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Amy Coney Barrett Rejects Students’ Challenge To School Vaccine Mandate 

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Amy Coney Barrett Rejects Students’ Challenge To School Vaccine Mandate 
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Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday rejected a petition from students to block an Indiana University Covid-19 vaccine mandate, which the students argued violated their 14th Amendment rights and state law.

Barrett, formerly the circuit justice for the 7th Circuit, acted by herself to deny the motion for emergency relief from eight students challenging the school’s mandate.

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