision by the Supreme Court on Tuesday comes as some Americans have continued to question the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine and past requirements for workers to be inoculated during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In April of last year, the four nurses, Katie Sczesny, Jamie Rumfield, Debra Hagen, and Mariette Vitti, filed a lawsuit against the state of New Jersey, arguing that executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine booster requirements were unconstitutional.
In one portion of their complaint, the nurses mention Murphy's Executive Order 283, which required healthcare workers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters.
"EO 283 violates the liberty and privacy rights protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, including the right to refuse medical procedures and the right to not be medically surveilled by government actors," the nurses wrote.
They also argued that the vaccine mandates violated their religious freedoms, and one portion of the complaint explains that Sczesny was pregnant and did not want to receive a booster while pregnant. The complaint alleges that Sczesny was informed her pregnancy "was not a legitimate reason to wait to receive her booster" by her employer.
The challenge was later dismissed by the lower court of appeals, but the four nurses rechallenged, asking the Supreme Court to hear their arguments."
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