Indiana University Students Ask Supreme Court to Block Vaccine Mandate
https://www.ntd.com/indiana-university-students-ask-supreme-court-to-block-vaccine-mandate_656307.html
A judge on the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that vaccination requirements “have been common in this nation” and stated that the university’s policies allow exemptions for religious and medical reasons.
“These plaintiffs just need to wear a mask and be tested, requirements that are not constitutionally problematic,” the court stated, and added that vaccination is a condition for attending the university.
“A university will have trouble operating when each student fears that everyone else may be spreading diseases,” the court stated. “Few people want to return to remote education—and we do not think that the Constitution forces the distance-learning approach on a university that believes vaccination (or masks and frequent testing of the unvaccinated) will make in-person operations safe enough.”
Indiana University did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the students’ Supreme Court appeal.
On May. 19, Indiana state representatives sent a letter to the governor asking him to use his authority to stop the university from mandating vaccines.
“Nobody is disputing that COVID-19 is real, or dismissing the contributions of healthcare professionals over the past year,” they wrote. “However, enforcing a mandate that students and faculty accept a vaccine that does not have full FDA approval is unconscionable.”