Thread by @PaulJonna

BREAKING - THANKS BE TO GOD, WE OBTAINED A MAJOR VICTORY AT THE 9TH CIRCUIT FOR OUR CLIENTS IN THE SDUSD VACCINE MANDATE LITIGATION.
Here is the decision issued tonight: thomasmoresociety.org/.../9-circuit-….... The Court's full ruling will follow shortly.

We are very pleased with the Ninth Circuit’s grant of the rare remedy of emergency injunctive relief pending appeal, which prevents the San Diego Unified School District’s vaccine mandate – one of the harshest in the nation – from going into operation on November 29, 2021.

Although the case is still in its early stages, this is a significant victory. SDUSD should promptly revise its policy to include religious exemptions for students.

Otherwise, we are confident that we will fully vindicate our clients’ rights either in the Ninth Circuit or in the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary.

As Judge Ikuta rightly observes: "any unvaccinated student attending in-person classes poses the same risk to the school district’s interest in ensuring a safe school environment” as students seeking religious exemptions, who are barred at the schoolhouse door.

Under the Free Exercise Clause, SDUSD cannot treat students better if they seek exemption from vaccination for secular as opposed to religious reasons. The COVID regime of secular favorites but religious outcasts must end. There is no vaccine exception to the Free Exercise Clause

Until that truth becomes the law of the land, the battle for religious freedom from state-coerced vaccination—while secular exemptees are given a pass—will not be over.

Sorry, correct link: thomasmoresociety.org/wp-content/upl…