A U.S. Supreme Court justice on Aug. 29 rejected a bid to block New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, an Obama appointee, turned down a request from New York Police Department detective Anthony Marciano, who had asked her to reinstate a temporary restraining order against the city with regards to its mandate for city workers.
The order was issued by a New York judge in late 2021 but dissolved by a federal court, which later threw out Marciano’s complaint. An appeals court rejected a request for a stay pending appeal, leading to the request to Sotomayor.
In a brief, Marciano through a lawyer said that the mandate is violating his due process rights and causing him irreparable harm. He also said the mandate violates state and federal law….