The State Police Association of Massachusetts has called upon a judge to suspend the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for troopers. Suffolk Superior Court judge Jackie Cowin heard the case on Wednesday. The state police union filed a lawsuit against the Commonwealth last Friday, seeking an injunctive relief prohibiting the state from implementing its vaccine mandate without bargaining with the union. The complaint (pdf) claimed that the mandate would cause the union and its members “foreseeable, immediate harm,” which includes the impacts of vaccinations, potential side effects, and subjecting troopers to discipline up to termination. On Aug. 19, Gov. Charlie Baker issued an executive order, stating that all executive department employees must demonstrate by Oct. 17 that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a disease caused by the CCP virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus. Violators will be subject to “disciplinary up to and including termination,” reads the executive order, …