Justice Barrett rejects Indiana University students' vaccine mandate appeal

The justice did not give a reason for her decision.Show more

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Justice Barrett rejects Indiana University students' vaccine mandate appeal
The justice did not give a reason for her decision.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied a bid by eight Indiana University students Thursday to stop their school from requiring all students to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Barrett rejected the request without specifying the reasoning behind her decision. The case, the first of its kind to reach the Supreme Court, comes after several lower courts similarly rejected the Indiana University students' argument that they were being coerced into getting vaccinated