Public Health Authority
Case Updates
September 16, 2022
Case updates this week:

Friday, 9/9: Service members filed a class action alleging the Air Force’s denial of requests for religious exemptions for the vaccine mandate violated the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act and First Amendment.
Monday, 9/12: A Judge in the Massachusetts District Court dismissed a complaint alleging the mask mandate implemented by the local Board of Health and public library was unconstitutional.

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