The lawsuit challenging Houston Methodist Hospital's order that all employees be vaccinated against Covid-19 has been thrown out. I have posted the opinion here: slnews.us/pbgl061321a
One passage in that opinion is worthy of note. Some people have contended that a requirement that people be vaccinated is somehow unconstitutional. The Court (a Reagan appointee) made short work of that argument.
At page 2 of the opinion, the Court states: "[The Plaintiff] also argues that the injection requirement violates public policy. Texas does not recognize this exception to at-will employment, and if it did, the injection requirement is consistent with public policy.
The Supreme Court has held that (a) involuntary quarantine for contagious diseases and (b) state imposed requirements of mandatory vaccination do not violate due process."
Citing Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905) (the state's compulsory vaccination law did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment);
Compagnie Francoise De Navigation a Vapeur v. Bd. of Health of State of La., 186 U.S. 38o (1902) (Louisiana law requiring involuntary quarantine during a yellow fever outbreak was a reasonable exercise of state police power).
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