Also keep in mind what Justice Thomas stated which was absolutely correct:
5. “These cases are not about the efficacy or importance of COVID–19 vaccines. They are only about whether CMS has the statutory authority to force healthcare workers, by coercing their employers, to undergo a medical procedure they do not want and cannot undo. Because the Government has not made a strong showing that Congress gave CMS that broad authority, I would deny the stays pending appeal. I respectfully dissent.” Justice Thomas’ dissent can be found HERE along with the entire case.
Yes, the 5-4 decision was based on whether there was statutory authority for the rule, not whether the statute itself was constitutional.
A lower court should still be able to rule that recent events with the Omicron outbreaks show that the rule no longer meets the statutory requirements and is therefore illegal.
The legal basis of the mandate is to protect the “health and safety” of patients. It does neither at this point.
So, the question then seems to be, is there statutory authority granted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) “… to force healthcare workers (by a threat of being fired), by coercing their employers (with a threat of termination of their Medicare and Medicaid provider agreements), to undergo a medical procedure they do not want and cannot undo?
JWK
It would be an absurdity to believe that our founders, and those who ratified our Constitution, vested a power in Congress to delegate powers which it may not rightfully exercise itself.
What is not debatable as established in this thread LINK you are unable to successfully defend the rationality of the Court’s Majority opinion, nor show any defective reasoning in the Minority opinion, and once again offer nothing productive to advance the discussion. Seems quite clear your primary object is to instigate, agitate and obfuscate.
The legal basis of the mandate is not protect the hospital workers. It is to protect their patients.
There is zero evidence that the vaccines do anything to prevent the spread of Omicron. At this point the mandates are arguably increasing the risks to patients as hospitals force infected to workers to keep on working instead bringing uninfected workers who are unvaccinated.
In fact, I came to the logical conclusion about six months ago, based on a wealth of documentation I accumulated, that the ordinary masks commonly worn, and being vaccinated as an additional protection against transmission of the virus, was a false sense of security encouraging people to let their guard down and may very well have been the cause of significant transmissions, hospitalizations and even deaths.
And now a Majority on our Supreme Court is perpetuating a faulty and dangerous policy, divorced from science and adopted by political hacks in a government agency.
JWK
It would be an absurdity to believe that our founders, and those who ratified our Constitution, vested a power in Congress to delegate powers which it may not rightfully exercise itself.
Well, aren’t you the sweet one? Attacking the messenger and not his message.
JWK
It would be an absurdity to believe that our founders, and those who ratified our Constitution, vested a power in Congress to delegate and exercise powers which it may not rightfully exercise itself.
I trust Dr. Rand Paul’s judgement much more than that of Dr. Fauci.
At this point any pretext for the mandate for health-care workers has disappeared. The vaccines don’t stop the spread. People are going to get the mild Omicron variant whether vaccinated or not.
If hospitals are serious about reducing risk of infection for the most vulnerable patients, the safest bet would be to use only workers who have recently recovered from Omicron whether vaccinated or not.
As confirmed in this thread, you can lead a nitwit to facts, science and common sense, and that is where the effort apparently ends.
JWK
It would be an absurdity to believe that our founders, and those who ratified our Constitution, vested a power in Congress to delegate powers which it may not rightfully exercise itself.
We know there has been an intentional and concerted effort, especially by our Fifth Colum Media [ MSNBC, NEW YORK TIMES, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, WASHINGTON POST, ATLANTIC MAGAZINE, New York Daily News, Time, etc., and even Facebook, and Twitter], to withhold and block pertinent information about the Covid outbreak, its transmission, vaccinees, effective treatments, etc. For example, remember about a year ago when reputable sources attempted to provide information that natural immunity was superior to the current vaccines, and the information and those reporting it were lambasted by our mainstream media, and, in some cases, had their information taken down from various outlets? Well, the truth seems to have finally overpowered those trying to block it.
In regard to the article, you posted above, there have indeed been a number of cover-ups about the various vaccines.
JWK
Why have a written constitution approved by the people if those who it is designed to limit and control are free to make it mean whatever they wish it to mean?
State control means that a rational scientific analysis of anything of political importance is not possible. Unelected officials within the government and their allies enforce the party line with censorship and smear campaigns.
I expect that the true scope of vaccine injuries among the young and healthy will trickle out over the next couple of years as fears of COVID recede. For now, key data and analysis have been censored to support universal vaccination as the only solution.
As I have correctly pointed out for many moons, today’s Fifth Column media ___ MSNBC, NEW YORK TIMES, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, WASHINGTON POST, ATLANTIC MAGAZINE, New York Daily News, Time, in addition to Facebook, Twitter ETC., and countless Yellow Journalists who are socialist revolutionaries ___ make Russia’s old Pravda, [an organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union] look like propaganda amateurs.
JWK
“We often give enemies the means of our own destruction.” – Aesop. Witness the dangerous stranglehold the Chinese Communist Party now exercises over the production of our nation’s necessities.
"The Horowitz report also shows it was a 5 Eyes team effort; Australian diplomat Alexander Downer, a man with ties to his nation’s intel services, arranged a meeting with Trump staffer George Papadopoulos to set in motion FISA surveillance. British GCHQ monitored Trump officials and passed info to the NSA. The op used CIA assets, shadowy academics Stefan Halper and Joseph Mifsud, as dangles. There was even a honey trap with a female FBI undercover agent inserted into Israeli-arranged social situations with a Trump staffer.
It was all based on nothing but disinformation and the American press swallowed every bit of it to falsely convince a vast number of citizens their nation was run by a Russian asset. "
