DOJ calls for Supreme Court to allow healthcare vaccine mandate - December 17, 2021

California’s OSHA branch extended the state’s pandemic regulations into the new year for both vaccinated and unvaccinated employees in a move criticized by business groups and hailed by labor advocates as cases rise in the nation's most populous state. Lawmakers in Indiana are fast-tracking a bill to deter companies from mandating vaccines despite members of the business community and local health experts pleading to halt the bill. California’s COVID workplace rule is changing. Why some businesses say it’s not feasible - Sacramento Bee Upcoming bill would prohibit employer vaccine mandates in Iowa - Iowa Capital Dispatch Harvard University will extend a policy that allows students to apply without SAT or ACT scores for an additional four years — a milestone in an educational movement that aims to limit the role of standardized testing in college admissions. The university first lifted the requirement for applicants in the Class of 2025 and again for the Class of 2026, citing ongoing challenges made by the pandemic. The 2021-2022 school year marks the third year of disrupted learning for students. Schools nationwide increase security in response to TikTok threats - The Hill Covid Hits Europe Schools Hard as Omicron Stalks New-Year Return - Bloomberg @MichaelGrant_CJ: Critics have long argued that they are racially and culturally biased and do not reflect the true ability of many students, but instead their ability to pay for tutoring. The Justice Department petitioned the Supreme Court to allow a vaccine mandate for health care workers to go into effect nationwide, which the lower courts have blocked in about half the country. The request marks the first time the U.S.’s highest court has been asked to weigh in on the federal mandate aimed at getting more Americans vaccinated. Gov. Abbott Refuses DoD Vaccine Mandate for National Guard - NBC 5 @AGEricSchmitt: The Biden DOJ has asked the United States Supreme Court for a stay on our injunction halting the vaccine mandate on health care wo