A group of nearly 90 Washington state troopers, firefighters, and other employees filed a lawsuit on Sept. 10 against Gov. Jay Inslee (D). The plaintiffs claim that by issuing a vaccine mandate on Aug. 9, Insleey exceeded the authority of his office and violated the rights of state workers guaranteed by the state’s constitution. “These requirements are legal, and we look forward to responding in court, where to date no challenge to the governor’s use of his emergency powers has been successful,” Inslee spokesman Mike Faulk wrote in an email to The Epoch Times. “His use of this authority is appropriate given the extraordinary circumstances of this pandemic. It is not unreasonable to ask public servants to protect the public from being infected with Covid.” The plaintiffs plan to add 30,000 to 50,000 other plaintiffs to the lawsuit (pdf), according to the complaint filed in the Superior Court of Washington …
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