October 20, 2021
A unanimous First Circuit panel has refused to freeze Maine's COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers, finding that the mandate is constitutional even though it doesn't allow for religious exemptions.
October 14, 2021
Health care professionals who claim Maine's requirement that they get immunized against COVID-19 is unconstitutional because it doesn't allow for religious exemptions urged the First Circuit on Thursday to block the state's vaccine mandate, a day after losing a round at district court.