In Early Test Of Vaccine Mandates, Judges Back Broad State-Level Rule

A new decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit refusing to block Maine’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers over religious-freedom claims could bode well for OSHA’s impending general-industry vaccine standard, but attorneys say any such case is still likely to go to the Supreme Court. On Oct. 19, a three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit unanimously affirmed a federal district judge’s order refusing a preliminary injunction against Maine’s vaccine rule, despite the state’s refusal to...