The Supreme Court decided to not intervene–for the time being—in the case of a San Diego high school student with natural immunity who claims that the local school district’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate imposed on students aged 16 and older unconstitutionally discriminates against her by not offering a religious exemption. The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is one of the few in the United States that requires students to receive the vaccine for in-person instruction while not offering a religious exemption for schoolchildren. Separately, the school district fired in January more than 70 employees who failed to get vaccinated. The case took a long and winding path to the Supreme Court, after being ruled on repeatedly by state and federal courts. For example, on Dec. 4, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit refused to block enforcement of the mandate. The emergency application for injunctive relief in Doe …
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