The Legality of Vaccine Mandates & The Problem We Face With Precedent

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To be clear, I’m against the vax mandate, am not vaxed, and will not be vaxed.

So this is not a discussion on whether you or I like vaxes or like the government.

The problem we face, as I see it, is that there is apparently precedent with government mandated vaccines.

Hopefully everyone here understands that precedent is how our court system works, for better or worse. And it’s often how government bureaucracy operates, as well. “Well president so-and-so did x, therefore I can do y.” You get the gist.

What I am not sure about is whether or not the government had much data on the polio vaccine before mandating it, for example.

I’m against vax mandates in any form..but as I understand it, the real unprecedented portion of the current mandate craziness is that the damn COVID vax isn’t sufficiently tested. Even if it were, I’m still against a mandate. But what makes this especially troublesome is obviously that they’re forcing the public into a scientific experiment.

In any case, the government has and will continue to make the argument that because there is precedent for coerced vaccinations, that it’s ok.

I’m not sure if there was ever a Supreme Court case to decide this..hell I’m not even sure if it was ever challenged legally back then, much less now. And unless I’m missing something, I’m not seeing much of anything being done from a legal standpoint to bring this issue to the highest court to settle it once and for all. At the least, anyone in Congress who is for freedom (that statement is pretty much a joke in itself, I know) should be pushing for laws to protect against this overreaching bullshit.

I found this interesting, though I didn’t fact check it: https://amp.swtimes.com/amp/8363060002

Assuming the things in that article are true, those are precisely the things we are facing for the fact that the government has already done this and gotten away with it before.

Which is the problem with government. It’s like a narcissistic spouse or significant other…if it is allowed to get away with a heinous act a single time, it will continue in these ways because the expectation is that its actions are acceptable. Well, that line was crossed long ago with polio (and even earlier according to that article), long before I was even born. So what is a practical solution to this issue now?

To be clear, I’m against the vax mandate, am not vaxed, and will not be vaxed. So this is not a discussion on whether you or I like vaxes or like the government. The problem we face, as I see it, is that there is apparently precedent with government mandated vaccines. Hopefully everyone here understands that precedent is how our court system works, for better or worse. And it’s often how government bureaucracy operates, as well. “Well president so-and-so did x, therefore I can do y.” You get the gist. What I am not sure about is whether or not the government had much data on the polio vaccine before mandating it, for example. I’m against vax mandates in any form..but as I understand it, the real unprecedented portion of the current mandate craziness is that the damn COVID vax isn’t sufficiently tested. Even if it were, I’m still against a mandate. But what makes this especially troublesome is obviously that they’re forcing the public into a scientific experiment. In any case, the government has and will continue to make the argument that because there is precedent for coerced vaccinations, that it’s ok. I’m not sure if there was ever a Supreme Court case to decide this..hell I’m not even sure if it was ever challenged legally back then, much less now. And unless I’m missing something, I’m not seeing much of anything being done from a legal standpoint to bring this issue to the highest court to settle it once and for all. At the least, anyone in Congress who is for freedom (that statement is pretty much a joke in itself, I know) should be pushing for laws to protect against this overreaching bullshit. I found this interesting, though I didn’t fact check it: https://amp.swtimes.com/amp/8363060002 Assuming the things in that article are true, those are precisely the things we are facing for the fact that the government has already done this and gotten away with it before. Which is the problem with government. It’s like a narcissistic spouse or significant other…if it is allowed to get away with a heinous act a single time, it will continue in these ways because the expectation is that its actions are acceptable. Well, that line was crossed long ago with polio (and even earlier according to that article), long before I was even born. So what is a practical solution to this issue now?