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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Federal Judge Ruled Against MSU Employee With ‘Natural Immunity’
A federal judge ruled against a Michigan State employee who filed a lawsuit in relation to the university's vaccine mandate, according to MLive. In August, administrative associate and fiscal officer Jeanna Norris argued she had a natural immunity against COVID-19...
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...
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...
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...
Care for Neediest Hangs in Balance in High Court HHS Case
...Others agree. The New Civil Liberties Alliance says it’s “particularly disturbed by the appeals court’s decision not to exercise its independent judgment regarding the best reading of the statute at issue.” Likewise, the Americans for Prosperity Foundation says...