Vaccine mandates
Drop the Useless Mask Mandates and Leave Us Alone
Revived mandates remind everyone that governments have done far more harm than good in the pandemic.
Kyrie Irving Can Finally Play, but New York City's Vaccine Mandate Double Standard Remains
If the rules don't apply to everyone, they ought not apply to anyone.
New York City to Unvaxxed NBA Star Kyrie Irving: You Can Come to the Arena, but You Can't Play
The city's private employer vaccine mandate is not just an overreaching policy; it's now a completely nonsensical and ineffective one.
New Zealand Joins the International Crackdown on COVID Mandate Protests
Disagreement over pandemic policy accelerates the slide toward authoritarianism in another country.
SNL to Liberals: It's OK To Question Nonsensical Mask Mandates
Mocking COVID public health theater is finally going mainstream.
Justin Trudeau's Crackdown Will Make Bitcoin and Cash More Popular
There’s no freedom if the state can separate us from our money.
The Revolt of the Canadian Truckers
In an age of elite scorn, government mandates, a rotten economy—and powerful, decentralized communication tools—common people are pushing back.
Canada's Panicked Government Engages in Undemocratic Theft
Apparently the rule of law doesn’t matter if Justin Trudeau doesn’t like your peaceful protest.
Canadian Banks Prepared To Make Un-Persons of Protesters, at Government Demand
Our gentle neighbor to the North rushes toward grim authoritarianism.
Canadian Government Uses 'Terrorist Financing Act' To Target Financial Support for Freedom Convoy Truckers
Did Justin Trudeau accidentally prove crypto bros' point?
The Midterms Will End the Pandemic
Seven out of 10 Americans say "it's time we accept COVID is here to stay and we just need to get on with our lives." Politicians are taking notice.
The Canadian Truck Protests Aren't Just About Vaccines. They're About Being Heard.
Plus, the editors' takes on the Super Bowl.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Ending Vaccine Requirement, Mask Mandate—But Not for School Kids
"The District’s indoor mask requirements will be dialed back on March 1, 2022," said Bowser.
Joe Rogan, Canadian Truckers, Coronavirus Mandates, and the Terrible State of Free Speech
What Joe Rogan and Canadian truckers tell us about free speech.
L.A.'s Vaccination Mandate Has Not Increased Compliance. A New Petition Would Force Its Repeal.
Los Angeles Libertarians to start gathering signatures to overturn the four-month-old ordinance.
The Canadian Truckers Have a Point About Border Security Theater
Plus: National debt tops $30 trilion, Whoopi Goldberg suspended over Holocaust comments, and more...
Rand Paul, Thomas Massie Dine at Restaurant Shut Down for Ignoring COVID-19 Mandates
"My servers are not lesser people," said owner Eric Flannery. "They don't need to be masked. They don't carry disease."
This Texas Town Rejected Stimulus Money to Avoid Vaccine Mandates
"Obviously we could have used the money, but at what cost?,” says Sheila Hemphill, an activist and lobbyist from Brady, Texas
This L.A. School Called the Cops on Unvaccinated Teens Who Showed Up for Class
The students' negative COVID tests weren't good enough for school administrators.
D.C. Moves To Suspend Burger Joint's Liquor License for Resisting the City's Vaccine Mandate
The Big Board on H Street continues to insist that "all are welcome."
Don't Believe OSHA When It Threatens To Turn Its Rescinded Vaccine Mandate Into a Permanent Rule
That process takes a long time, and the result would face the same legal objection cited by the Supreme Court.
Biden Administration Withdraws Business Vaccine Mandate After Losing Supreme Court Case
SCOTUS rejected attempt to bypass Congress with an emergency regulation.
We All Are COVID Cops Now
Politicians evade responsibility when they make civilians enforce mask and vaccine mandates.
L.A. Schools Will Require Non-Cloth Masks (Even for Sports) and Vaccination Next Year
School choice is the best alternative for parents who are reasonably frustrated with this insanity.
Why the Supreme Court's Decision in NFIB v. OSHA May Be Even Worse News for Climate Regulation than You Thought
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.
Broad Vaccine Mandates Are a Serious Violation of Civil Liberties
You don't have to be anti-vaccine to oppose these ever-expanding requirements.
D.C.'s Anti-Mandate Rally Devolves Into an Anti-Vaccine Rally
How to make a terrible case for a good cause
OSHA's Vaccine Mandate Illustrates the Perils of Reflexively Deferring to Government Experts
The question for the Supreme Court was not whether the policy was wise but whether it was legal.
In the Case That Blocked OSHA's Vaccine Mandate, the Justices Disagreed About When COVID-19 Counts As a Workplace Hazard
The crux of the argument is the distinction "between occupational risk and risk more generally."
Additional Thoughts on the Supreme Court's Covid-19 Mandate Decisions
Assorted observations on yesterday's opinions, what they mean, and what comes next.
As D.C. Prepares To Implement a Vaccine Mandate, Matt Gaetz Tries To Block It
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.
Supreme Court Blocks Biden Vaccine Mandate: 'This Is No "Everyday Exercise of Federal Power"'
Separately, the court upheld Biden's mandate that health care workers must be vaccinated to work at medical facilities receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding.
Supreme Court Rules Against OSHA Large-Employer Vaccine Mandate, but Upholds Mandate for Health Care Workers
I think both rulings are correct, though not always for the reasons given by the Court.
BREAKING: SCOTUS Stays OSHA Vax-or-Test Rule, Allows CMS Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers to Take Effect
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.
COVID-19, Major Questions, and Pouring New Wine from Old Bottles
Does it matter that the year Congress enacted the Occupational Safety and Health Act was as proximate to the Spanish Flu as to today?
Defending OSHA's Vaccine Mandate, Sonia Sotomayor Says 'I'm Not Sure I Understand the Distinction' Between State and Federal Powers
The justice's reference to a national "police power" raised some eyebrows.
Sloppy Arguments Over COVID Mandates at SCOTUS (UPDATED)
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.
My NBC Column on the Vaccine Mandate Cases Argued before the Supreme Court Today
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.
The Supreme Court Seems Inclined To Block OSHA's Vaccine Mandate
Most of the justices appear to be skeptical of the argument that the agency has the power it is asserting.
Justice Sotomayor Exaggerated the Number of Severe COVID-19 Cases Among Children
"We have over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in serious condition and many on ventilators," said the justice, wrongly.
Divided Sixth Circuit Panel Refuses to Stay Injunction Against Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors
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.
Biden Is Trying to Disguise a General Vaccine Mandate As a Workplace Safety Measure
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide how convincing that disguise is.
Why the Pandemic Will End Only When We Demand It's Over
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.