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States Fight Back Against ARP’s Tax Cut Ban
The “tax cut ban” introduced in the American Rescue Plan Act — which requires that states that accept federal funds through ARPA must not reduce their own taxes — has been challenged by a number of states in several jurisdictions. “This provision violates very basic principles of the Constitution,” said Peggy Little, senior litigator at…
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Thumbs Up on Michigan State’s COVID Vaccine Mandate, Thumbs Down on Natural Immunity, Federal Judge Says
Michigan State University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate will stand after a federal judge ruled against an employee who argued her natural immunity should exempt her. Jeanna Norris, a MSU administrative associate and fiscal officer, sued President Samuel Stanley and the university’s Board of Trustees in late August in the U.S. District Court’s western division of Michigan,…
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Judge Upholds MSU’s Vaccine Mandate Against a Professor Who Cited Natural Immunity
A federal judge has ruled against a Michigan State University employee who claimed in a lawsuit that the school’s vaccine policy is unconstitutional and irrational because she already has “robust immunity” after recovering from a COVID-19 infection. Jeanna Norris, a supervisory administrative associate and fiscal officer at MSU, asked the court to block the vaccine…
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Federal Judge Denies Request to Block Vaccine Mandate on Natural Immunity Basis
A request to block Michigan State University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate based on natural immunity was denied by a federal judge. Jeanna Norris, a university employee, sued against the mandate since she already had the virus and recovered. She presented two antibody tests to MSU that showed her previous infection, and said her doctors told her…
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Federal Judge Rules Against Natural Immunity Claim Challenging COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
A federal judge on Oct. 8 denied a request to block Michigan State University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the basis of natural immunity. An employee at the school, Jeanna Norris, filed a lawsuit against the mandate and asked a judge to intervene. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Court: Lack of Natural Immunity Exception Doesn’t Make MSU Vaccine Mandate Irrational
A Michigan State University employee was denied a preliminary injunction in her challenge of a university employee vaccine mandate policy. Among the challenger’s arguments was that the mandate doesn’t meet a rational basis test because it doesn’t make an exception for natural immunity obtained from having caught COVID-19 and recovered. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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