We All Are COVID Cops Now
Politicians evade responsibility when they make civilians enforce mask and vaccine mandates.
Politicians evade responsibility when they make civilians enforce mask and vaccine mandates.
School choice is the best alternative for parents who are reasonably frustrated with this insanity.
Insofar as the Court was concerned about pretext, it may be more difficult for the EPA to reduce greenhouse gases using regulatory authority to control emissions.
Nationwide, newly reported infections have been falling since January 14.
You don't have to be anti-vaccine to oppose these ever-expanding requirements.
How to make a terrible case for a good cause
Unvaccinated Americans over age 50 are 44 times more likely to be hospitalized than triple-vaccinated folks.
Ron DeSantis killed people because Florida didn't impose tougher rules, we're told. But it's not true.
The question for the Supreme Court was not whether the policy was wise but whether it was legal.
The crux of the argument is the distinction "between occupational risk and risk more generally."
Assorted observations on yesterday's opinions, what they mean, and what comes next.
Gaetz has introduced a bill nullifying D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's order requiring people to be vaccinated to visit bars, restaurants, gyms, and other indoor venues.
Separately, the court upheld Biden's mandate that health care workers must be vaccinated to work at medical facilities receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding.
I think both rulings are correct, though not always for the reasons given by the Court.
By divided votes, the justices entered stayed t the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard and stayed the lower court injunctions against the mandate that Medicare and Medicaid service providers require their employees to get vaccinated.
Omicron patients were much less likely to have severe symptoms.
Does it matter that the year Congress enacted the Occupational Safety and Health Act was as proximate to the Spanish Flu as to today?
The justice's reference to a national "police power" raised some eyebrows.
The caliber of questioning by the justices was not up to the usual standards, but the justices seemed to understand the two rules at issue present different questions.
In my view, the Court should uphold the CMS health care worker vaccination requirement, but rule against the overreaching OSHA rule imposed on employers with 100 or more workers.
Most of the justices appear to be skeptical of the argument that the agency has the power it is asserting.
"We have over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in serious condition and many on ventilators," said the justice, wrongly.
The unvaccinated are 5 times more likely to be hospitalized when infected.
The panel rejects the argument that the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act allows the federal government to require vaccination for nearly one-fifth of the American workforce.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide how convincing that disguise is.
I regret to inform you that Joe Biden has made another COVID speech.
Ronald Bailey and Jacob Sullum on the future of COVID-19, the politicization of science, the failure of mandates, and how to talk with anti-vaxxers.
Vaccination and prior infection induce a strong second line of immunological defense, finds South African study.
As the NFL goes, so goes the nation?
Also vaccine boosters reduce risk of symptomatic infection by nearly 60 percent
It's another case of bureaucratic incompetence as the omicron wave surges.
"Any time you have government dogma saying they are science, or government bureaucrats who claim that 'this is the one and perfect truth'…we should run headlong away."
As omicron surges, the president urges everyone to get vaccinated and boosted.
When we decide to stop paying attention to it, say two authors in the health care journal BMJ.
The argument hinges largely on what makes an emergency standard "necessary."
The White House COVID-19 advisor and his ilk admit they will never let some mitigation measures expire.
On Monday, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that the city would be reimposing a mask mandate for all indoor public spaces in the District of Columbia.
The question of whether to stay the BIden Administration rule requiring large employers to mandate vaccinations or testing is now before the Supreme Court.
George Mason University Law Professor Ilya Somin debates Libertarian Party activist Angela McArdle
George Mason University Law Professor Ilya Somin debates Libertarian Party activist Angela McArdle
The Supreme Court has asked for responses to the federal government's stay request.
Plus: Julian Assange faces extradition, the GOP is paying Donald Trump's legal expenses, and more...
The Biden Administration is seeking to stay lower court injunctions against the mandate.
What the major professional sports leagues decide to do in the next few days will play a significant role in how Americans view the next stage of the pandemic.
Are the justices exercising the passive virtues?
The district court's justification for a nationwide injunction was decidedly lacking.
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