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May 02 2023
News
The Biden Administration Hopes You Forget about the Vaccine-Mandate Debacle
National Review (News)Dec 23 2022
News
Biden signs defense bill repealing military vaccine mandate
President Joe Biden signed an $847 billion defense policy bill on Friday, killing his own administration’s mandate that troops receive the Covid vaccine.
The National Defense Authorization Act, which prescribes military policy and budget priorities each year, cleared Congress this month with overwhelming bipartisan support. The compromise bill also prescribes a whopping $45 billion
PoliticoApr 15 2022
News
California to delay COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students
California will not require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for at least another school year, health officials announced Thursday.
The earliest the requirement would go into effect is now July 1, 2023, pending full approval by the Food and Drug Administration of a COVID-19 vaccine for children under 16 years old.
ABC News (Online)Dec 05 2022
News
GOP Senators Agitate for Vote To Repeal Vaccine Mandate for Troops
A group of Republican senators said they would try to block the annual defense policy bill unless they’re allowed to vote on repealing the Defense Department’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
“I think the policy of discharging people simply because they refuse to get this vaccine at this time makes no sense,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Wednesday during a press conference at the Capitol
Defense OneFeb 09 2022
Opinion
Onward Christian Soldiers: Against The Military’s Vaccine Mandate
Three. That is the total number of service members in the U.S. Marine Corps—and the Department of Defense as a whole—whose religious appeal to skip the Covid-19 vaccine has been approved so far. Three.
The rumor among active duty Marines is that at least two of these members were already out of the service or within days of leaving, making the Corps’ approval of their packet something
The American ConservativeJan 24 2022
Opinion
Broad Vaccine Mandates Are a Serious Violation of Civil Liberties
Washington, D.C., played host to a political rally this weekend, and one you might not have heard much about in the media. If you did hear something, it was probably negative. I speak, of course, about the anti–vaccine mandate rally at the Lincoln Memorial.
Some who attended spread incorrect information about the vaccine, wrongly warning that it was dangerous or had resulted in
Robby SoaveJan 07 2022
Analysis
Biden’s Vaccine Mandates Could Be In Trouble At The Supreme Court
This has not been a quiet term for the Supreme Court, to put it mildly. But shortly before Christmas, the justices added yet another set of high-profile cases to their docket: two cases that deal with the legality of President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Oral arguments in the cases, which involve a vaccination requirement for some health care workers and a vaccine-or-testing requirement
538 (ABC News)Feb 27 2024
News
Federal court dismisses challenge to Gov. Reynolds’ mask mandate ban
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — On Tuesday, a federal court dismissed a legal challenge to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ policy that banned schools from instituting mask requirements. The legal challenge was brought by families of students with disabilities during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ruling marks the conclusion of the years-long court battle that started in the fall of 2021. The
Siouxland ProudFeb 27 2024
News
Federal appeals court upholds Reynolds’ ban on mask mandates in schools
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ ban on mask mandates in schools on Tuesday after a lengthy legal battle where parents and disability rights advocates argued it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reynolds signed House File 847 into law in May 2021, which banned school boards and superintendents from mandating masks for students, staff, or visitors
The Daily IowanFeb 27 2024
News
Appeals Court Rules In Favor Of Iowa's COVID Mask Mandate Prohibition
(Undated) -- An appeals court has sided with the state of Iowa, over a COVID mask mandate issue. Arc of Iowa sued after the state prohibited school mask mandates. The U.S. 8th Circuit says the plaintiffs failed to show they suffered an injury by the policy. Arc of Iowa is a disability rights group, that argued the policy discriminated against students with disabilities who are at higher risk
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