FactChecking the Justices’ COVID-19 Claims

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Jan. 7 in two challenges to the Biden administration’s attempts to expand the use of vaccinations.

Here we present the facts on some of the COVID-19 claims made by the justices.

Children Hospitalized with COVID

In the first of two cases, the justices heard from lawyers who were seeking to block the Department of Labor’s temporary emergency rule for businesses with 100 or more workers that would require workers to be fully vaccinated or be tested at least once a week.

In her line of...