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| | Rational basis review, often rejecting Free Exercise challenges to mandatory vaccination laws: | | Rational basis review, often rejecting Free Exercise challenges to mandatory vaccination laws: |
| | *Miller v. McDonald, No. 24-681, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 4839, 2025 WL 665102, at *8 (2d Cir. Mar. 3, 2025) | | *Miller v. McDonald, No. 24-681, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 4839, 2025 WL 665102, at *8 (2d Cir. Mar. 3, 2025) |
| − | *We The Patriots USA, Inc. v. Conn. Off. of Early Childhood Dev., 76 F.4th 130, 156 (2d Cir. 2023), cert. denied 144 S. Ct. 2682, 219 L. Ed. 2d 1298 (2024); We The Patriots USA, Inc. v. Hochul, 17 F.4th 266, 290 (2d Cir.) ("Hochul") (per curiam), opinion clarified, 17 F.4th 368 (2d Cir. 2021), cert. denied sub nom. Dr. A v. Hochul, 142 S. Ct. 2569, 213 L. Ed. 2d 1126 (2022) | + | *We The Patriots USA, Inc. v. Conn. Off. of Early Childhood Dev., 76 F.4th 130, 156 (2d Cir. 2023), cert. denied 144 S. Ct. 2682, 219 L. Ed. 2d 1298 (2024) |
| | + | We The Patriots USA, Inc. v. Hochul, 17 F.4th 266, 290 (2d Cir.) ("Hochul") (per curiam), opinion clarified, 17 F.4th 368 (2d Cir. 2021), cert. denied sub nom. Dr. A v. Hochul, 142 S. Ct. 2569, 213 L. Ed. 2d 1126 (2022) |
| | *Doe, 19 F.4th at 1177-80; Whitlow v. California, 203 F. Supp. 3d 1079, 1086-87 (S.D. Cal. 2016) (denying motion for preliminary injunction against SB 277 and concluding no likelihood of success on the merits for a Free Exercise claim). | | *Doe, 19 F.4th at 1177-80; Whitlow v. California, 203 F. Supp. 3d 1079, 1086-87 (S.D. Cal. 2016) (denying motion for preliminary injunction against SB 277 and concluding no likelihood of success on the merits for a Free Exercise claim). |
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| − | Courts have held that religious exemptions to vaccine mandates go beyond what the Constitution requires.: | + | Courts have held that religious exemptions to vaccine mandates go beyond what the Constitution requires: |
| | *Phillips v. City of New York, 775 F.3d 538, 543 (2d Cir. 2015); | | *Phillips v. City of New York, 775 F.3d 538, 543 (2d Cir. 2015); |
| | *Whitlow, 203 F. Supp. 3d at 1084 ("[I]t is clear that the Constitution does not require the provision of a religious exemption to vaccination requirements, much less a [personal belief exemption]."). | | *Whitlow, 203 F. Supp. 3d at 1084 ("[I]t is clear that the Constitution does not require the provision of a religious exemption to vaccination requirements, much less a [personal belief exemption]."). |
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