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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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Public Interest Groups Challenge Nasdaq Diversity Rule in Federal Court

…The National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) filed a petition this week with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, challenging the adoption of the Nasdaq diversity rule. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) is representing NCPPR and is arguing that the rule falls outside of the agency’s statutory authority and violates the due process and…
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Women Score Gains on Philly Corporate Boards but Remain Far From Parity

…The National Center for Public Policy Research filed a lawsuit over the SEC’s approval of the Nasdaq board diversity rules. The National Center, represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, argues that the SEC’s regulatory authority, established by the 1934 Securities and Exchange Act, is limited to regulation of securities to ensure honest markets and…
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