‘Mighty Odd’ Illinois Vaccine Mandate Challenge Faces Dismissal

Illinois employees who challenged state agency Covid-19 vaccine mandates lost their appeal in a case that the Seventh Circuit said arose “in mighty odd circumstances.”

The lower court took the state legislature at its word when it said an amendment it had recently enacted didn’t change public health law, but merely clarified the meaning of an existing one. Even though the law hadn’t changed and workers therefore didn’t have an injury on which to bring their claim, the court still allowed their challenge to proceed.

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit found the two decisions to be ...