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 In a brief order, Breyer wrote that the challengers - unnamed
plaintiffs who said they are healthcare workers and object to taking
the vaccine on religious grounds - could make another request for a
mandate exemption once the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
on their case.
Shortly after Breyer's order, the Boston-based appeals court ruled
against the healthcare workers, setting up the case to return to the
Supreme Court.
The Maine mandate required that all healthcare workers be fully
vaccinated by the beginning of October, but the state said it would
not enforce it until Oct. 29. Maine removed religious exemptions
from mandated vaccines in 2019 and voters overwhelmingly rejected a
referendum challenging the law last year.
Breyer handled the case for the Supreme Court because he is the
justice assigned to deal with emergency requests arising from cases
in states in a region that includes Maine.
A federal judge rejected https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maine-can-bar-religious-exemptions-covid-vaccine-mandate-judge-rules-2021-10-13
the bid for an exemption.
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 Breyer's order is the third
time the Supreme Court has rejected an attempt
to challenge a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Justice
Sonia Sotomayor this month refused
https://www.reuters.com/world/
us/us-supreme-courts-sotomayor-lets-new-york-school-vaccine-mandate-remain-2021-10-01
to block New York City's requirement that public
school teachers and employees be vaccinated.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett in August denied
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/
supreme-courts-barrett-rejects-indiana-university-students-vaccine-mandate-2021-08-12
a bid by Indiana University students to block
that school's vaccination mandate.
(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Will
Dunham and Rosalba O'Brien)
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