Supreme Court Urged to Restore Religious Exemptions to School Vaccine Mandates

Published on December 16, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court has been urged to take up a case challenging the elimination of religious exemptions to school vaccine mandates in Connecticut. The group We The Patriots USA filed a petition on Dec. 11, asking the nation’s top court to review rulings by federal district court and appeals court judges against their challenge. Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, a Democrat, signed a law in April 2021 that repealed religious exemptions to school vaccination requirements. Medical exemptions remained in effect. The law was quickly challenged in court over allegations that it violated the constitutional rights of parents and children. U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton, appointed under President Bill Clinton, rejected the case, a ruling that was upheld by a split U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision....

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