Fired NYC Teachers Are Rejected by Supreme Court in Covid Vaccine Case.

COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19 vaccines; UNITED States. Supreme Court; APPELLATE courts; CONSTITUTIONAL courts; VACCINATION mandates; VACCINATION policies; INTERNSHIP programs

NEW York (N.Y.); NEW York (State)

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of four public-school teachers who claimed that New York City violated their constitutional rights by firing them or placing them on unpaid leave for refusing to receive Covid-19 vaccinations. The court did not provide any comment on its decision. Last year, the same group of teachers failed to block the city's vaccine mandate before it went into effect. The Supreme Court has allowed Covid vaccine mandates at the state and local level, while limiting federal authority to impose such requirements. New York City terminated over 1,400 unvaccinated workers in February, with medical and religious exemptions available but not applicable to the suing teachers. In a separate case, a former Yankee Stadium employee is suing New York Mayor Eric Adams, seeking to prevent the city's exemptions for professional athletes and performers from its vaccine mandate for private employers. [Extracted from the article]

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