- Mr. Smith works at Best Buy (a private corporation). Best Buy implements a policy that requires all employees to become fully vaccinated against the French Rhino Flu by December 1, 2023. Mrs. Jones works at the Texas Education Agency (TEA) (a state funded entity). Her place of employment also mandates all employees obtain a French Rhino Flu vaccine by December 1, 2023. Both Best Buy and the TEA have declared immediate termination if an employee fails to become fully vaccinated by December 1, 2023. Both Mr. Smith and Mrs. Jones seek your legal advice about whether they have to become fully vaccinated against the French Rhino Flu, or do they have a legal right to not take the vaccine and still remain employed at their respective places of employment.
- Mr. Smith and Mrs. Jones are also of the Jewish faith. They are asking their employers to:
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- accept state money to create a Hanukkah display in their place of employment, and
- allow each of them to pray in the lunchroom during their lunchbreaks for people who contracted the French Rhino flu.
Are they permitted these requests via the First Amendment?
Resources;
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1449224/
https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/01/fractured-court-blocks-vaccine-or-test-requirement-for-large-workplaces-but-green-lights-vaccine-mandate-for-health-care-workers/
https://www.wnd.com/2020/05/alan-dershowitz-state-right-plunge-needle-arm/
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/#tab-opinion-1921099
https://www.jurist.org/news/2021/08/supreme-court-upholds-indiana-universitys-vaccine-mandate/