The State of Maine is accused of “having its cake and eating it too” in a federal appeal filed in Boston this week that could have national implications for health care workers fired after being denied religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
The appeal, filed on Jan. 24, sits with the First Circuit of Appeals. It is founded on the argument that federal and constitutional law trumps state law and policies.
It is also born out of a state where Maine’s now former CDC director Nirav Shah was just catapulted to second in command of the national CDC, serving as its deputy director….